Painter and coach Lacie Martinez shares how she returned to painting, turned grief into purpose, and left her day job to go full time as an artist.

From Mexico City to Brooklyn to Lisbon, Nayeli Lavanderos has built a practice rooted in the Mesoamerican concept of the nahual — the animal that walks beside you through life. In this interview, she talks about beginning each drawing with the eyes, letting geometry act as a container for presence, and why she never sketches before she draws.

Issue No. 58 features studio interviews with Marcos Alvarado, Quinn Tailor, Olivier Landes, and Zifeng Zang, plus 40 artists curated by Liz Lidgett.

Painter Alonsa Guevara on learning to paint after art school, color temperature, and her new oil painting course, Alive Nature. Listen on the Create! Podcast.

Working without brushes and painting directly with her hands, Johanne Bossmann explores stillness, surrender, and the "human pulse" through diluted acrylics on raw canvas. In this interview, she opens up about her meditative process, her philosophy of Quiet Luxury, and what she hopes viewers carry with them.

Discover how self-taught Tonalist painter Megan Whitfield channels memory, coastal living, and personal grief into her atmospheric marine landscapes.

How do you translate the memory of a landscape into a deeply tactile painting? In this episode of the Create! Podcast, Michigan-based artist Laurén Gerig shares her approach to capturing place attachment, building rich surfaces, and maintaining creative momentum while balancing a demanding academic career.

Meet the winners of the Create! Magazine Tenth Anniversary Art Prize, honored across painting, photography, sculpture, and fiber art categories.

Step into the soft, meditative world of "Tending to Clouds." Curated by Jessica Aguilar at Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, this new exhibition highlights three contemporary artists exploring ritual, memory, and domestic life through intricate textiles and fiber art.

What happens when you push your materials to their absolute breaking point? Discover how multimedia artist Rebecca Casement transforms vulnerability into profound abstract installations. In this episode of The Create! Podcast, we explore the beauty of precarious ceramics, the power of community, and why letting go of perfection is essential for a sustainable creative practice.

Discover the neuroscience of art therapy, how making art lowers cortisol, and simple ways to heal studio burnout with board-certified art therapist Leah Guzman.

What if the biggest creative block you face isn't a lack of talent, but the invisible rules you were taught to follow? In this episode, Ekaterina Popova sits down with multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and educator Brandi Hofer for a raw and energizing conversation about breaking free from academic perfectionism. Brandi pulls back the curtain on why she stopped hiding her use of projectors, how she balances a massive creative output with raising three children, and why giving yourself permission to play is the ultimate career fuel.

See the artists selected for Time Capsule, a juried exhibition from Create! Magazine and PxP Contemporary, now live on Artsy and in the artist catalog.

What does it really cost to "get chosen" by a gallery? We talk with Sharone Halevy and Alex Mitow of The Superfair about hidden gallery costs, art fair math, and why owning your sales matters more than exposure in 2026.