The Artist Matters

2021 End of the year recap

Well, we've reached the end of 2021. Here's how the rest of my year concluded.

2021 Mid-Year Recap

The podcast is still alive. Just giving you updates on what's been going on since January. Enjoy!

2020 Recap

Hi, everyone. I'm back. This is it. The end of 2020. And I'm here to share how my year went and what I've experienced and learned. Enjoy, share and Happy New Year.

Brian Brandow - The Creative Side to Personal Finance

Welcome to episode #69. Today we address something that some of us creatives may not want to deal with or talk about. Money and personal finance. I thought this would be helpful considering we all use money. Whether it’s to finance a business, sell your art, get headshots, sell a script. Money is part of our lives. And I felt it was important for you to hear from someone who had massive debt and was able to get debt-free. And know you can too. His name is Brain Brandow. We attended a TV/Video production course in our senior year at Brentwood High School. He would later come back to work as an assistant for that same course. He eventually went to work for Cablevision and actually helped me get a job there as well. Brian started a family and of course, expenses increased. So did the debt. Before long, that debt swelled to $109,000. Brian and his family took action; reading books, changing their spending habits and their lifestyle. And in about 4 years, they were debt-free. From all this, Brian was inspired to create Debt Discipline.com. Here he shares his story, personal finance tips and much more. He also decided to share his story and wisdom at various libraries and schools. Through collaboration, he was able to set up some financial literacy programs in various schools, classes K-12, throughout Long Island. Not only that, his story was featured on Good Morning America. Brian also gives some tips on holiday shopping, since that season is fast approaching. It was great connecting with him again and I know this will be of great value to you. So, enjoy my chat with Brian Brandow.

Kristen Stafford - Halloween Art Collector and Podcaster

Welcome to Episode 68. And Halloween continues with a guest who has been one year in the making. We connected just after Halloween, so I wanted to wait to get her on the show until the season was back. And she’s here. Welcome Halloween art collector and podcaster, Kristen Stafford. Kristen has been a “Halloweenist” for as long as she can remember. She celebrates it all-year round. Collecting Halloween art started with the Dept 56 Halloween Village sets and grew from there. She started going to Halloween art shows and became fascinated with original art. Meeting the artists and hearing their stories inspired her to try her hand at podcasting. And The Halloween Art & Travel Podcast was born. Season 1 debuted August 2018. The focus is solely on Halloween art and artists. Kristen also volunteers as a tour guide for a local cemetery and has passion for the history surrounding cemeteries and tombstone art. She has traveled to many notable places that tie into Halloween, such as: Anoka, MN, Sleepy Hollow, Hell, MI, New Orleans and Salem. There’s much more, so enjoy my chat with Kristen Stafford.