The Radical Creativity Podcast

Imagining the future in the solidarity economy with Sruti Suryanarayanan & Marina Lopez of Art.coop

After a brief unexpected hiatus, we are back with this expansive discussion with Sruti Suryanarayanan and Marina Lopez of Art.coop [http://Art.coop]!  In this episode, we talk all about the solidarity economy, different ways of imagining how we do art and live, seeing art in the everyday, the importance of rest and our ability as artists to imagine a better future. Sruti and Marina share ways in which you can incorporate collective principles of care and build community in your own life and art practice, as well as examples of organizations and folks who are showing how working cooperatively as artists IS possible to create a better world! This episode is so full of inspiration, encouragement and permission to explore how your own creativity can bring the change you want to see, as this week’s Radical Creativity podcast guests share: “You too are stewards of economic justice…rather than participating in a dominant extractive art world, you can build one that’s actually reciprocal, and respectful and meets and your community’s needs”—Sruti “[as artists] we’re uniquely positioned to imagine new ways of being, and then to build those worlds because it’s what we do already”—Marina Mentioned in this episode: “We need everyone’s art with Lacey Prpić Hedtke” [https://stainedghost.com/radical-creativity-podcast/2024/12/10/we-need-everyones-art-with-lacey-prpi-hedtke]Radical Creativity podcast episode interWOVEN journal submission form [https://forms.gle/5KHmJ5X8xWWBW3E68]: be part of the first issue of this community-created publication celebrating life, nature, creative being and the interwovenness of it all! Submissions close May 1, 2025 for the Light 2025 issue! Creative Wildfire [https://www.creativewildfire.org/] New Economy Coalition [https://neweconomy.net/] U.S. Department of Arts & Culture [https://usdac.us/] Cooperative Journal podcast [https://www.cooperativejournalmedia.com/] Learn more about Sruti & Marina’s work at Art.coop: art.coop website [http://art.coop] (sign up for the newsletter, email the team and check out all their resources here!) Instagram: @_artcoop [https://www.instagram.com/_artcoop/] Twitter: @_artcoop [https://twitter.com/_artcoop] Remember the Future podcast [https://rememberthefuture.buzzsprout.com/] For more inspiration and support in crafting your own radical creative path: Sign up for the Double Gemini substack newsletter [https://doublegemini.substack.com/] Follow @stainedghost on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stainedghost/] Visit the Stained Ghost website [https://stainedghost.com] For creative communications support: Visit the Society of Air website [https://www.societyofair.com] Listen to the Grounding Visions podcast [https://www.societyofair.com/groundingvisionspodcast] The Radical Creativity podcast is brought to you by Holly Hilgenberg, artist, writer, community builder and creative communications practitioner of Stained Ghost and Society of Air. Theme music and production support by Chris Rose of Robust Worlds

We need everyone’s art with Lacey Prpić Hedtke

In this inspiring Radical Creativity podcast episode, I’m joined by photographer, public artist and astrologer Lacey Prpić Hedtke! As the founder of The Future, a project space and shop for witches and weirdos in South Minneapolis, Lacey shares about her experience running a community art space centered around magic over the past seven years, in addition to her expansive art practice.  Lacey and I talk about the varied and unique ways she creates public art rooted in social justice, magic, place, history and astrology, and explore how she incorporates her library and research background into following the threads of inspiration to inform her projects and artwork.  In sharing about her experience, Lacey gives permission and encouragement for folks to challenge what it means to be an artist, how we define success as artists and what art looks like—if you are struggling to feel validated or worthy as an artist, this is a must listen Radical Creativity podcast episode! As Lacey says, “the more we make art, the more we are contributing to the world we want to see, which is its own form of magic.”  Learn more about the magic Lacey brings into the world: The Future at thefuturempls.com [http://thefuturempls.com] and on ig @thefuturempls [https://www.instagram.com/thefuturempls/] Lacey’s astrology work at silverrisingstrology.com [https://www.silverrisingastrology.com/] Lacey’s personal website laceyprpichedtke.com [http://www.laceyprpichedtke.com/] and on ig @laceyprpichedtke [https://www.instagram.com/laceyprpichedtke/] Mentioned in this episode: The Color of Law [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Law]by Richard Rothstein The Creative Act [https://sites.prh.com/thecreativeact] by Rick Rubin Martha [https://www.netflix.com/title/81479059] (the Martha Stewart Documentary) Senate Hearing on UFOs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFUgG38UzIE] from Nov. 2024 Also! If you still want to join in the fun at the Tarot Salon on Friday, Dec. 13th at the Humboldt Bay Social Club, where we will be creating intuitive art inspired by the tarot, get your tickets here [https://www.popculturehealing.com/tarotsalon]! (As a special bonus for those who also attend Kate from Darn Good Work’s monthly co-working [https://www.darngoodwork.com/coworking]session earlier in the day, you will receive $5 off the price of the salon!) For more inspiration and support in crafting your own radical creative path: Sign up for the Double Gemini substack newsletter [https://doublegemini.substack.com/] Follow @stainedghost on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stainedghost/] Visit the Stained Ghost website [https://stainedghost.com] For creative communications support: Visit the Society of Air website [https://www.societyofair.com] Listen to the Grounding Visions podcast [https://www.societyofair.com/groundingvisionspodcast] The Radical Creativity podcast is brought to you by Holly Hilgenberg, artist, writer, community builder and creative communications practitioner of Stained Ghost and Society of Air. Theme music and production support by Chris Rose of Robust Worlds

