Female Frequency Podcast

Today, on Female Frequency Podcast I am thrilled to introduce you to the OG of eco-design—a visionary artist reshaping our world, one discarded item at a time. Julie Conway is a self-proclaimed "dumpster diver" who takes special pride in transforming trash into extraordinary designs.

Winning awards across the USA, England, and Italy, her handblown glass lighting installations are sculptural and coveted by luxury brand hotels, interior designers, and thoughtful collectors alike.

Driven by a mission "to bring light and beauty to the world," Julie shares her secrets, thought paths, and how she keeps her practice carbon-positive. Join us as Julie and I talk about her inspiring journey from glassblower to lifelong eco-designer, proving that artistry and sustainability can beautifully coexist.

This conversation is part of Climate Pledge: In Glass, a docuseries I created in 2023 in partnership with Refract | The Seattle Glass Experience—the United States' newest festival celebrating innovative and creative approaches to glass.

Highlights you'll love:

• The bureaucratic hurdles of reusing discarded glass bottles and cooking oil.
• Julie's passion for transforming found glass bottles by melting them down into molten liquid and sculpting them into stunning statement lighting features.
• Insights into her approach to reducing her carbon footprint while creating art.

Help Julie carry out her mission by adding to your collection! Visit her website https://illuminataglass.com/ and follow her instagram @lumidesigncollection

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Every episode brings fresh inspiration, and today's conversation is no different. I'm thrilled to be joined by Kait Rhoads, an artist who dreams big. Her intricate glass sculptures, limited-edition jewelry, and public artworks all reflect her relationship with the ocean. Today, we dive into everything—from subjugation and underwater ecosystems to art espionage!

In this conversation, we explore the intricate ties between her artmaking, ecology, and community because, as Kait says, "My method of construction mirrors how my life has formed me, with individual elements woven together to create a strong whole."

Kait Rhoads' story is one of transformation, bold creativity, and unapologetic innovation. From growing up on a boat to becoming a Fulbright scholar in Venice, Italy, she immersed herself in centuries-old glassmaking traditions steeped in patriarchal legacies. While honoring these techniques, she envisioned something entirely new. This fusion of respect and reinvention led her to develop her signature Hollow Murrine method, creating breathtaking sculptures collected by museums worldwide, including the Pacific Seas Aquarium, Seattle Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, Museum of Northwest Art, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Tacoma Museum of Art, and the Toyama Institute of Glass Museum in Japan, among others.

Highlights you will love:

• How important grants have allowed Kait to involve community members in her public art commissions.
• The creative use of light in her Hollow Murrine method, which has made her sculptures so distinctive.
• Kait's philosophy of art as a reflection of interconnectedness, where every element contributes to the whole.

Check out Kait's work, including videos, limited-edition designs, and art acquisitions, at kaitrhoads.com and kaitrhoadsdesign.com. Instagram: @k8rhoads

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I've always been interested in the wisdom traditions and today it is truly a pleasure to introduce a mentor of mine as we step into the world of unmuting ourselves and awakening your inner power. In this very vulnerable episode of the Female Frequency Podcast, my radiant guest, Alyson Charles Storey—shaman, best-selling author, and host of the Ceremony Circle Podcast—guides us to bridge the wisdoms of earth and sky in modern times, creating a life of expansion, miracles, and experiences beyond imagination.

Alyson's journey is illuminated by sacred teachings and unique practices passed down from elders and respected spiritual teachers worldwide. Her gifts are shared widely: from her features on the GAIA Network, to guiding meditations at Art Basel, the world's premier art show, to performing live readings at POPSUGAR Play/Ground, the world's largest female-led festival.

In this conversation, Alyson shares with her Rock-Star Shamanism approach by revealing her heart-centered meditation practice for tuning into divine guidance and aligning with spiritual forces. Drawing real-time guidance from her best-selling book and card deck, Animal Power: 100 Animals to Energize Your Life and Awaken Your Soul, Alyson introduces us to rituals, meditations, and visualizations with remarkable animals. Tune in to discover the healing properties that release self-criticism, help you embrace life's flow, and ultimately unlock your creative abundance.

