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#182 Tracy Weinzapfel: Artist, Art Educator, and Community Builder Sep 30, 2020

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Tracy Weinzapfel is a mixed media artist in California. She has worked with many companies as a designer and art educator. She’s also the creator of the artist community called Your Artful Journey. Her community provides classes, prompts, and challenges for its members. She also interacts through Facebook Live events and has a full library of videos on YouTube. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#181 Jeanne Oliver: Art and Business Online Workshops Sep 23, 2020

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Jeanne Oliver is a teaching artist based in Colorado. She offers hundreds of art, business, and lifestyle classes on her website. Some classes are by her, and some are by over 75 other artists. She advises them on how to film and edit their classes, but to also make it in their personal style. She’s found that online classes are doing very well right now, because people are wanting to get an escape and take a fun art class in the comfort of their home. She also offers a 10-week business class online called Creatively Made Business. With all that she does, she’s found a way to integrate her loves of art, travel, home, and family. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#180 Sheila Arora: Intuitive Abstract Painter Sep 16, 2020

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Sheila Arora is an intuitive abstract painter from the Chicago area. Sheila does a beautiful job of explaining her process, including how she chooses colors and how she develops her composition. She’s a true Left Brain/Right Brain creative, as she has worked for years in the area of finance, all while painting and developing her abstract style. She has shown her work in a Chicago gallery, and has shared her art with her thousands of Instagram followers. We also talk about studio space, the materials she uses, and the different substrates she uses to paint each of her collections. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#179 Jen Jovan: Mixed Media Artist and Malarkey Maven Sep 09, 2020

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Jen Jovan is a mixed media artist and illustrator in Portland, Oregon who paints whimsical girls, moody abstracts and soulful creatures. She has also created illustrations for story books and poetry collections. Jen is always learning and evolving with her art style and techniques. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#178 Celebrating this Podcast Sep 02, 2020

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Today I’m doing a special episode to celebrate this podcast. After 2 years, 3 months, and 177 episodes, I have reached 150,000 downloads! This episode will give you a small history of my show, and I’ve included clips of some of the best art business tips. I’ve also included some behind the scenes clips and bloopers. I’ll be back to artist interviews on my next episode next Wednesday. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#177 Lindsay Ostrom: Lettering Artist Aug 26, 2020

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Artist Lindsay Ostrom started her art career as a retail shop owner who specialized in craft supplies like paper and rubber stamps. As the art trends changed, so did she, and she evolved into a scrapbooker and a lettering artist. Just since the pandemic began, she has brought her artwork to a large Facebook community, and she creates art with them every morning. She’s published many books and has quite a few online lettering art classes. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#176 Carl Stoveland and Shannon Torrence: An Artist Residency on the Dry Tortugas Aug 19, 2020

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The artists Carl Stoveland and Shannon Torrence are from Lake Worth Beach, Florida. In 2 weeks, they’ll be leaving for a month at the Dry Tortugas National Park, which is west of the Florida Keys, for an artist residency through the National Parks Arts Foundation. Carl is a photographer and he also does watercolors. Shannon is a landscape artist who works with acrylics. They’ll be bringing their art supplies, as well as everything else they’ll need to live for a month on a deserted island. They’ll be off the grid while they’re there, but they’ll be very busy making art and working on their residency project, a documentary film about their time on the island. We talk about how they were awarded this residency, and what their plans are for their month on an island. I will be interviewing them again in October when they return from this residency. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#175 London Kaye: Yarn Bomber and Street Artist Aug 12, 2020

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Artist London Kaye is an LA-based yarn bomber. In her form of street art, she creates crocheted art pieces that she leaves in a public place for others to enjoy. She gets commissions to do large crocheted pieces, and has made a name for herself in both New York and Los Angeles. She’s also written a book about the art of crochet and she has patented her own style of crochet hook. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#174 Megan Auman: Designer, Metalsmith, and Educator Aug 05, 2020

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Megan Auman is a jewelry artist from Pennsylvania. She majored in metalsmithing in college and now makes stunning jewelry from steel and silver. She has many years of experience with retail sales as well as showing her creations at wholesale trade shows. She now teaches other artists how to profit from their creativity through her classes and coaching. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

#173 Tracy Verdugo: World Traveler Helping Others to Paint their Stories Jul 29, 2020

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Artist Tracy Verdugo lives on the southeast coast of Australia. Normally she spends the summer traveling the world to teach her classes. In fact, I tried to get her on the podcast last year, but she was traveling so much I couldn’t pin her down! I’m glad to be talking with her today. Tracy is a teaching artist with a unique, brightly colored painting style. You may know her from her book, Paint Mojo, where she showcased her paintings as well as the art of 16 other artists. You also may have taken one of her many art workshops that she teaches all over the world. While she’s had to put the in-person teaching on hold, you can still take one of her 8 online creative courses. She’s even adding another one called Story Painting. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

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