The Create! Podcast

In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Heather Polk. Heather is a sales and marketing professional with an active art practice that fills her nights and weekends. She resides in Chicago where she relocated from Atlanta almost ten years ago. She is working toward establishing a small art studio that will deliver programming for sufferers of chronic disease so that they, and th...

Join Kat and Samantha on an empowering episode and learn how nutrition can fuel your art and creativity. We chat about healing on a cellular level, feeling amazing, and creating our life's work from a place of love and wellness.  Get a free smoothie recipe from Samantha here: https://createmagazine.lpages.co/art-queen-smoothie/ Samantha Otero is a Plant-Based Nutritionist and Holistic Coach whose...

In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview writer, author, and speaker, Mari Andrew! Mari grew up in Seattle, went to college in Chicago, taught English in Chile, and spent a few years working in Baltimore and DC before eventually deciding to move to New York, which is where she currently lives and works. Her first book, Am I there yet?, is a collection of observations from being...

Tune in and get powerful tips from Kat on how to embody your next level of success in your art career and beyond. Work with Kat: https://artqueens.co/navigation-course Membership: https://artqueens.co/art-queens-membership Recommended Reading: Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth and Prosperity by Dean Graziosi

In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Austin Kleon about his new audiobook trilogy. Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist , Show Your Work! , and Keep Going . He's also the author of Newspaper Blackout , a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent m...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined your passions and created a community that serves other like-minded creatives? Hint: it's so worth it! Join Kat and Victoria Fry on a new podcast episode. We talk all about being an artist, educator, and fusing the two fields. Victoria is an artist and educator with a passion for lifting contemporary artists and educators. Being committed to...

Join Kat (Ekaterina Popova) and painter Erika Lee Sears on a special episode. The artist shares the struggles and triumphs of being an artist during Covid, an exciting project for Lana Del Rey, and a recent collaboration with Guy Hepner/Tax Collection, and much more.  Tune in to get inspired and see how much is possible for you as an artist! www.createmagazine.com/podcast Erika Lee Sears  is an oi...

Kat shares her mindset shift from being driven by fear to taking mindful, inspired action from the heart. She continues the topic of overcoming "survival mode" and take you behind the scenes of creating her first signature course and what it was like! To get updates about the course or other coaching programs, join the mailing list at www.theartqueens.com www.createmagazine.com/podcast

In this episode, Alicia chats with Dallas-based artist Bree Smith to dive into her background, career, and all of the steps she took to organize her own solo show in 2020.  Bree Smith is a Dallas-based painter and mixed media artist and has also recently begun working in murals and installation. Bree received her Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 2007. Her current b...

In today's episode, I'm sharing something very personal, my sobriety journey. I dive into why and how I finally let go of drinking alcohol and some of the positive side-effects of spending most of 2020 sober. Thanks for being here today! Click here to sign up for my Art Queens mailing list and stay in touch! www.theartqueens.com P.S. If you need support, please reach out to someone you trust or ca...

In this episode, Alicia hosts an interview with Jenna Morello to discuss building up her reputation as a muralist, the process behind the small resin sculptures she's become known for, and how she's made her art practice financially stable. Jenna Morello is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brooklyn, New York. She is equally at home creating large-scale bold, expressive walls as well as meticulousl...

Alicia hosts an episode interviewing painter Shawna Gilmore. Born and raised in the Upper Midwest, Shawna Gilmore draws deep from the winter-forged well of her overactive imagination. Her narrative, vintage-infused paintings explore many topics such as wonder, childhood, nature, patterns, and humor. Shawna graduated in 2000 from the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a BFA in Studio Art and an em...

Join Kat on this uplifting episode in which she shares a personal mindset shift that helped her go from survival mode and finally step into thriving. Kat shares the patterns that kept her stuck for years and opens up about what mental shifts and healing helped her move on and overcome. Recommended Reading: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma www.createmagazine....

Life & Loss: Exploring the Art of Motherhood with Brandi Hofer Brandi Hofer is a Canadian artist who earned her BFA in 2008 from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax and has since exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her main focus is figurative and portrait painting, where she explores themes of empowerment, the female psyche, and our emotional selves. Since she bec...

Find Your Ideal Audience and Collectors Kat and Alicia share the best tips for finding collectors for your art and read a free chapter from their new book The Complete Smartist Guide. Get the book:  https://createmagazine.com/book Freebie download:  https://www.theartqueens.com

In this episode, Kat shares a recent event that shook her to the core and reminded her to keep believing in the BIG dreams and not allow pessimism, fear, and uncertainty to distract her from her vision. P.S. The audio might be a little funky because this episode was recorded on the go :) I hope you enjoy this quick pick-me-up!

In this episode, Kat shares the key mindset shift for building your own art empire.    Tips and ideas covered:    -Your whole life is a canvas  -Stop putting all your eggs in one basket -Leverage your connections -Use failure as fuel  -Don't be afraid to shine    www.createmagazine.com/podcast  www.theartqueens.com/NavigationCourse

Do you feel nervous when things are too easy or too fun? If you are like me, maybe you have some of these shared beliefs that continue the cycle of suffering in your life and career. Listen to this episode if you are ready to let go of limiting beliefs that keep us struggling, create difficulty, and prevent us from living a creative and peaceful life. www.createmagazine.com/podcast

Do you need a fresh start? I sure did. In this episode, I share some of the changes and healing that I had gone through in 2020. I explain the need for a rebrand for this show, my personal art evolution, the fear of change, when to let go, and digging into deeper, more soul-based dreams. Thanks for joining me! Tag me on Instagram @katerinaspopova!

In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Tim McFarlane about his decades-long career as an artist working in Philadelphia. Tim McFarlane's paintings and works on paper examine the fluid and contradictory nature of memory and place, with an emphasis on color, multi-layered systems and process. A 1994 Tyler School of Art graduate, McFarlane has exhibited extensively in the U.S. a...

Join Kat and Alicia as they chat about releasing their new book, The Complete Smartist Guide!   We discuss:    Why we wrote the book and what kind of artist it's for The background and story behind the book Challenges and setbacks we experienced Working with a publisher vs. self-publishing More behind the scenes experiences, trials, and triumphs!   The book is available on Amazon and Barnes and no...

Alicia takes over Art & Cocktails for a guest-hosted episode where she interviews Nilé Livingston, a Philadelphia-based artist & creative entrepreneur. Nilé, the founder and CEO of Creative Repute, is an award-winning visual artist and graphic designer whose repertoire spans more than twenty murals in Philadelphia. Her work has been recognized by Rad Girls, an organization that celebrates women's...

Join Kat and Amira Rahim on a brand new episode of Art & Cocktails! Amira Rahim is an LA-based artist who has been creating art since she was 13. In this episode, we discuss her original plan to be an attorney after graduating from the University of Pittsburg, but life had a different plan. After traveling, she discovered her interest in sociology, culture, and eventually reconnected with her art....

Join Kat and Stef Sutton as they chat about the artist's exploration of photography that celebrates street art.    Stef's Artist Statement   The birthplace of graffiti and home to its own unique style of writing, Philly is filled with various forms of street art; yet tags are often the most overlooked form of street art, often appearing on (and quickly disappearing from) dumpsters, construction eq...

Join Kat and Glenyse Thompson on this empowering chat about how the artist followed her intuition and became a painter.  In this episode, we discuss:  How Glenyse took a chance on herself and applied to her first juried exhibition  The power of networking and making the most of opportunities The artist's intuitive approach to painting Getting featured by Martha Stewart Glenyse is an abstract visua...