Ruth Carter has recently been hailed for her designs for Black Panther. But she has had a long, disciplined career. In this interview, live from the Story Gathering, we explore her integral role in the rise of African American filmmaking and the path that led her to design one of 2018’s hit films.
It's Hard In "This Town"
How many times have you said it (or have heard others say it)? “It’s hard to make a living as an artist in this town.” The truth is, it’s hard to make a living as an artist PERIOD… regardless of what town you live in. So how do we reframe things to set us on a course for success?
Finding Fulfillment as an Artist : Interview w Broadway's Analisa Leaming
“A miserable journey leads to a miserable destination.” An incredible insight in this interview with “Hello Dolly” actress, Analisa Leaming. In this interview we explore what it means to find fulfillment as an artist. How do we gain perspective along the journey that helps us thrive in the long term?
You can find Analisa at https://www.analisaleaming.com/
Practicing Gratitude Can Make You a Better Artist
When we slow down and take account of the things we’re thankful for, it can really help us along the way of building our creative careers.
Moving Forward Means Looking Back
Artists are often visionary — looking ahead and thinking of the next thing. But growing as an artist and as a person means taking time to look back. In this episode, we discover how moving forward in your creative career is rooted in looking back.
Lessons From Halloween For Artists
Halloween has some things to teach us about being an artist. Here are 4 things we can take away from Halloween to help make our creative career even stronger!
How Content Creates Culture
Building a creative career means creating a culture and community around your work. How do we create a culture? Through the content we produce. In this two-parter, we explore the first half this idea — how creating and releasing quality content on the regular helps you build a culture around your work.
Staying Healthy, "What Do I Need?"
In previous episodes, we’ve talked about the importance of honestly asking “what do I want?” In this episode, we address another question, “what do I need?” Both of these questions are important as we work to make creativity our career.
A Guided Meditation For Artists
We talk about a lot of ideas here on this podcast. But I truly want us to take action. That’s how we build a creative career. So in this episode, I’m going to ask you some questions. Wherever you are, take time to answer them. Let’s get your creative career to the next level!
How To Seize Opportunity
Opportunities present themselves on a regular basis, but we have to be ready for them when they come. On this episode, we talk about 4 ways you can be ready to seize opportunities when they come your way.
Is Art Even Important?
There is an age old debate on the question, “What is art?” In this podcast, we talk about the power of our creativity and how it’s helping people awaken the deeper things of life.
It's All About the Difficult Days
There are ups. There are downs. And creative careers are built when we choose to persevere on the difficult days.
Start Creating by Working on the Right Stuff
There are things we might think we need to do when we’re starting our creative career. But usually, those things are just distractions. In this episode, we reframe our priorities so we can get to work on the things we say we want to be doing.
Winning the Lotto Won't Make You Rich : An Interview with Chris Blue of The Voice
Chris won Season 12 of The Voice. In this interview, Chris shares how he's working more today than ever before. We'll overcome the myth of winning the creative lottery and talk practically about how we can build our creative careers.
4 Practical Tips for Being Yourself as an Artist
Last week, we talked about the value of being yourself as an artist. But what does that mean? How do we make that happen. In this episode, we talk about 4 ways we can being more of who we are to our artistic process.
The Importance of Being Yourself As An Artist : An Interview with Jesse Walsh
Make your art the best it can be by being true to yourself as an artist. In this episode we hear from photographer, Jesse Walsh. She found herself uninterested in doing art in the way that she thought she was “supposed to do it.” By bringing herself to her practice, she loves what she does more than ever. AND Her business is doing better than ever. Here's how you can too!
The Exponential Power of Team and an Interview with Mike Wallace of Falcon's Treehouse
Lots of artists can work solo. But what does it look like to work as a team? That's what this episode is all about. We talk with Mike Wallace, Creative Director of Falcon's Treehouse. Their team of 60 builds large scale themed entertainment experiences for parks around the world.
Please... FAIL!! Fail Often. Fail Fast!
Failure can be surrounded by so much fear. And that's totally understandable. But how can we reposition how we see failure so that it becomes an asset rather than a liability? That's what this week's episode is all about!
Stop Waiting For Permission and an Interview with Juan Rodriguez of Sinego
The power has shifted from a few gatekeepers and now rests in your hands. Who are you waiting for to get your creative career going? In this episode we talk about how to do that. And Cole interviews Juan Rodriguez whose music project, Sinego, has had multiple tracks reach more than 1 million streams on Spotify -- all after he decided to stop waiting for permission and get to work!
Practical Advice On How To Tell Your Story
As artists, we're always telling a story – the big story of what we do and why, and also the smaller story of a work or show. In this episode, we talk with Alice Fairfax. She's an expert on helping people tell their story. She gives practical advice on how we can learn to do that in a compelling way.
