“I have a whole life list of things that I try to come back to and check in on.” - Kelsey Halling (Impacting the World, First Woman to Run Across Haiti, Serious Child)

“I’m used to just doing whatever needs to be done.” - Theresa Fortier (Talent Career Strategist, Producer, Professional FanGirl)

“We live right here in this universe, and are able to access ‘the other’” - Amber Epps (Lyricist, Entrepreneur, Hedge Witch)

“Once you start changing and evolving into someone that isn’t you for the benefit of someone else breathing in the same space that you happen to be in, is offensive.” - Kezia Taylor (Attorney, Social Engineer of Change, DIYer)

“Technology has taken over communication in getting to know someone.” - Monique Hamlett (Vlogger, Adventurous, Super Syngle)

“I’m tired of hearing from bookers that they don’t know how to promote a female comedy tour, so I’m doing it myself.” - Kaytlin Bailey (Comedian)

The RuggedAngel Cast has partnered with BOOM Concepts to bring you interviews with fresh new female artists. For the kick off, I talked to Anqwenique Wingfield and Julie Mallis, the first ladies of Boom Concepts, during a live podcast.

“Making art, we think of it as being a luxury, but some people can’t help but make and create beautiful things.” - Kim Fox (Artist, Workerbird, Tom Hardy Enthusiast)

“That’s the basis of everything I do. Comes from that basic idea that we have this memory , this collective memory that does not exist within a linear time period.” - Alisha Wormsley (Artist, Anthropologist, Sci-Fi Geek)

“I really, really love when we do the school programs, and the kids come in and they look at art and then they have these really deep, insightful conversations with their peers, that they would have probably never had if the art didn’t bring it out.” - Rachel Saul Rearick (Printmaker, Creative Thinker, Connector)