Brazilian filmmaker Marcos Negrao talks about how the universe has ways to help you do the work you are meant to do, about his amazing journey around the world meeting the children who make the real change for their local communities and for the planet.

New York artist Rose Brawn is talking about how her personal experience with physical issues informed her current work. Her new Circle series explores the idea of a "perfect shape" gaining more beauty after being distorted or damaged.  

Wouldn't it be cool if buying art was as easy as using a vending machine? Chicago artist Steph Krim is doing exactly that! Her small business Good Things Vending is helping local artists and makers vend their products at prime locations through vending machines. How was she able to pull it off while having a newborn baby and working a day job? Listen to this episode to find out! 

In this episode, an award-winning fine art photographer Gala Semenova talks about her very vulnerable projects that are meant to reveal the inner beauty and strength of her subjects. One project is celebrating the imperfections of female bodies and another is raising awareness about domestic violence. 

Australian artist Chelsea Baker turns native trees seed pods into stunning artwork. How did she find a passion for it and everything about her process and inspiration -- listen to this episode!

https://www.hellochels.art/ 

We are wrapping up this season with a panel discussion - the first one on the podcast - about the role of the art community and how to find (or create) one that's right for you. 

Art Dart is a diverse group of artists from all over the States, a community of like-minded individuals that share knowledge and provide support for each other.

https://www.instagram.com/artdart_artists/

https://linktr.ee/artdart

In this episode, I'm talking to Emily Drewry, Marketing Director of Voice.com about the future of NFT and how Voice.com makes it easy and accessible for artists and collectors.

https://www.voice.com/ 

Each of Betsy Silverman's collages involves an intensive search for images with the correct value, intensity, and hue, as well as printed words to represent a new photorealist form with layered meanings.

Official website: betsysilverman.com

Instagram: instagram.com/betsysilvermancollage

This is one of those episodes that need to be listened to on a quiet Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and a mood to be inspired for a day. I had a very heartwarming conversation with an amazing San Diego artist Michelle Lubin, a.k.a. MD Ferrera, about vulnerability, journaling, being honest with yourself, and raising children.

https://www.mdferrera.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mdferrera/

If you have a chance to travel to Ojai, CA you absolutely have to visit Beatrice Wood Center for Arts in Happy Valley! A modest house turned into a museum and art center tells a great story about a woman who had a significant influence on the 20th-century art scene.

https://www.beatricewood.com/