Studio Time

Marijke van Veldhoven — Zoo You Mind?

For the past year and a half, illustrator Marijke van Veldhoven has been drawing comics about her life as a creative, capturing the feelings and the fears that we all experience. This week Marijke launches a kickstarter campaign [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marijkevanveldhoven/zoo-you-mind-a-book-with-100-recognizable-comics] to share a collection of 100 of those comics in a book called Zoo You Mind? We talk about how she got started as an artist, how receiving feedback from her audience gave her confidence to return to drawing comics, and what she learnt from asking for help. _____ Find and follow Marijke online: website [https://www.messageinadrawing.com] | instagram [https://www.instagram.com/message_in_a_drawing/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marijkevanveldhoven/] _____ Links and show notes from the episode: * Back Marijke's Zoo You Mind? Kickstarter campaign [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marijkevanveldhoven/zoo-you-mind-a-book-with-100-recognizable-comics] * Artists mentioned: Egon Schiele and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Gina Morgano — Find Your Voice

My guest on this episode, Gina Morgano, is a radical romantic who believes in using her voice as an instrument of peace. Gina teaches how to find your voice - both the external voice that has something it wants to sing and the internal voice which has something that it's longing to say. In this episode you'll hear some of Gina's story - how she came to be a performer and singing teacher with a love of learning and sharing other people's stories. [You can read a full transcript of this episode at https://www.studiotimepodcast.com/blog/ginamorgano [https://www.studiotimepodcast.com/blog/ginamorgano]] _____ Find and follow Gina online: website [https://www.ginamorgano.com/] | Instagram [https://instagram.com/ginamorgano] | podcast [https://www.ginamorgano.com/podcast] Self Care for Singers Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/selfcareforsingers] | The Practice Society [https://www.ginamorgano.com/society] _____ Links and show notes from the episode: * The Practice Society [https://www.ginamorgano.com/society] is a new collective of curious, dedicated and service-oriented artists ready to dive deep into cultivating purposeful practices in art and life. Through community and conversation, this introductory summer membership explores the pillars of Identity, Wellness and Growth. Artist citizens will receive the tools and accountability to build and support the lifestyle and creative practices that will sustain them for the long-haul, helping them to claim agency over their creativity and make meaningful contributions through their humanity and artistry. * Be a Curator [https://www.ginamorgano.com/blog-1/2021/1/19/be-a-curator]: Gina's blog post about creation and curation * Your $5K Hour [https://theinfinitecreative.substack.com/p/your-5k-hour]: Why some people pay £385+ to see Beyonce Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here. [http://www.audiencebydesign.com/]

Dana Ray — The Power of Naming What You Do

Dana Ray works with unboxable leaders to name their work, and tell the true story of what it is about. She is a writer, speaker and facilitator who works with leaders, artists and change-making organisations. Dana and I talk about one of her earliest memories of using words to document and process her lived experience, the lesson she learned from a Bulgarian hairdresser, and how the process of uncovering your primary verb can help you do more of the work that you were born to do. _____ Find and follow Dana online: website [http://www.danamray.com] | Instagram [https://instagram.com/danam.ray] _____ Links and show notes from this episode: Sara Dittrich [http://www.saradittrich.com] — From passive seeing to active looking, from passive hearing to active listening Why Fish Don't Exist [https://bookshop.org/books/why-fish-don-t-exist-a-story-of-loss-love-and-the-hidden-order-of-life-9781501160349/9781501160271] — A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller Dana speaking at Creative Mornings — Your Shade of Blue [https://creativemornings.com/talks/dana-ray/1] _____ Art (and artists) need an audience. Your art won't put itself in front people who want to engage with it by accident. For your work to have more significant impact in the world, part of your creative practice — part of being ready — should include building an Audience by Design. Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here. [http://www.audiencebydesign.com/]

Jenna Pastuszek — Don't Fear Failure

Jenna Pastuszek, co-founder of Innovative Voice Studios and the star of "Get Happy", is a connector of humans and ideas. As an actor, singer, voiceover artist, teacher, coach and mentor, she always shows up as a human first and is someone I always enjoy spending time with. We talk about her work with Tim Russell at Innovative Voice Studios and how they collaborate to create programs that empower their clients to take ownership of all aspects of their creativity. Jenna explains how she filmed a covid-safe version of her show "Get Happy" and also shares what she has learned from studying Judy Garland. _____ Find and follow Jenna online: website [http://www.jennapastuszek.com/] | instagram [http://instagram.com/thejennap] | studio [http://www.innovativevoicestudio.com] _____ Links and show notes from this episode: * Young People's Theater Workshop [https://www.yptw.org/] * Jenna describes that she didn't realise how important singing and performing were to her life until she stopped doing them temporarily. * NYU Steinhardt [https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/departments/music-and-performing-arts-professions] * Operating out of fear instead of intuition * Innovative Voice Studio [https://www.innovativevoicestudio.com/] with Tim Russell [https://www.tjrussell.org/] * How the Covid 19 pandemic encouraged Jenna and Tim to extend and expand their offerings to serve performers beyond the NYC area. * Building programs that people can participate in online and in person. * Learning to sing as a vehicle for learning to be a human. Preparing for a Broadway audition can teach you things that are applicable across a variety of industries and markets around the world. * Learning about auditioning for Broadway can teach us to treat ourselves and each other with humanity and respect. * "I use my voice to help others find theirs." * IVS is showing leadership in the Broadway community by engaging Equity & Diversity Strategist Shavanna Calder, and creating the Artist Expansion Fund to support BIPOC artists * Get Happy - The Songs of Judy Garland [https://www.jennapastuszek.com/judy], performance for East Lynne Theater Co. [https://www.eastlynnetheater.org/] * Filming the Covid Safe performance in a theatre with no audience to be watched by people online * The costs of Judy Garland's legacy * The lessons Jenna has taken from Garland's humanity * The difference of getting to know an artist as a Human First * Future planning * Why Jenna would tell the younger version of herself not to fear failure Art (and artists) need an audience. Your art won't put itself in front people who want to engage with it by accident. For your work to have more significant impact in the world, part of your creative practice — part of being ready — should include building an Audience by Design. Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here. [http://www.audiencebydesign.com]

Anna Peng — Consistent Creativity

Anna has taken the skills she developed studying industrial design and expanded her public portfolio to demonstrate how you and I might find our voices through sharing our process work as well as our polished work. You can find Anna at @puhpenguins [http://www.instagram.com/puhpenguins] and thehabitfactory.space [http://www.thehabitfactory.space]