In this episode, I talk with Kent Whipple of Unexpected Productions and The Moth about storytelling, what makes a great story, and how to be engaging as a presenter. We also talk about the AIDs crisis and how those stories need to be told before they are lost.

Full transcripts at https://gaysmaking.com/105

Kent teaches at Unexpected Productions

His student Melissa Reaves started Story Fruition

A show transcript is available at https://gaysmaking.com/104

Dan Montgomery is a light artist who specializes in LED art installations. In this episode, we talk about why light as a medium, the difficulties with creating and finding inspiration in the middle of covid, and get into some of the nitty gritties of what kind of LEDs you should choose for your next project.

Dan doesn't have a website, but if you are in the Seattle area, you can see his works at Lusio, Seattle Plant Daddy, and the Pioneer Barber Company

A show transcript is available at https://gaysmaking.com/103

Duncan Menzies is an artist, model, and actor who loves making space for people to be vulnerable. In this episode we talk about making art that pushed boundaries, how to create safe spaces through art, and how covid quarantine back home helped push him through to new explorations and new adventures.

You can find more information about The Bed Sheet Chronicles on Instagram @BS_Chronicles and see Duncan's Cabaret "Drawn Together" at The Art Spirit Gallery in Coeur d'Alene.

A show transcript is available at https://gaysmaking.com/102

Noël Frodelius-Fujimoto is a illustrator, graphic designer and dice maker who loves roleplaying and writing. In this episode, we talk about the process of shoving impractical things into tiny dice molds, how characters in D&D and fiction help you explore different aspects of identity expression, and about the dice making community at large.

And she is giving listeners of this podcast early access to her dice commission wait list so you can be one of her first commissions (spoiler alert, I'm already on the list!). Sign up for the waiting list here and checkout her dice at arcanumdice.com.

A show transcript is available at https://gaysmaking.com/101

Elizabeth is a musician, composer, and filmmaker who collects obscure instruments, composes for orchestras across the world, and sometimes uses the chaotic input of her pets in her music. We talk about art, how sometimes we are painted as villains in our own story and how the queer experience can play into how we create.

You can find more information about her work at ElizabethLain.com 

Gays Making is the podcast that spotlights LGBTQIA creators, artists, musicians, actor, performers - any and all creatives. Join Grayson Hay as he has conversations with LGBTQIA creators about their art, their inspirations, and how they stay creative in the world.

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