Tarot as a tool for liberation with Geneva Elise of Pop Culture Healing

In celebration of our upcoming Tarot Salon on Friday, Dec. 13 at Humboldt Bay Social Club, in this episode of the Radical Creativity Podcast, I am joined by professional tarot reader, yoga instructor and educator Geneva Elise of Pop Culture Healing! Geneva shares about her journey moving from life as a high school English teacher in Oakland, CA to heed the call to relocate to Humboldt County, where she creates beautiful, community-centered offerings that combine her love of tarot, yoga and collaboration. We explore the connections between tarot, yoga and art as tools of liberation, and the role community can play in supporting one another as we connect with our true purpose and discover our most authentic expression of self.  Check out Geneva’s tarot and yoga offerings by following her on instagram @popculturehealing [https://www.instagram.com/popculturehealing/] or on her website at popculturehealing.com [http://popculturehealing.com] To join in the fun at the Tarot Salon on Friday, Dec. 13th at the Humboldt Bay Social Club, where we will be creating intuitive art inspired by the tarot, get your tickets here [https://www.popculturehealing.com/tarotsalon]! (As a special bonus for those who also attend Kate from Darn Good Work’s monthly co-working [https://www.darngoodwork.com/coworking]session earlier in the day, you will receive $5 off the price of the salon!) For more inspiration and support in crafting your own radical creative path: Sign up for the Double Gemini substack newsletter [https://doublegemini.substack.com/] Follow @stainedghost on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stainedghost/] Visit the Stained Ghost website [https://stainedghost.com] For creative communications support: Visit the Society of Air website [https://www.societyofair.com] Listen to the Grounding Visions podcast [https://www.societyofair.com/groundingvisionspodcast] The Radical Creativity podcast is brought to you by Holly Hilgenberg, artist, writer, community builder and creative communications practitioner of Stained Ghost and Society of Air. Theme music and production support by Chris Rose of Robust Worlds

Accessing portals to desire, healing and self acceptance through art with Laura Sabolich

If you are looking for encouragement to embrace your unique creative self, this episode of the Radical Creativity podcast is for you! In this powerful discussion, I’m joined by marbling painter Laura Sabolich. We talk about Laura’s journey as a visual artist, from working in the fashion industry to experiencing an awakening of self discovery through her art in 2018 following the death of her father, the start of her marriage, and move back to her home state of Oklahoma from New York.  Laura shares how art has been a major source of healing, particularly during a period in which she was bedridden for two years, reflecting on how essential trusting in the universe and asking for aligned assistance is. We discuss how art aids us in moving through old cultural narratives around perfectionism, time and the value of creation. Laura offers sources of support that aided her in creating a business that is better for the world, and so much more to encourage finding your own self acceptance as an artist! To check out Laura’s art visit: laurasabolichdesign.com [http://laurasabolichdesign.com] or follow her on instagram @lsdlaurasabolichdesign [https://www.instagram.com/lsdlaurasabolichdesign/] As a special gift to Radical Creativity listeners, you can receive 15% off of your LSD order until the shop closes for the season on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024! To save 15%, enter the code 15OFF at check out (please note this offer can not be combined with other offers).  Mentioned in this episode: Moonbeaming podcast episode “Wisdom From The Other Side of Change With Sarah M. Chappell [https://moonbeaming.simplecast.com/episodes/wisdom-from-the-on-the-other-side-of-change-with-sarah-m-chappell-yIG_3J0K]”  Jennifer Armbrust’s Feminist Business School [https://sister.is/feminist-business-school] Martha Beck’s The Way of Integrity [https://marthabeck.com/product/the-way-of-integrity/] Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem [https://open.spotify.com/track/7aAE5KL20Uycf3dswsaHjp?autoplay=true]” Share Your Magic [https://www.societyofair.com/share-your-magic] 4-part course on creating a sustainable communications plan from Society of Air For more inspiration and support in crafting your own radical creative path: Sign up for the Double Gemini substack newsletter [https://doublegemini.substack.com/] Follow @stainedghost on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stainedghost/] Visit the Stained Ghost website [https://stainedghost.com] For creative communications support: Visit the Society of Air website [https://www.societyofair.com] Listen to the Grounding Visions podcast [https://www.societyofair.com/groundingvisionspodcast] The Radical Creativity podcast is brought to you by Holly Hilgenberg, artist, writer, community builder and creative communications practitioner of Stained Ghost and Society of Air. Theme music and production support by Chris Rose of Robust Worlds

Be the artist you are with Colleen Kam Siu

In our second episode of Radical Creativity, I welcome ecstatic poet and visual artist Colleen Kam Siu to the show!  Colleen and I discuss her journey in embracing her unique path and identity as an artist; the parallels between travel and the creative process with embracing and trusting in intuition, the process and the unknown; how to work through creative blocks and keep creating despite gatekeepers and narrow definitions of “being an artist”; the magic of community and so much more!  You can follow Colleen’s work at Sacred Mirror Poetry [https://colleenkamsiu.substack.com/] on substack, and check out colleenkamsiu.com [http://colleenkamsiu.com] to learn more and check out her chatbook Elements of Being [https://www.blurb.com/b/11303469-elements-of-being].  For more inspiration and support in crafting your own radical creative path: Sign up for the Double Gemini substack newsletter [https://doublegemini.substack.com/] Follow @stainedghost on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stainedghost/] Visit the Stained Ghost website [https://stainedghost.com] For creative communications support: Visit the Society of Air website [https://www.societyofair.com] Listen to the Grounding Visions podcast [https://www.societyofair.com/groundingvisionspodcast] The Radical Creativity podcast is brought to you by Holly Hilgenberg, artist, writer, community builder and creative communications practitioner of Stained Ghost and Society of Air. Theme music and production support by Chris Rose of Robust Worlds