Studio Time

For the past year and a half, illustrator Marijke van Veldhoven has been drawing comics about her life as a creative, capturing the feelings and the fears that we all experience.

This week Marijke launches a kickstarter campaign to share a collection of 100 of those comics in a book called Zoo You Mind? 

We talk about how she got started as an artist, how receiving feedback from her audience gave her confidence to return to drawing comics, and what she learnt from asking for help.
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Find and follow Marijke online:

website | instagram | LinkedIn 

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Links and show notes from the episode:

• Back Marijke's Zoo You Mind? Kickstarter campaign
• Artists mentioned: Egon Schiele and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

My guest on this episode, Gina Morgano, is a radical romantic who believes in using her voice as an instrument of peace.

Gina teaches how to find your voice - both the external voice that has something it wants to sing and the internal voice which has something that it's longing to say. In this episode you'll hear some of Gina's story - how she came to be a performer and singing teacher with a love of learning and sharing other people's stories. [You can read a full transcript of this episode at https://www.studiotimepodcast.com/blog/ginamorgano]

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Find and follow Gina online:

website | Instagram | podcast 

Self Care for Singers Facebook Group | The Practice Society
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Links and show notes from the episode:

• The Practice Society is a new collective of curious, dedicated and service-oriented artists ready to dive deep into cultivating purposeful practices in art and life. Through community and conversation, this introductory summer membership explores the pillars of Identity, Wellness and Growth. Artist citizens will receive the tools and accountability to build and support the lifestyle and creative practices that will sustain them for the long-haul, helping them to claim agency over their creativity and make meaningful contributions through their humanity and artistry.
• Be a Curator: Gina's blog post about creation and curation
• Your $5K Hour: Why some people pay £385+ to see Beyonce

Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here.

Dana Ray works with unboxable leaders to name their work, and tell the true story of what it is about. She is a writer, speaker and facilitator who works with leaders, artists and change-making organisations.

Dana and I talk about one of her earliest memories of using words to document and process her lived experience, the lesson she learned from a Bulgarian hairdresser, and how the process of uncovering your primary verb can help you do more of the work that you were born to do.
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Find and follow Dana online:
website | Instagram
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Links and show notes from this episode:
Sara Dittrich — From passive seeing to active looking, from passive hearing to active listening
Why Fish Don't Exist — A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
Dana speaking at Creative Mornings — Your Shade of Blue
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Art (and artists) need an audience. Your art won't put itself in front people who want to engage with it by accident. For your work to have more significant impact in the world, part of your creative practice — part of being ready — should include building an Audience by Design.

Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here.

Jenna Pastuszek, co-founder of Innovative Voice Studios and the star of "Get Happy", is a connector of humans and ideas. As an actor, singer, voiceover artist, teacher, coach and mentor, she always shows up as a human first and is someone I always enjoy spending time with.

We talk about her work with Tim Russell at Innovative Voice Studios and how they collaborate to create programs that empower their clients to take ownership of all aspects of their creativity. Jenna explains how she filmed a covid-safe version of her show "Get Happy" and also shares what she has learned from studying Judy Garland.
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Find and follow Jenna online:
website | instagram | studio
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Links and show notes from this episode:

• Young People's Theater Workshop
• Jenna describes that she didn't realise how important singing and performing were to her life until she stopped doing them temporarily.
• NYU Steinhardt
• Operating out of fear instead of intuition
• Innovative Voice Studio with Tim Russell
• How the Covid 19 pandemic encouraged Jenna and Tim to extend and expand their offerings to serve performers beyond the NYC area.
• Building programs that people can participate in online and in person.
• Learning to sing as a vehicle for learning to be a human. Preparing for a Broadway audition can teach you things that are applicable across a variety of industries and markets around the world.
• Learning about auditioning for Broadway can teach us to treat ourselves and each other with humanity and respect.
• "I use my voice to help others find theirs."
• IVS is showing leadership in the Broadway community by engaging Equity & Diversity Strategist Shavanna Calder, and creating the Artist Expansion Fund to support BIPOC artists
• Get Happy - The Songs of Judy Garland, performance for East Lynne Theater Co.
• Filming the Covid Safe performance in a theatre with no audience to be watched by people online
• The costs of Judy Garland's legacy
• The lessons Jenna has taken from Garland's humanity
• The difference of getting to know an artist as a Human First
• Future planning
• Why Jenna would tell the younger version of herself not to fear failure

Art (and artists) need an audience. Your art won't put itself in front people who want to engage with it by accident. For your work to have more significant impact in the world, part of your creative practice — part of being ready — should include building an Audience by Design.

Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here.

Anna has taken the skills she developed studying industrial design and expanded her public portfolio to demonstrate how you and I might find our voices through sharing our process work as well as our polished work. You can find Anna at @puhpenguins and thehabitfactory.space

Stephen Voss is a photographer and photojournalist who lives in Washington, DC and makes a living taking portraits of people for magazines and newspapers.

We recorded this episode shortly after the Nov 2020 Presidential Election and since then Stephen has continued to document the people and events in Washington, including the January attack on the US Capitol.
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Find and follow Stephen online:
website | instagram | newsletter

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Links and show notes from this episode:
Senator Cory Booker
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Former First Lady Michelle Obama
Toddler at the Lincoln Memorial

Irving Penn - was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography. [source: Wikipedia]

Credits: Thanks to Kayle Clements for the editing assistance.