Together, we share personal stories on staying present to witness daily miracles and divine sparkles and we discuss how to honor birth and death as sacred cycles and celebrations.

In this episode, Alyson and I explore:

• The time is now. The importance of unmuting yourself and expressing your truth will help you heal your imbalances.
• Animal power medicine their healing properties and different textures of medicine. Listen to the medicine of racoon, jellyfish, kangaroo and more!
• Embracing and deconditioning the icky factor around death and honoring the profound mysteries of birth and death

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"Artists have a unique opportunity to challenge the viewer," reflects American artist April Surgent. This adventurous, gutsy woman is a record keeper of time; her art offers viewers a glimpse into the fragility of our ecosystems through glass, a material that holds, refracts, and reflects light. As urbanization distances us from the environments we depend on, April's cameo glass engravings call us to attention—a moment to "Stop. Look. See. Listen. Smell. Touch. Breathe. Think. Learn."

In this conversation, we explore her career through life-changing experiences, from Pilchuck Glass School to her ongoing collaboration with the NOAA Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, where she confronted marine debris and witnessed the immediate effects of climate change, to a commission for Iowa State University.

April approaches artmaking as a comment on the status quo and a mirror reflecting our world. Her contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo glass engraving expands the medium's boundaries, both in scale and subject. Through an inward, reflective process, she moves through mark-making, including pinhole photography, to capture the delicate interplay between light and shadow, ultimately engraving her composition onto sheets of glass.

We dive into the artmaking and the public response evoked by In Our Absence. There's a profound mystery to her work—moody, and some might even describe it as haunting, in a way that feels undeniably truthful.

Listen as she shares her future projects: tuning into her intuition and continuing to follow her heart, undoubtedly reflecting her relationship with the planet and following the light.

Inquiries about loaning opportunities can be made through https://www.aprilsurgent.com. Follow her on Instagram: @aprilsurgent.

Highlights you will love:

• Learn about her remote research expeditions as diverse as Antarctica to Hawaii.
• As April Surgent pushes the boundaries, both in scale and subject, learn how she uses light to compose.

Today, I'm so excited to share this conversation with a true creative force—Mary White. Mary is not just a sculptor and educator; she's a visionary leader who uplifts the voices of women in environmental art and education, empowering them to make waves and create meaningful change. I'll leave her website information in the notes—it's truly inspirational.

I am most intrigued by Mary as an artmaker. To me, Mary works collaboratively, but she never negotiates her values, holding steadfast to what matters most in every project she undertakes. She creates art that integrates natural sciences, environmental perception, arts education, and peacemaking, all through the lens of formed friendships. She seems to know everyone, and now I am pleased to introduce you to this amazing ecofeminist.

Mary is the daughter of a water resources geographer, and her early travels sparked a passion for the creative process, nature, and caring for the earth's creatures and natural resources. As a scholar, she won a Fulbright to Ireland, where she produced a symposium with her cohorts, focusing on craft as a vehicle for social justice.

As a teacher, she taught at the Corning Museum of Glass and California College of the Arts, spent 20 years teaching at San Jose State University, and started the glass program at The Crucible in Oakland, California. She is currently co-chair of Women Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD).

Tune in to this conversation, where we catch up with Mary during her short stay in Colorado with family, and she takes us behind the scenes of her 18-foot public art installation titled Flood Marker, along with a few other works from her career!

Highlights you'll love:

• How the glass was made for an 18 foot sculpture placed outdoors titled Flood Marker.
• Why is looking for new leadership from women and eco arts so important?

Mary White is currently co-chair of WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialog) https://www.weadartists.org/

Check out Mary's website at https://www.marywhiteglass.com/

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Today we are thrilled to welcome an ecofeminist artist who beautifully bridges the natural laws governing our environment with the manmade structures we create. With a career spanning over four decades, Stacy Levy's art serves as a visual mnemonic—a collaboration with the forces of the earth and the life it sustains. You can see her creative approach in parks, airports, museums, galleries, marinas, and more!

