Creative Guts

Creative Guts is seeking art and writing in all styles, subject matters, and mediums for the 2025 Youth Zine! The mission of Creative Guts’ zines is to stimulate and inspire creativity by creating a platform for gutsy creatives to share their art and writing with the world. Recognizing it is often the youngest among us who are the bravest, this edition will be a platform for youth to display their work and be part of a creative community. 

Artists and writers from the ages of 0 to 17, from any country, are welcome to apply with visual and written works in any medium: painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber, photography, mixed media, poetry, short story (300 words maximum), etc.

The best part: It is free to submit work!The zine will be available for free to view on our website in late summer 2025. Participants will receive one free copy of a printed edition thanks to our partnering sponsor: the Children's Museum of New Hampshire! (Learn more about the wonderful work they do at www.childrens-museum.org.)

The deadline for kiddos to submit their work is Sunday, July 13th, 2025 (11:59 PM - Eastern Time)

For more details and/or to submit work, visit www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com/zine.

In this episode of Creative Guts, board members and co-hosts Becky Barsi and Joe Acone sit down with Hannah Cole Dahar in her studio at the Mosaic Art Collective in Manchester, NH! Hannah, a multi-talented artist and full-time art teacher, shares her creative journey from childhood to present day.

Discover how Hannah's fiery train caboose drawing at age three sparked her artistic path and her secrets for balancing a thriving art career while nurturing young creatives in the classroom. Hannah's unique vision, rooted in nature and mysticism, comes to life as she discusses her collaborations and artistic process and opens up about the challenges of being an artist, from marketing to constant skill-building. She shares her philosophy of staying curious and embracing failure as a learning opportunity. 

You can learn more about Hannah and her work by visiting www.coledahar.com and on Instagram at @hannahcoledahar.

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

Creative Guts has launched a Discord server and you’re invited to be a part of it! Discord is a voice, video, and text chat app that's used by tens of millions of people ages 13+ to talk and hang out with their communities and friends. 

With the Creative Guts Discord server, we aim to create more community, with a focus on supporting each other’s creative practices and the creative community in general. Like most of our other programming, this is for practicing and non-practicing creatives and free to join. This is a vibrant, inclusive, and inspiring space, which is driven by the community.

To join, visit our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com and click on the purple Discord item up at the top. You an also read about the rules of our discord at https://www.creativegutspodcast.com/discord

As always, hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and visit our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Creative Guts is a small nonprofit, but our work is far bigger than this podcast. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Andy DeMeo of Granite Goodness! Granite Goodness is a podcast and newsletter focused on OPTIMISM in New Hampshire. He interviews problem solvers and shares stories of progress and solutions in and around the Granite State.

In this episode, we talk about progress journalism and why we all should be a little more optimistic, the many ways in which creativity and goodness overlap, and the technical nitty gritty of podcasting! We’ll also cover Oscar Wilde, elevators, playing the accordion, and more. 

Find Granite Goodness on the web at www.granitegoodness.com and on all the social media channels! Most importantly, you can find the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and on the Granite Goodness’ website! You can also find Granite Goodness on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!

• www.instagram.com/granitegoodness
• www.linkedin.com/company/granitegoodness
• www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6156650498
• www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQ1RxdlRdz7vXQJa0sqK7g

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat (virtually) with Julia Trueblood and Karin Trachtenberg! Julia is an actor and producer; Karin is a theater maker, filmmaker, and director. Julia and Karin’s film “Three A.M.” was featured and won the ‘Heartstrings’ Award in Creative Guts’ film festival in June 2024. 

In this episode, we discuss how Julia and Karin are telling stories from their perspectives as women and mothers and supporting women in film. Both took time off from their work to start their families, and for Karin, going back to theater was her doing something for herself after prioritizing her kids. Today, they’re working with mostly all-women crews, in a super collaborative way. We also talk about the challenges inherent when you’re wearing many different hats and why film festivals are an important way for filmmakers to share their work!

Check out their films “Pumpkin Pie” and “Three A.M.” at the links below!

Pumpkin Pie: www.instagram.com/pumpkin_pie_film

Three A.M.: www.facebook.com/p/Three-AM-100087678037399/

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

In today’s episode, some of the Creative Guts Board of Directors chat about why they serve this small but mighty nonprofit and why the arts are important to New Hampshire. They reflect on how important creativity is for everyone, creativity as an economic driver for our communities, and what makes Creative Guts unique.  

Learn more about Creative Guts at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Sign up for our newsletter or follow us on social media. Find Creative Guts Podcast on Instagram, Facebook, and even LinkedIn. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Creative Guts is a small nonprofit, but our work is far bigger than this podcast. Learn more about us and make a tax-deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.  

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat (virtually) with Ruby Shabazz! Ruby is a singer, songwriter, and performer who writes, records, and performs her music solo and with a live band. In this episode, we talk about Ruby’s early musical inspirations (Mariah Carey!) and her evolution from pop and love songs about boys to music with more grit and her need to “get real”. We’ll chat about Spotify, performing live, and collaborating with her videographer, her live band, and even her husband! 

Ruby received the 2024 New England Music Award for Soul/R&B Artist of the Year AND won the 2024 New England Songwriters competition in Hip Hop and R&B for her song “Thank You”! 

If you want to learn more about Ruby, visit her Link Tree at linktr.ee/rubyshabazz and find her on Instagram at instagram.com/rubyshabazz. 

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Nate Twombly! Nate is a freelance illustrator whose work includes drawings and paintings based on New England, seasonality, camping, sports, music, robots, and sometimes folklore and sci-fi. Nate primarily creates his illustrations digitally these days, but has dabbled with everything from acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, and pen and ink. His folk art is reminiscent of the work of Grandma Moses and Horace Pippin! Nate, who has been painting and drawing since he was little, actually started in photography and still loves vintage cameras and collecting old photographs!

Find Nate’s work online at www.natedraws.com and on Instagram at www.Instagram.com/natedrawss. 

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!

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 the artist behind Artful Harper Studios.  

Featured in this episode:

Lightbox Expo | www.lightboxexpo.com

Devin Elle Kurtz | www.devinellekurtz.com

Zhang Jingna and Cara | www.zhangjingna.com

Lauren Walsh | www.laurenwalshart.com

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

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In this episode of Creative Guts hosts Laura Harper Lake and Becky Barsi interview award-winning photographer Becky Field. They discuss Becky's transition from a career in wildlife ecology to photography, her project "Different Roots, Common Dreams" documenting New Hampshire's immigrant communities, and her latest work "Finding Home: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants." Becky shares insights on her creative process, collaborations with immigrant families, and how her scientific background influences her artistic approach.

Learn more about Becky and her work at https://differentrootsnh.com.

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. 

Thank you to our friends at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH for their support of the show!