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.

Katrin Rymsha is a Russian-born artist whose practice bridges symbolism and abstract figurative painting through a distinctive and expressive use of color. Born in Siberia and educated at the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Arts, she has exhibited internationally across Europe, the United States, and Asia. Her work is held in private collections worldwide and has been presented in museums in New York and St. Petersburg.

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.

For Anese Eun Cho, a lighthouse is not just a symbol. It is a structure made of light that lets you be fully visible without walls, fully protected without hiding. In this interview, she talks about childhood portals, strangers who stayed until sunrise, and what it means to transform pain into something that gives others hope.

Alice d'Apolito paints visual diaries on wood, populating them with an alter ego, a childhood rabbit, and five pet snails. In this interview, the Italian global nomad talks about whimsy as emotional architecture, the slow philosophy of snails, and what it means to build a dream studio without walls.

Nicole Shannon's practice began at a jeweler's bench and has since expanded into an inquiry spanning painting, sculpture, writing, and research. In this interview, she reflects on Creative Wayfinding, the tension between fragility and possibility, and what it means to use creativity not just to make art, but to navigate life.

Jana Astanov moves between performance, installation, sound, and myth — building what she calls "temporary cosmologies." In this interview, she reflects on her oracular persona Agni Jnana Yannanda, the living traditions of Baltic and Slavic folk practice, and what it means to hold transformation without collapsing it.

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.

The Untitled Space presents IN FULL BLOOM, a group exhibition featuring 34 women artists exploring floral and botanical imagery as a site of transformation, identity, and power. On view in Tribeca, New York, with a Tribeca Gallery Night opening May 15, 2026.

Create! Magazine's 2026 Women's Edition features 42 contemporary women artists, six in-depth interviews, and guest curation by internationally recognized art collector and advisor Sonia Borrell. Available now as a digital subscription and print on demand through Amazon.

Explore Vanessa McKernan’s latest exhibition, The Wanderer, featuring intuitive oil paintings that intermingle dreams, personal history, and the archetypal feminine psyche. Discover the artist’s process of "archaeological" layering and her recent move to the Ottawa Valley.

Introducing the new interview series BOUNDLESS, where we chat with artists across the US who run their own galleries, recontextualizing these art spaces as key elements of an artist’s creative practice.

Andrea Mitchell has spent decades at the intersection of visual art, somatic therapy, and energy healing. Working in collage, watercolor, stained glass, and mixed media from New York City, she builds layered works that ask viewers to sense what they cannot immediately see. In this interview, she talks about intuition as a creative tool, color as a carrier of frequency, and why the best art — like the best healing — unfolds at the pace the viewer is ready for.

Cecil Ybanez has lived many lives — physical therapist, Pilates instructor, interior designer, gallery owner — before arriving, fully, at the one he was always moving toward: artist. In this interview, the Filipino-American creator talks about translucent materials, precolonial Filipino culture, found objects that tell their own stories, and why he wants every viewer to leave believing they have everything they need to make art of their own.