In this episode, we’re joined by Stacey McKenna—a dedicated mother, teacher, and self-taught artist who believes that creativity is essential for personal well-being. Despite having no formal arts education, Stacey has cultivated her own art practice and is really interested in looking at ways that we can make the arts accessible and support everyone to engage with their creativity, regardless of background or experience.

Lisa Keegan-Hill and Sara Hood are ceramic artists who started their collaboration after graduating from the MA program at University of Central Lancashire. In this episode, you’ll hear about fascinating topics like our creative potential, trauma, childhood experience, overcoming creative blocks, healing and our power to make a beautiful change in the world.

Have you ever dreamed of turning your expertise into a creative business? 💡 Explore the first essential steps with the founders of Fleur de Lis Theatre ⚜️ - Megan Barnes-Rolf and Christian Reid. We were talking about their journey from the initial idea to delivering group combat workshops and more. You'll hear from them a lot of valuable advice on:

Ryan the Designah is a graphic designer, illustrator and artist based in South Shields in the North East of England. With his design work, his primary goal is to help making the world a better place by working with companies that align with his values. His art is a separate part of his life. Under the name ryansnorth, he uses his digital art to depict his experience living in South Shields.

Dr. Nicholas Cooke is a Creativity scholar, musician and music producer. He did his masters in Fine Art and recently finished his PhD focusing on Creativity in Electronic Music Production.Would you like to connect with Nick? Just text me and I'll put you in touch.

This time I had a pleasure to interview Dean Jolly - a former funeral director, self-published poet, author and occasional events organiser. Dean was born in North Shields where he still resides with his family. He has self-published several poetry pamphlets, a full collection, and more recently a novelette titled Nirvana: A Tale of Poets & The Beautifully Mad. This book is an experimental attempt at showcasing his original poetry in a new and unique way by embedding them into an overarching framing narrative.

This time, I had the great pleasure to talk with Michał Larysz - an Architecture graduate and founder of the "Get2Art" start-up. Michał talks about the principles of a good design and his designing process. Learn from the man with the big vision and bring more innovation to your projects! You will also see an example of his successful portfolio that allowed him to get into university in the USA! We are talking specifically about the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Michał started a fundraising and it would be great if you could help to make this dream come true: https://zrzutka.pl/4pr3b7

This is a Creative Talk with Aleksandra Karpiuk - musician, songwriter and composer. We discussed contagious passion and how everyday creative actions can transform our lives. Aleksandra recommended to me "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron and shared practical tools anyone can use daily to boost their creativity. These techniques influence her recent 12 music projects that will be published as an album soon.

Would you like to find even more inspiration and connect with creatives from around the world? Join our Creative Minds Lab community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/creative.minds.lab  

One more thing! We are looking for future speakers who can share their practice and passion with the world. Recommend your friends or apply by yourself to be a guest at the next Creative Interview. More info at the bottom of our website: https://www.bfreakcreativity.com/cml-podcast 

Connect with Aleksandra and listen to her songs on:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ola.piesnserca/ 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-karpiuk-8375b721b/  

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BNUs5w7Ed36yxzwjQew4b?si=YOpe0A9ARpuvLMbuyLBLAQ