The Create! Podcast

In this episode, Alicia interviews Dontae T. Muse, artrepreneur coach & gallery co-owner. He helps visual artists to monetize their creativity and increase their income using proven branding and creative marketing strategies. In his books, workshops, courses, and signature program "Pay The Artist", he covers everything from pricing your work, branding yourself, identifying your client avatar, composing your artist statements, crafting and submitting proposals, social media engagement, and more. During this conversation, Alicia and Dontae discuss the mistakes artists often make with regard to selling and marketing their work as well as the top reasons why gallery pitches are unsuccessful (& what to do about it!). Tune in for tried and true strategies on how to finally get a gallery to notice your work.

https://www.iamdmuse.com/

Laurén Magda is an American, multidisciplinary artist based in Ypsilanti, MI. She has been featured by major art publications such as Create! and All She Makes Magazines, and has participated in various group shows. Her first solo show is "Meditations on Transformation" at Stone & Spoon Gallery in Ypsilanti, MI, which runs through April 2023. She has a concentration in freehand, hard-edged painting.

The key themes Laurén explores are those of the transcendental, spiritual, and visionary realms. Her paintings are boldly colorful, with heavy linework that conveys a sense of wonder and tranquility. She is inspired by the calm and empowerment that comes from healing generational trauma, as well as her spiritual belief system in the mystical workings of the Universe.

Laurén pursued artmaking as a profession by attending Detroit's College for Creative Studies, earning her BFA in Illustration in 2011. She has over a decade of professional graphic design and commercial art experience. After taking a hiatus from pursuing her personal work after art school to commit to a healing journey, she re-established her focus in 2018 and has been creating collections for her personal practice and for exhibiting with galleries.

https://www.laurenmagda.com/

We wrote a new book! Tune in and hear all about our publishing journey.

Alicia and Kat are so excited to share what to expect from The Creative Business Handbook, how it can support your goals as a creative entrepreneur, and the process of working with a publisher.

Please celebrate with us! Pre-order and join the party!

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Attention aspiring artpreneurs! Pre-order our new book now and you'll receive an invitation to a premium live workshop with authors Ekaterina Popova and Alicia Puig later this year (date TBA). During the workshop, you will get the chance to learn from Kat and Alicia and ask your burning questions about starting your own creative business. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to be one of the first to read our new book and get exclusive insights from the authors! You can pre-order via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, Book Depository, Waterstones, Indigo/Chapters, Booktopia, and more.

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In this episode, Kat shares how to take your power back in your art career and create unlimited opportunities. In addition, she shares how to have a different perspective when it feels like nothing is working and take action on your dreams by creating your own exhibitions and events.

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In this episode, Alicia hosts an interview with CEO & co-founder of Superfine Art Fair Alex Mitow. You'll hear Alex's best advice for curating a standout booth if you're exhibiting at your very first art fair as well as simple, but effective tips when it comes to building a business in the arts.

Learn more about exhibiting with Superfine Art Fair here: https://www.superfine.world/art-fairs-for-individual-artists

Learn more about The Creative Business Handbook here: https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/our-new-book-introducing-the-creative-business-handbook-follow-your-passions-and-be-your-own-boss-by-ekaterina-popova-and-alicia-puig

In this episode, Alicia interviews multidisciplinary visual artist Shantell Martin. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that questions the self-imposed or peer pressure to constantly be working on something new and encourages creatives to embrace slowness. Learn Martin's advice for identifying the right collaborators work with and projects to pursue as well as the meaningful impact starting her career in Japan had on her. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode!

https://shantellmartin.art/

On this episode, Kat shares how to reflect and digest the past year and ease into a new season. She also shares how facing her deepest fears last year has given her courage and inner strength, and she ended up working out for good.

