On this episode of the podcast, I meet Michael Filippello. Michael is a painter living in Hendersonville Tennessee. Michael paints landscapes and tells me about doing painted illustrations for children's books. Michael also talks about how going through a major surgery has driven him to really move forward with his art career.

Michael Filippello on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064063330900

Michael Filippello on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artist_mikef_msdt

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On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Jake Jensen. Jake is a painter that I met in the first season of the podcast. He lived here in Madison and since we last spoke he had moved out of town to Beaver Dam and found some great artistic opportunities there. We catch up and talk about what Jake's been doing, getting involved in art walk pop-ups, and getting a new studio.   

Jake Jensen on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dada.art.studio.2022

Jake Jensen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dada.artstudio

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet illustrator Casey Hulbott. Casey lives here in Madison WI. I've run into Casey around town many times over the years. Casey creates drawings and prints in pencil and ink. We talk about how Casey started a website and recently began showing artwork they make to the public. We also discussed when Casey started doing pop-up markets and how they got involved.

Casey Hulbott's website https://cthhulbott.portfoliobox.net

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet writer and publisher Rod Garcia. Rod lives in Arizona and is a writer and their most recent series of books is called "indGame" in the YA genre. Rod also runs a publishing company for authors called Epiphanymill Publishing. We talk about writing books, promoting them, and what it takes to run your own publishing company.

Rod Garcia's website https://rodrgarcia.com

Epiphanymill publishing website https://epiphanymill.com

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet webcomic artist Ryan Roberts. Ryan lives in Dallas, Texas, and has a comic series called Bonebag Comics. He created Bonebag Comics back in early 2012. He has spent much of his time honing his skills as a graphic artist and as an Illustrator.

We talk about making comics and promoting your own stuff and I even have a small rant during the conversation about the never-ending hashtag bots on Instagram.

Bonebag comics website https://www.bonebagcomics.com/

Bonebag comics on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bonebagcomics

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On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Eylul Dogruel an artist from Istanbul, Turkey. I went to Prague to talk at the Ubuntu Summit to talk about being an open-source musician and Eylul was also there to do a talk about creating art. We spoke a few times but we never really had any time to really sit down and talk for an extended period of time. So I asked Eylul to come on the podcast and talk!

Eylul's work focuses on the interaction between materials and their style elements and uses a wide variety of materials including code, photography, video, animation, pen and paper, and acrylic and canvas.

Eylul Dogruel's Website https://www.eyluldogruel.com

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet Hilary Falk a creator here in Madison. Hilary runs Fovea Works and makes natural science bone jewelry. So of course I needed to know how does someone get started working with bones to make things and I find that it all started from an unlikely origin... Cosplay costumes.

Fovea Works Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/FoveaWorks

Fovea Works on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foveaworks

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet Susan Hensel. Susan is a textile artist in Minnesota who blends commercial embroidery processes with sculpture. We talk about Susan's process, the interesting storefront gallery Susan has, and how seeing a particular blue color of thread sparked the beginning of an artistic journey!

Susan Hensel's Website - https://susanhenselprojects.com

Susan Hensel on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SusanHenselProjects

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On this episode of the podcast, I meet Marla and Val of Pumpkin Hollow Art Center. They tell me about how Marla started running the Momentum Art Tech on Madison's east side and how that eventually was moved to an old schoolhouse just north of Madison past the Dane county airport.

Pumpkin Hollow Art Center Website https://www.pumpkinhollowart.com/

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In this podcast episode, I wanted to talk about a Facebook ad I use all the time. It's called a Facebook lead ad.

It's a way to collect emails to connect with people interested in what I do and add them to my email list.

And the best part? I don't have to create a landing page! It all happens in the Facebook ad itself.

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