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Growing up, neither Gail or Manu would have identified as an artist or creative, but over time, both of them began to listen to the quiet voice inside them that realised they had ideas and gifts worth sharing.

After getting to know each other during an online creative workshop earlier this year, they began looking for projects they could collaborate on.

One such project is The Gift of Shared Kindness, a product inspired by a creative Christmas gift Gail made for her father a few years ago. It’s a gift you can give to someone who doesn’t need more stuff in their life. Instead this is a gift that is designed to be re-gifted in a way that Gail and Manu will explain - the beauty here being that the more you give it away, the more valuable it becomes.

As a special bonus, this is the first episode of Studio Time that comes with a free recipe! You’ll find instructions on how to make Gail’s exceedingly satisfying snack mix in the show notes below.

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Find and follow Gail & Manu online:
Gail: Born Free Newsletter | Manu: Instagram

The Gift of Shared Kindness:
Etsy Store | Shared Kindness stories on Medium

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Show Notes from this episode:

Sweet & Fruity Snack Mix

10 oz  Sunflower Seeds

10 oz  Pumpkin Seeds

8 oz  Almonds, sliced

10 oz C Dried Montmorency Cherries

10 oz C Dried Wild Blueberries

1/3 C Maple Syrup

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Cinnamon

Mix seeds, nuts, syrup, vanilla and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.  Place on shallow rimmed baking sheet.  Bake at 250 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.  Stir at 10 minute intervals.

Cool.  Stir in dried fruit. Package.

Sweet and Savory

8 oz Pecan Halves

8 oz Whole Cashews

8 oz Whole Natural Almonds

2 tsp Dried Thyme

2 tsp Dried Rosemary

1 tsp Sea Salt

1/2 tsp Black Pepper

¼ C Maple Syrup

Mix all ingredients by hand in a mixing bowl.  Place on shallow rimmed baking sheet.  Bake at 250 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.  Stir at 10 minute intervals.

Cool and package.

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Bec has been working as a professional communicator for 20 years. She established her PR credentials at Universal Music Australia, before founding the  PR, corporate communications and crisis management agency The Comms Department, where she and her team work with some of Australia’s biggest and best-known media, entertainment, travel and lifestyle brands. Before training to become a PR professional, Bec had a successful career as a vocalist and vocal coach, and even before that, she was a great friend to my family and me.

Our careers took us off in different directions and we haven’t been in touch for a few years, this conversation is the first we’d shared in ages. I’m thrilled to see how Bec's career has flourished and I’m grateful for the knowledge and insight she shares from her own experience working with artists and brands known across Australia and throughout the world.

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Find and follow Bec online:
The Comms Department | Instagram | Twitter
You've Got This: The essential career handbook for creative women

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Links and Show Notes from this episode:

• Delivering on what you’re promising
• How to be more PR-able
• The power of consistency
• Ways to build trust with your audience
• Tips for dealing with a crisis from someone who does it for a living
• “If you’re feeling nervous, be of service.”

Part author proceeds from "You’ve Got This" are donated to these two charities that support women:

Life Changing Experiences

Fitted For Work

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Shining Light has been working with correctional facilities for over 20 years, creating opportunities for artistic expression in prisons across the US and giving incarcerated men and women new ways to find their voices and have them heard.

Angelica and her colleagues usually do in person workshops with inmates, helping them create presentations that they then showcase to peers in their facility. The COVID 19 pandemic forced prisons to limit access to visitors and the regular workshops had to be cancelled, but Shining Light devised a way to continue to serve their artists and alumni on the inside and create a piece that they are able to share with the public for the first time.

Creations of a Caged Bird is the hour long presentation featuring work written and devised by inmates that has been performed and produced by artists like Angelica. It’s available on youtube and I’ve shared the link in the show notes. Creations of a Caged Bird is powerful and very moving and I wanted to learn more about it.

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Find and follow Angelica online:
Website | Instagram

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Links and show notes from this episode:

Shining Light
Creations of a Caged Bird
The Quaranzine - the only Sunday publication you know you can read cover to cover. We aim to bridge the gap between insightful editorial columns and comedic relief for your pandemic life. 

Read a full transcript of this episode here.

Email any compliments or constructive criticism to [email protected]

Jay created Unreal Collective which is a community of creators and he built Freelancing School to help you become your own boss. In his podcast Creative Elements, Jay talks to high-profile creators about the nitty gritty of building their creative careers.

In this conversation, Jay talks about the years he spent not believing he was creative and we talk about how he’s grown his business over the past four years—including when and how he thinks about outsourcing tasks, so he can focus on what he does best.

Jay shares his thoughts on building habits versus making commitments, getting intentional about what he wanted to achieve when he began the Creative Elements podcast, and reflects on how all the high profile guests he features on the show spent years in the trenches before they began to recognise the level of success they’re known for now.

Jay has a lot to share about building community, having built his own online community and advising other brands and businesses on how they establish successful communities of their own.

You can find Jay on twitter and instagram @jayclouse. If you enjoy this episode I’d love for you to reach out to Jay and tell him so.
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Find and follow Jay online:
Website | Twitter | Instagram
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Links and show notes from this episode:

Jay Clouse: How to Build an Online Community

Jobs to be Done Framework

Read a full transcript of this episode here.