Tune in and learn:

• How facing your fears can set you free
• Three terrifying (psychologically) things that Kat experienced in 2022 that ended up working out
• How to move into the new year fearless and become unstoppable

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Wouldn't it be great to have a coach guide you as we ease into a new year? On this podcast episode, I have my amazing guest, Cara Alwill (The Champagne Diet) who is a bestselling author, master life coach, creative entrepreneur and my role model share her story and offer tips on how to get unstuck and give yourself permission to follow your bliss this year.

I'm so excited to share Cara's story and get some insight into how we can make 2023 our best year yet. Having a coach can be incredibly helpful and inspiring, especially if you do not have support required for your big dreams as an artist and leader.

We talk about how Cara came up with her brand, how not to worry about failure and rejection and keep moving forward. Cara also shares powerful mindset shifts for anyone who feels defeated or stagnant and how to enter into main character energy when it comes to your work and beyond.

Cara Alwill is a worldwide bestselling author, host and creator of the top-rated podcast, Style Your Mind, and change agent for women.

As an early voice in the female-driven movement, Cara continues to be a leader in the space, liberating women to trust their intuition and create their own opportunities. She empowers her readers and clients to stop waiting for their big break and, instead, to publish their own books, start their own podcasts, host their own panels and design their own clothing lines; whatever their desires are.

Cara has spent the past 14 years in the creative space building her own brand based on her popular blog, The Champagne Diet. She has turned that blog into 9 bestselling books including the worldwide sensation Girl Code, a top-rated podcast called Style Your Mind with over 8 million unique downloads that has received high praise from media outlets like Forbes and Oprah Daily, and a successful global coaching and consulting practice where she helps other women entrepreneurs hone their unique voice and become leaders in their industries. Cara has been featured in Forbes, Success, Entrepreneur, INC, Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Glamour, Marie Claire, and many more media outlets, and is a highly sought-after speaker.

Cara's books have been translated into multiple languages such as Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Mongolian, and Vietnamese and others. Her message continues to transcend cultures and break barriers for women across the globe.

Cara has been a professionally certified coach for a decade, and attained her certifications through the ICF-accredited World Coach Institute including CPC (Certified Professional Coach), CLC (Certified Life Coach), CWC (Certified Wellness Coach), and CCMC (Certified Coach Master Class). She loves working with motivated women on the edge of change.

Cara began her career in the music industry over 20 years ago, where she leveraged her internship experience and became an executive assistant to music mogul Clive Davis. She also worked on digital marketing campaigns for artists Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, and other popular artists. She later moved on to MTV, where she spent 8 years in digital advertising managing multi-million dollar ad campaigns for brands like Cover Girl, Kraft, and others. Her unique blend of entertainment experience coupled with her passion and drive for creating her own brand and empowering women make her a standout media expert and entrepreneur.

Check out all of Cara's books on Amazon here. https://www.amazon.com/Cara-Alwill-Leyba/e/B0097GJNV0

Follow her on Instagram for daily inspiration. https://www.instagram.com/thechampagnediet

Listen to her podcast, Style Your Mind, on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

Join host Ekaterina Popova and artist Jen Dwyer and see all the possibilities available to you as an artist.

Jen shares how to:

• Advocate for yourself
• Ask for opportunities
• Budget and plan for your success
• How she bought her own house during the pandemic
• and more!

We talk about the challenges and mindset shifts that helped Jen attract incredible opportunities and why she is passionate about artists today.

Thriving Creatives Class:

https://www.jen-dwyer.com/thriving-creatives-1/mq5780nsdprdtzajc8y4zbdm3t36ic

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In this episode, Alicia Puig interviews fine artist JJ Galloway. Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for whimsical paintings and sculptures of people, animals and food or any combination of the three! Carefully executed in a traditional style using oils, watercolors or mixed media. Her art can be found in both public and private collections worldwide. After years of selling her own work out of her studio and at pop-up events, she eventually launched JJ Galloway Studios in order to be able to showcase other artists' work at fairs and events both across the US and abroad.

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