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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bonnie Christine grew up in her mom's quilt shop with no formal training and no plan to become an artist. Today she runs a multi-seven-figure surface pattern design business built on licensing, education, and a print magazine. In this episode, she shares why residual revenue changed everything for her, why she believes teaching what you know is a responsibility, and how she designs her business around the life she actually wants to live.

Artist the Tracy Piper has spent five years asking people what it means to feel seen. In this episode of the Create Podcast, she shares how the SEEN portrait project began, what she has learned from painting over 250 people, and why the work is rooted in community, belonging, and connection.

Feeling burned out and spread too thin? Alex Mitow and Sharone Halevy of the Superfair join the Create! Podcast to break down what is really happening in the artist community right now and what to do about it.

Kick off the summer with an honest art world check-in as Kat discusses the power of reclaiming your creative privacy. Then, tune in for a joyful conversation with San Diego based Mexican painter Yahel Yan. Discover how a 100 day challenge blossomed into a beautiful solo exhibition and why she views abandoned street chairs as vivid portraits waiting to be painted.

Brand photographer and video storyteller Nicole Bedard shares practical strategies for artists and makers who want to document their creative process, build a personal brand, and show up consistently online without the overwhelm.

n an era of digital shortcuts and viral trends, independent curator and artist Larry Ossei-Mensah joins Kat to talk about the grounding power of artistic rigor, approaching new mediums with a beginner’s mind, and the uncompromising pursuit of excellence.

Philadelphia artist Jo Gamel joins the Create! Podcast to talk daily painting habits, building a pluridisciplinary practice, her miniatures series from the 100-Day Challenge, and how a dream she set in coaching led her from the Louvre to the Stockholm Affordable Art Fair.

Artist, photographer, and curator Indira Cesarine, founder of The Untitled Space in Tribeca, New York, joins the Create Podcast to discuss eleven years of exhibitions, financial sustainability in the arts, championing women artists, and returning to her own painting practice.

Gallery owner and author Liz Lidgett shares how artists can connect with collectors, price their work for real homes, and build a career from anywhere.

On this episode of the Create! Podcast, Maryland Art Place Executive Director Amy Cavanaugh shares her transition from touring cellist to arts leader and discusses the vital role of physical art spaces.

How have artists always paid for their creative lives? Mason Currey shares the surprising, centuries-old history of art, money, and making it work.

Fine art photographer and Studio Chamiilleon founder James Miille joins the Create Podcast to talk about his surrealist process, the emotional through line driving his work, and how artists can build a sustainable creative business without giving up control.

Abstract impressionist painter Emily Jeffords returns to the Create! Podcast to share how she built a sustainable six-figure art business on her own terms, her approach to commissions, and how to protect your creative energy for the long haul.