Through a collaborative approach, she works alongside ecologists, urban planners, and communities, integrating creative strategies to engage and restore balance, winning her the Penn Future Award for Women in Conservation and the Henry Meigs Environmental Leadership Award, among others.

In this episode, you'll discover how this Yale alum abandoned the "white box" approach to art-making, bringing creativity into our daily passage. This connection is both aesthetic and a pledge to contribute to climate solutions.

Listen as she tells us more about her Climate Disturbance Series in glass, which addresses rising temperatures, and her Tide Series devoted to ecological cycles and gravitational pulls.

Highlights you will love:

Stacy doesn't restrict herself to one medium she uses many as she works with the forces that govern us.

When facilitating projects particular who public art projects in Seattle, her intentions are to be inclusive even with pets.

Find Stacy's full career on https://www.stacylevy.com/ and on instagram @stacylevy

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Climate Pledge: In Glass- Meet artists shaping the future and redefining glassmaking. You'll encounter climate-focused artists who skillfully transform their life journeys into extraordinary glass sculptures, exploring the urgent, resilient, and fragile relationships we have with the Earth! Join us at https://bit.ly/climatepledgeinglass.

Women Eco Arts Dialog- https://www.weadartists.org/

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It's festival season! Join us in this special episode, inspired by the energy of the Navaratri festival, as we explore ecofeminist archetypes through the feminine lens with a call and response game. Discover which archetype resonates with your connection to the feminine, the Earth, your creative spirit and your journey of transformation.

Highlights you will love:

• Meet your Powerful Ecofeminist Archetype- the Mystic: Guided by eco-spirituality and ancient rituals, the Mystic embodies healing and intuition in environmental activism.
• Revolutionist: Bold and fearless, the Revolutionist leads movements and mobilizes for systemic change.
• Butterfly: An agent of transformation, the Butterfly embraces nature's cycles, promoting healing through regenerative practices.

Through a series of 6 questions, I call out questions and you respond to discover your ecofeminist archetype. Whether you're a Mystic, Revolutionist, or Butterfly, the episode helps you align your inner energy with your creative spirit and purpose.

Tune in, take the quiz, and share how you are embodying your ecofeminist archetype!

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Join us as we welcome Robin Lasser, a natural-born storyteller and ecofeminist who has carved a unique path throughout her art-making career. In this episode, we traverse her journey, from her latest exhibit, Climate's Shipwreck Ballad, currently on view at the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, to her earliest creations. Tune in to discover how the spiritual philosophy of As Above, So Below shows up repeatedly in her oeuvre.

Robin is not an artist who works alone; she collaborates with artists, writers, students, public agencies, community organizations, and international coalitions to produce public art and promote dialogue. Robin's work serves as a form of activism, addressing climate justice while commenting on public health, environmental issues, and social equity, helping to rewrite history with honesty. Her art-making approach often integrates layers of textures, colors, elements of fire and water, humor, and research, showcasing the power of art as a vital communication tool.

Her recent exhibit, Climate's Shipwreck Ballad, provides insights into Lake Champlain, exploring migration lines, 300 species of birds, 300 shipwrecks beneath its surface, and how the waters' currents served as a gateway to freedom. In this conversation, Robin shares her creative process, highlighting how she combines layers of photographs and videos to create site-specific installations and public art that engage with themes of placemaking. Her Dress Tent Series adds a layer of humor and wit, as she explains, "Through the humor of an oversized dress, we reference specific body and land topics pertaining to the place and culture where they are located. By exploring these two symbols of shelter, we delve into themes of protection versus oppression, expression versus exploitation, sexy versus matronly, and more."

While Robin is constantly creating, she is also a professor of Art at San José State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including venues such as the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, San José Museum of Art, National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore, India, the Museum of Goa, Exploratorium Observation Gallery in San Francisco, Kohler Museum of Art, The Metenkov Museum of Photography in Yekaterinburg, Russia, the Recoleta Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Caixa Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro. She also participates in international biennials, including ZERO1: Global Art on the Edge in San José, California, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Canada, and the Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China.

