Creative Guts

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Owen Simões. Based in Concord, NH, Owen is the flipper behind Squid Flip, which offers unique fine and found furnishings. At only 16 years old, Owen is among the youngest creatives to be interviewed on Creative Guts! In this episode, we’ll talk about what inspired Owen to start flipping furniture at only 10 years old, his experience on Good Morning America, and where the name Squid Flip came from! We’ll also spend a little time talking about Owen’s experience with interior design and what he’s thinking about for his future. 

Check out Squid Flip online at www.squidflip.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SquidFlip, and Instagram at www.instagram.com/squidflip_nh/. 

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

A special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter for providing a space where Creative Guts can record! This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts team is back with the 69th installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, someone from the Creative Guts team will share a glimpse at their creative consumptions — the inspiring creative things they’re loving lately. This week’s episode is brought to you by Mike Durkee of Durkish Delights Design Co.

Featured in this episode:

• Ori Toor: www.oritoor.com www.instagram.com/oritoor
• Schux: www.instagram.com/schux_
• Hope Dren: www.instagram.com/hopeoncanvas_

Get more Durkish Delights on Instagram and TikTok @durkishdelights.

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs.

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with freelance filmmaker and photographer and young entrepreneur, Joey the Monk! Joey’s introduction to film was in high school where he took a film class and started creating skateboarding videos for YouTube. Along with his freelance projects, Joey is a video producer for Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), and the story of how he started working there is fascinating. In this episode, we talk about the importance of self care, where Joey the Monk’s moniker comes from (hint: it’s right in the name), and Joey’s experience with imposter syndrome!

Find Joey the Monk online at www.joeythemonk.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/joeythemonkk. 

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

A special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter for providing a space where Creative Guts can record! This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is being hosted by Laura, one of the co-founders and hosts of Creative Guts and owner of Artful Harper Studios.  

Featured in this episode:

• Hoops.waffles | www.instagram.com/hoops.waffles
• Tori Romo | www.tiktok.com/@toriromo
• Fffuel | www.fffuel.co

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs. 

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this special episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Sarah Wrightsman and Becky Barsi are live at Exeter High School for the annual Slam Free and Fly poetry event! The evening was rich with original poetry from freshmen students participating in the Arts in Action project, a school to community partnership supported and funded by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the Racial Unity Team. 

In this episode, you’ll hear original poetry from 21 gutsy young people. These recitations represent some classroom favorites as well as some reciters returning to the stage from Slam Free or Fly in years past. The students will ponder how creativity can change the world, but first, poets will share their thoughts on love, life, and death; they’ll ask the age-old question “why did I have to write this poem?”; and they’ll push us to reconsider where we go to get our next haircut!

Keep your eyes peeled for a special edition zine featuring these students’ work!

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things giving them life lately. This week’s episode is being hosted by Becky Barsi, artist, photographer, teacher, star of Creative Guts’ episode 25, and explorer of all things creative!

In this episode, Becky talks about a podcast, an artist, and a couple of plugs for things that are coming up soon!

• Heart Starts Pounding Podcast www.instagram.com/HeartStartsPounding
• The Ehret Twins www.instagram.com/ehretwins and https://opensea.io/collection/scribblesofficial
• WhoArtEd Podcast www.whoartedpodcast.com/home
• Two Villages Art Society www.twovillagesart.org/of-the-earth

Learn more about Becky Barsi, aka Artsy Barsi, on Instagram @artsybarsi and at www.beckybarsi.com and check out Busy Bee 603 Photography on Instagram at @busybee603photo. 

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 
 

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs. 
 

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Raisa Tolchinsky, also known as The Poem Doctor! This episode is a special one. Not only was it recorded in front of a live audience at Exeter High School, but Raisa opens this episode by reading several custom poems, which she wrote in response to prompts from the students at EHS! And, in lieu of rapid fire, this episode concludes with questions from the audience!

Raisa Tolchinsky, or The Poem Doctor, is the George Bennett Writer-in-Residence at Phillips Exeter Academy. She is a recipient of the Henfield Prize for Fiction and a 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. Raisa earned her M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Virginia and her B.A. from Bowdoin College. Raisa’s debut book “Glass Jaw” is forthcoming from Persea Books in 2024! In this episode, we talk about Raisa’s creative process, her advice for aspiring poets of all ages, and how she defines success.

Learn more about Raisa on her website and get your own custom poem, here: www.raisatolchinsky.com and follow Raisa on Instagram, here: www.instagram.com/thepoemdoctor. 

A special thank you to Exeter High School, the Racial Unity Team, and the NH State Council on the Arts for making this special episode possible!

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is brought to you by Mike Durkee aka Durkish Delights.

Featured in this episode:

Bianca Fields IG @beeyonkerz
https://www.instagram.com/beeyonkerz/

Concepción Studios IG @concepcion_studios
https://instagram.com/concepcion_studios

Mon Rovîa TT @mon_rovia_boy
https://www.tiktok.com/@mon_rovia_boy

Get more Durkish Delights on TikTok and Instagram @DurkishDelights and at www.durkishdelights.com.

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs. 

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Amber Nicole Cannan, a biomedical artist who teaches science through art! Amber Nicole is the founder of Unchartered, which teaches educational concepts and life lessons using art. She studied biomedical art (a rare major), and in this episode we talk about what that means and how Amber Nicole’s career has evolved. We also explore the intersection of art, science, and disability and Amber Nicole’s local advocacy. We also talk about poop, kind of a lot.

Find Unchartered on the web at www.unchartered.org, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/uncharteredtutoring, and on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@uncharteredtutoring. Find Amber Nicole’s art on Instagram at www.instagram.com/bioscicreative.

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show. And a special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery for providing a space where Creative Guts can record!

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things giving them life lately. This week’s episode is being hosted by Becky Barsi, artist, photographer, teacher, star of Creative Guts’ episode 25, and explorer of all things creative!

In this episode, Becky talks about a couple of artists and a podcast she’s been digging!

• Roberta Boffo www.Robertaboffo.com and www.instagram.com/robertaboffoart
• Jennifer Stefanek www.jenstefanek.com and www.instagram.com/thepicadillyproject
• This is Actually Happening www.thisisactuallyhappening.com and www.instagram.com/actuallyhappening

Learn more about Becky Barsi, aka Artsy Barsi, on Instagram @artsybarsi and at www.beckybarsi.com and check out Busy Bee 603 Photography on Instagram at @busybee603photo. 

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs. 

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.