The Create! Podcast

Join Kat and Sarah Stieber on this uplifting and energizing episode where the artist talks about her new venture of transforming spaces with her art. Sarah shares her approach to building a sustainable and unique art business beyond the traditional gallery system, discusses how she creates events and gives us a preview of her brand-new project Stieber Spaces.

www.sarahstieber.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/sarahstieber

Applauded as "San Diego's Best Local Contemporary Artist" by Modern Luxury magazine, Sarah Stieber's vibrant figurative paintings have made a splash far beyond her SoCal roots. Stieber Spaces, the design arm of Sarah's business, has garnered explosive press and is featured in California Interiors Magazine, Modern Luxury Magazine, Apartment Therapy, and San Diego Magazine. Stieber has created artwork for global brands Samsung, Marriott, and AT&T. Her paintings have been exhibited worldwide, and were recently featured on billboards in Times Square new York, Picadilly circus in London, and on the Duomo in Milan. Stieber was named "One of 15 Female Artists you Need to Know from Miami Art Week" by CBS and "One of 50 badass painters you need to follow on Instagram" by Buzzfeed.

In this episode, Alicia interviews Daricia Mia Demarr & Lauren Jackson Harris, the cofounders and partners who run Black Women in Visual Arts.

BWVA's mission is to promote and celebrate the contributions of Black women impacting the art world past, present and future. It is an organization and community that nurtures the growth of Black women arts workers by providing opportunities, resources and insights for thriving careers. Additionally, BWVA is a consultancy that assists in fostering diversity in creative spaces and serves as a creative partner for any organization seeking to build equity in the arts.

https://www.blackwomeninvisualart.com/

This episode's sponsor: The Creative Business Handbook published by Chronicle Books

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New podcast episode with Ekaterina Popova and Charlie J. Meyers.

Charlie talks about his journey of becoming an artist and curator, having grace and self-compassion for your studio practice and beyond. We also discuss how artists can incorporate more honesty into writing about their work to create compelling statements.

Charlie J. Meyers is a multi-award-winning American artist and curator of figurative abstraction and portraiture. In the past six years, Charlie's work has toured with the Montreal Arts Council throughout Quebec in public and private galleries and has been exhibited in spaces throughout the USA, UK, and Canada. In 2020, he was awarded an Artist Relief Grant, an initiative organized by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, United States Artists, and Creative Capital. During quarantine, he started the initiative The Moon Cheese Curator, an international curatorial project focused on the interface between art production and the body. He paints in his work-live studio in Philadelphia.

Instagram: instagram.com/charliejmeyers & instagram.com/mooncheesecurator

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In this episode, join Kat and Aggie Armstrong as they discuss the artist's journey of becoming a full-time artist and creative entrepreneur. Aggie shares the discomfort of taking the leap, leaving a corporate job, and following her dreams.

Aggie Armstrong is known for her multimedia work that explores various states of female consciousness. Through every piece, Aggie's work serves as a record of her feelings and memories of the intersectional female experience.

P.S. This episode includes some adult language

www.aggiearmstrong.com

www.instagram.com/aggie_armstrong/

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In this episode, Kat shares some tips for reviving our Instagram art accounts from the dead.

She talks about mindset shifts as well as practical steps for helping you get more engagement and action on the app we often have a complicated relationship with.

Keep showing up and sharing your art and connecting with other humans!

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Cj Hendry is a hyperrealist artist who initially garnered worldwide attention on Instagram for her large-scale ink drawings of luxury objects. Always in black and white, these works would often take up to 200 hours to complete. Eventually, she branched out to work in full color with colored pencils and has since expanded her practice to include sculpture, prints and other media. Hendry is also known for coordinating and funding her own immersive and interactive solo exhibitions. The latest one, Plaid, will be on display in New York from April 14-23rd, 2023.

https://cjhendrystudio.com/

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Join Ekaterina Popova and master coach Olga Blias!

Olga is a master transformative mindset and life coach. She shares her story and how she began her journey. We talk all about how to start making positive changes in our lives and how to create powerful and permanent shifts.

I ask Olga to share practical tips for artists beginning to embody the identity of the most successful, joyful version of themselves and it's way easier than you think!

We also cover:

Navigating imposter syndrome

Fear

Building confidence

Enjoy this episode!

Learn more about Olga:

https://www.instagram.com/olga_soulful_transformation https://olgablias.wixsite.com/empowermentsession

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Join Ekaterina Popova and Rebecca Saylor Sack on an inspiring episode where the artist shares how she started exploring bats in her work and shifted her painting materials over the past few years.

Rebecca is an artist and the the program director of the Fine Arts Program and Painting emphasis coordinator at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Listen to this episode to learn about:

• How to shift your materials
• Finding references and images for new work
• Working with museums
• And more!

www.rebeccasaylorsack.com/

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How to create positive change and open yourself up to expansion and new exciting challenges!

Are you sick and tired of a recurring problem in your life? Is it finances? Lack of opportunities?

On this episode, Kat shares the early steps of how to create positive change in your life. Acknowledging the areas of struggle you no longer want to tolerate is a great place to start the transformation.

Start by reflecting on what changes you would like to make in your life and why. Once you have identified the changes you want to make, create a plan to help you work towards them. Never be afraid to take risks and take on new challenges - you never know what you may learn and the doors that may open!

Expand with us!

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Natasha works with creatives, arts organizations, brands, and nonprofits to build culturally-relevant experiences and collaborative campaigns. Through the production of thought-provoking branded digital content and implementation of modern PR strategies, she cultivates public engagement and organic buzz for client projects.

Before launching the KNOW, Natasha found herself drawn to the rapidly emerging start-up world in New York, and after stints in PR and luxury events, she honed in on creative leanings to develop an expertise in fine art. Natasha has completed post-graduate studies in curatorial practice and contemporary art at The School for Curatorial Studies (Venice, IT) and Christie's Education (New York, NY), as well as perfumery at Pratt Institute (New York, NY). Combining her professional skill set with a passion for advocacy and innovation, Natasha and her clients have garnered press in Artnet News, Vogue, PAPER, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, Juxtapoz and more.

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