The Creativity Cafe

Lia D'Apote is a jewelry artist who's originally from Italy, and has been living in Tallinn, Estonia for four years. With her primary media being sterling silver or brass and including some precious gemstones, Lia crafts pieces that aim to help every woman connect with her feminine power and be able to use it. Size inclusivity is an important facet of her work as well, and Lia creates pieces that can be worn by people of any size. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fablecore

https://www.instagram.com/fablecore_inclusive/

tiktok.com/@fablecorejewelry

Ashley Rodriguez Reed is an artist, designer, and educator with over 15 years of experience. Her creative path started in a childhood full of imagination and messes. Today, she works from her home studio in Japan, raising three kids and making art along the way. She is inspired by the natural world, travel, and moments of reflection. Ashley’s art and teaching inspire imagination and help others build a more vibrant, creative life.

https://www.ashleyrodriguezreed.com

https://www.instagram.com/ashleyrodriguezreed

https://www.facebook.com/ashleyrodriguezreed

From interior design and styling workshops to pop-up events and gallery scenogrophies, Thara Ladrech creates environments that inspire and connect. In her impressive and storied career, Thara has reimagined IKEA stores, developed concept stores, and staged floral intallations in the Ikebana tradition, each time blending innovation with timeless aesthetics. As a curator of artists, Thara brings together unique voices to craft new dialogues between spaces and creativity. From Paris to Seoul and onward to Tokyo where she lives and works today, Thara shapes interior playgrounds where design and fashion come alive.

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/maison_little_tribu

Website

https://tharaladrech.wixsite.com/maison-little-tribu

Using Instagram as her medium, Ronide Comeau creates videos and digital comics that strive to bring out the whimsical in black girls and women who have felt like they weren't a part of the stereotype of what a black girl can be. With humour, playfulness, and delightful curiosity, Ronide invites the viewer to upend expectations and embrace the fullness of themselves. 

www.instagram.com/anxiousblackgirlcomics

https://www.facebook.com/anxiousblackgirlcomics

https://www.tiktok.com/discover/anxious-black-girl-comics

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Anxiousblackgirl

Dana Batho is an artist, teacher, and veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. After a training injury ended her career as a RCAF Intelligence Officer, she returned to her artistic roots as a way to heal and help inspire others to be creative. Having recently returned to oil painting after a 15 year hiatus in addition to having to adapt her practice around her injury, Dana finds joy in creating objects of beauty that enliven others. She also specializes in vintage-inspired botanical illustrations and surface pattern designs, and spent many years designing sassy cross stitch patterns. Having exhibited her art in Canada, Japan, and also at the prestigious New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Dana now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where the beauty surrounding her inspires her every day. 

https://peacockandfig.com/

https://www.instagram.com/peacockandfig

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgmJnzKypmELKswQt2R2U5A

The hosts:

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist

In this episode, Paige interviews Jordana to discover what she has been working on behind the scenes and how her creative journey has evolved over the last few years.

Additionally, discover all the details about Jordana's upcoming exhibition in Tokyo.

Find out more about Jordana:

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist⁠

Exhibition: June 13th - 15th, Match Gallery, Yutenji, Meguro.

Please see my Instagram for details.

Find out more about Paige:

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

Ruth Lever is the creative force behind Rule Design, helping entrepreneurs turn their brands and websites into customer magnets. With brand strategy and SEO-friendly web design, she builds brands that fuel business growth and looks epic doing it. 

Ruth offered some good advice and insights on how to show up for your brand and how she can help your personality shine through your online presence.

https://www.ruledesign.co.nz/

https://www.instagram.com/ruledesign.co.nz/

https://www.facebook.com/ruledesign.co.nz/

Mentioned in this episode:

Season 3 interview with Lisa Knight, Photographer.

https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-creativity-cafe/id1639880718?l=en-US&i=1000636633241

Learn more about the hosts:

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist

Henna Bakhshi is a self-taught artist creating art for change and healing. Through her work, she strives to tell under-represented stories and start conversations that lead to connections, community, and liberation. 

Henna believes art has the power to change hearts and minds and hopes her art helps you see we are never alone, there is always hope, and that together, we can make change happen. 

Learn more about Henna:

https://www.instagram.com/browngirlart

https://www.browngirlart.co.uk

Learn more about the hosts:

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist

Filiz Soyak is an interdisciplinary artist creating through intuitive mark-making in painting, fiber, clay, and installation, whose work has been exhibited and collected internationally for over two decades. 

Her work explores territories of intuition, subconsciousness, and is about creating and invoking peace, healing, and an appreciation for our natural environments, humanity, and the present moment. 

After becoming a mother in 2016, mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork became integral to her creative process and subject matter. 

Filiz is truly a global citizen and creating art has been the unifying language that helped her to process and adapt to so many diverse experiences. She was born to a Turkish father and Swedish mother, raised in Belgium, grew up in Japan and the United States, and after spending some time in Jordan, Barbados and New York City, is now settled in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, with her husband and two young children.

Find out more about Filiz and her art.

https://www.filizsoyak.com

https://www.instagram.com/filizsoyak

https://www.instagram.com/breathflags

Learn more about the hosts.

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist

We are back with episode 1 of season 6, and we are so excited to be introducing you to some very special people from all over the world.

Today, though, I am speaking to my co-host Paige about the work she does to help creative people bring their dreams to fruition.

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com/

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative