Join Kat and visual artist and coach Cara Roberts and learn how to tap into your unique story and create your best work yet. Cara shares her journey of discovering her voice, style, and current paintings and offers tips to take your art series to the next level.    We cover:  How to get clarity for your next art series Exercises and tools to help the creative process  How to be vulnerable while maintaining privacy and boundaries with your art   Cara's Artist Roundtable group coaching link: www.cararoberts.podia.com Website with prints and merchandise available at www.cara-roberts.com IG: @cararoberts_art Email: cara@cara-roberts.com

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Harnessing Your Unique Story and Building Your Best Body of Work Yet With Cara Roberts

Join Kat as she shares takeaways from a very disappointing yet overall empowering experience at the Spartan Race. In addition, she links similarities between how elite athletes and artists must approach their careers to go for gold. Kat shares how to process discouraging results, what to do with feedback and how to become unstoppable in the face of failure. Listen to this episode if you need encouragement to keep going on your journey. Get clear on your values so that you can reach your full potential no matter what happens. Thank you so much to our sponsor, The Art Queens, an affordable monthly coaching membership and empowering community of artists, leaders, curators, and more. Join us here: https://artqueens.co

Going for Gold: Processing Disappointment and Taking the Feedback

Olivia Bonilla is a painter and sculptor born in Vermont. Bonilla received her BFA in painting, with a minor in sculpture from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Bonilla continues to focus on unconventional materiality, an inventive approach to color theory within sculpture. Cement transforms into the soft and fluffy, resin to irresistible hard candy.  Bonilla expands her approach to sculpture through large installations, series of signature collections, and mixed media experimentation. Exhibiting venues include The Ely Center for Contemporary Art and Center for Creative workshops in New Haven CT, Vendue Art hotel, and 2019-2021 Affordable Art Fair in NYC. She has shown nationally from Fabrik Gallery, LA to dk Gallery, Atlanta as a guest artist. Bonilla has received a diverse credit in publications including Connecticut Magazine, House Beautiful, and Vogue Portugal for the May 2021 lifestyle issue, gourmet. Current gallery representation includes Miller Gallery in Charleston and Art and Light Gallery in Greenville, SC. She currently resides in Charleston, SC.

Cupcakes, Candy, & Career Highlights with Olivia Bonilla

 Kate Jarvik Birch is a full-time visual artist, author, playwright, and daydreamer. Her art has been featured worldwide in stores like Target, Pier One, and World Market, as well as in television series and major motion pictures such as Transparent, Medium, Glee, Twenty-One Jump Street, and Looper. She graduated with a degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of Utah in 2005 and lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Finding Joy and Connection Through Daily Painting with Kate Jarvik Birch

On this podcast episode, join Kat as she reflects on the past eight years of being an entrepreneur and creating a small independent magazine. She shares her thoughts on the blessing of hardship and figuring things out when they feel impossible. Learning how to know if something is worth the hard work and struggle, and the value it gives you is a superpower that can fuel and energize any project you undertake. Kat talks about: Navigating the stormy seasons and passing the tests that come with challenges Stepping out of victim mode and learning to take your power back, and pivoting, growing, and evolving in small business The big difference between working hard and burning out to working with passion and intention How to deal with moments when you feel like quitting Discovering what you value   Thanks so much for joining us! Discover art and submit your work at www.createmagazine.com/submit

Working Hard Vs Creating With Focus and Intention

Kat shares her thoughts on how to embody the artist you want to be on a deeper, subconscious level that will translate to actual results on the outside. This episode includes Kat's thoughts on: Identity Living in an expectant state Moving towards our dreams amid anxiety and insecurity Renewing your possibility muscle Keep learning: Join a free masterclass with Kat in August: https://www.theartqueens.com/masterclass Learn more by joining Kat this fall in her flagship program: https://artqueens.co/navigation-course  

Embodying The Artist You Want to Be

Join host Ekaterina Popova and Flora Bowley and learn about the artist's new book, The Art of Aliveness. During this episode, Kat and Flora discuss : Building a sustainable creative business Breaking up with limiting beliefs about how to be an artist Hosting your own retreats and experience How to grow your audience in an authentic and creative way + much more! createmagazine.com/podcast