View Robin's work, filled with humor and texture, at robinlasser.com. For artist talks and programming related to Climate's Shipwreck Ballad, visit the Plattsburgh State Art Museumhttps://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/arts/art-museum/museum-exhibitions.html.

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In this soul-expanding solo episode, we journey beyond the surface of color, exploring how it goes far beyond what we see. Color is a powerful energetic force that influences our emotions, spirit, and entire experience of life.

I share my personal journey of working with some of the most iconic artists in the world, including Judy Chicago at SFMOMA and Dale Chihuly, and how my deep passion for color has shaped my path as an artist's assistant.

But here's the real secret: color isn't just about painting on a canvas or sculpture—it's about creating shifts in consciousness. Color is a frequency we feel deeply, a vibration that communicates without words and impacts us on a primal level.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Color as a Frequency: How color is actually a frequency of light that affects our mood, energy, and spiritual vibration. Yellow to lift you up, blue to bring you peace—color isn't just visual, it's transformational.
• Color's Legacy in Art: From the Impressionists to neon sculptures, discover how artists throughout history have used color to capture light, time, and emotion—creating profound emotional experiences for viewers.
• Color as a Language: Color speaks to the deepest parts of our soul, expressing what words cannot. Learn how to tap into this powerful language to transform not only your art but your entire perception of the world around you.

If you're ready to experience color in a whole new way, beyond the visual, and tap into its emotional and spiritual power, then this episode is your guide to a more vibrant, awakened life!

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NEW ✨ Venus Frequency: Connect to the Creative Spirit—Inside & Out Venus Frequency is a workshop with Jodie Nelson connecting you to creative spirit and learning to recognize what it's asking of you through the lens of the feminine divine. 👉 Learn more: [LINK]

Are you ready to have a sensual love affair with YOUR life?

What if beauty, pleasure, intuition, creativity, and desire aren't extras—but essential ways of knowing what makes you feel fully alive?

In this episode of Female Frequency, I talk with author, artist, seer, and ceremonialist Lisa Lister about Venus—not simply as the goddess of love and beauty, but as a powerful archetype for reconnecting with creativity, feminine wisdom, the body, and our own inner knowing.

Lisa takes us inside the creation of her book Venus: A Sacred Path. A Feminine Frequency. A Sensual Love Affair with Life and shares how she brings her ideas into form through writing, art, ritual, intuition, and lived experience.

In this episode, we explore:

💡 As an artist working across multiple mediums, Lisa shares the intimate details behind the creation of Venus and how she brings together her roles as seer, ceremonialist, writer, and artist.

💡 Lisa explores intuition and the ancient wisdom passed through generations of women—and how following that inner guidance can open new possibilities for creativity, personal power, and transformation.

💡 As a ceremonialist, Lisa shares a powerful practice for grounding and connecting with sacred feminine energy.

✨ SPECIAL BONUS: Lisa guides us through a meditation using the breath to reconnect with the body and our own inner knowing.

Because sometimes creativity doesn't begin with knowing exactly what you're making.

It begins by noticing the energy calling your attention.

That's also at the heart of my new workshop, Venus Frequency: Connect to the Creative Spirit—a workshop for connecting with creative spirit and learning to recognize what it's asking of you through the lens of the feminine divine.

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ABOUT LISA LISTER Lisa Lister is an author, artist, seer, and ceremonialist whose work explores feminine wisdom, creativity, embodiment, and the sacred. Her books include Witch, Love Your Lady Landscape, Self Source-ery, Respell Your Reality, and Venus: A Sacred Path. A Feminine Frequency. A Sensual Love Affair with Life.

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ABOUT FEMALE FREQUENCY Female Frequency Podcast, hosted by Jodie Nelson, brings together renowned artists, historians, activists, and spiritual leaders to explore creativity from unexpected angles.

Behind the mic, Jodie is a museum curator, art advisor, and bridge to the creative spirit. For 30 years, she has brought artists and ideas to large audiences—curating exhibitions, directing galleries, selling millions in art, and writing for publications.

Today, Female Frequency Productions brings that experience to you through art advisory and creative offerings that help you connect to the creative spirit, see your own magic, and follow your creative life force.

Follow the frequency.

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