The Art of Aliveness with Flora Bowley

In our next episode of The Create! Podcast, Alicia interviews abstract artist Makiko Harris. This episode covers the artist’s background and inspirations, her step-by-step guide for launching a sale of your work on your own, and advice for dealing with slow seasons.  More about Makiko Harris: Makiko is a San Francisco-based hapa-American artist that makes highly textured abstract mixed media paintings. Leveraging her mixed-race heritage of being both Japanese and white, she creates work that explores the tension between subtlety and exuberance/composure and expressiveness. Her work also explores the resilience of the female body. Makiko Harris was born in Breda, The Netherlands, and has lived in Tokyo, Boston, New York, and California. She studied Philosophy and Studio Art at Tufts University (B.A. 2011), focusing on Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, and Feminist Philosophy. After graduation, she continued her studio art education at the California College of Arts in San Francisco through the continuing education program. Currently, Makiko is a Studio Artist and Board Member at Root Division - a fellowship for emerging artists that provides subsidized studio space in downtown San Francisco and professional development support.

Music, abstraction, and future plans with Makiko Harris

Join Kat on a mini-episode during which she shares how to accept yourself and your unique dream, following your own path, whether you are a trailblazer or have a traditional path. Join Kat's newsletter and get updates when you visit https://artqueens.co and scroll down.

Owning our Unique Dreams, Triggers, Self-Acceptance, Courage to Own It

Join host Ekaterina Popova and contemporary artist, designer, and speaker Adam J. Kurtz for this fun and vulnerable podcast episode. We discuss Adam's story, the impulse to create, and the natural transition of sharing emotions and human experiences online. Adam shares the importance of creating work for play, appreciating what we have, and navigating the difficult seasons—Kat shares her share of challenging moments, having hard conversations, and humbling herself to listen and learn, even when it's cringy. This episode will bring a smile to your face if you loved LiveJournal, Xanga, and Neopets growing up like us :) Adam's new book is about channeling human emotion into our art, and generally just trying to be more okay with whatever we've got. YOU ARE HERE *FOR NOW, will be released October 2021. Pre-order it here: https://shop.adamjk.com/products/you-are-here-for-now www.createmagazine.com/submit

Being HERE (FOR NOW), The Impulse to Create, Difficult Conversations and more with Adam J. Kurtz

Join Kat on an episode where she shares how she took a few weeks off this summer to recharge, recover, and get re-inspired again! Learn how to plan for rest financially and more. Thank you to our sponsor, The Complete Smartist Guide Book: https://createmagazine.com/book

Learning to Rest, Planning for Time Off, and Practical Manifestation

Join host Ekaterina Popova and Russian-born, NYC-based artist Raisa Nosova on an empowering episode about the artist's motherhood journey, transitioning to an entirely new medium and sharing her truth in a bold and beautiful way. Raisa recently received her MFA from NYU while becoming a new mom. This episode will inspire you to expand, share your truth and try something new in the studio. Raisa's glass and breastmilk work has recently been on view at 80wse Gallery in New York. www.raisanosova.com Thank you to our sponsor: Printist: learn more and mention Create! Magazine over at https://printist.io

Expansion in the Studio and Unapologetically Sharing the Motherhood Experience with Raisa Nosova

 Join Kat on an encouraging episode and begin turning your fear into faith and target your limiting beliefs to release them with love. Kat shares a few personal examples and answers your questions! How to identify your limiting beliefs Allowing yourself to change Let go of ideas you once believed in that didn't work Leaning into faith during creation or tackling new ideas Check out www.artqueens.co/business to begin building your creative empire or side hustle today!

Turning Fear into Faith and Releasing Limiting Beliefs With Kat

Join Kat on an episode from the woods of Catskills and get answers to tons of awesome questions from YOU!  Kat shares her perspective on: Navigating day jobs while building an art career Productivity tips without burnout  Dealing with unsupportive families  + more www.createmagazine.com/podcast www.artqueens.co/business    

Your Questions: Navigating Day Jobs, Leadership for Introverts, Game-Changers for Business and More!

Join me (Kat) on a mini-episode in which I share words of encouragement for slower seasons, times when it feels like nothing is happening, and shifting our perspective on these moments. I share how observing the ebb and flow of my business is helping me find time for rest, inspiration and not fight the flow of life. This episode will inspire you to focus on a bigger vision and dream even in the off-season of your life or art career. Thank you to our Sponsor: Creative Business Startup Guide www.artqueens.co/business

You're Not Going Backward. Embracing Seasonality With Kat

Casual conversations about art, creative business and more. An art podcast by Ekaterina Popova, artist and founder of Create! Magazine.

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