Art Is... a podcast for artists

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 2 of Art Is... a podcast for artists, where we brainstorm the future of the art world and the creative industries.  In the latest episode, hosts Isotta and Lauryn delve into the crucial topics of mindset and overcoming creative blocks. With an emphasis on developing a profound connection with one's internal dialogue, they examine the profound impact it can have on a...

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 1 of Art Is... a podcast for artists, where we brainstorm the future of the art world and the creative industries.  This new season is a creative collaboration between Isotta Page, an emerging Italian American artist, and Lauryn Hill, a visionary creative career coach and founder of Curated Splash. In this season premiere, they broadcast live from the renowned TASCHEN s...

Introducing Season 5 of Art Is… a podcasts for artists. Launching on June 22, 2023. This exciting season marks a special collaboration between emerging artist and host, Isotta Page, and the esteemed creative career coach and new guest host, Lauryn Hill from Curated Splash. Together, they present a unique blend of creative conversations centring topics top of mind for emerging artists today. From a...

Welcome to the season four finale of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Career Coach Lauryn Hill and Isotta explore the overlapping challenges that creatives face and potential solutions to work through those tough times. They also chat about where they’d like to see the creative industry grow and improve in the coming years, including more meaningful collaboration and creative opportunities to...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Creative Career Coach Lauryn Hill and Isotta discuss cultivating a more positive self-concept and creating the confidence to step through fear. In part one of this two-part conversation, we discuss how Lauryn helps her clients understand their skills, passions, talents and accomplishments to make money doing work they love. La...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where writer Odette Brady and Isotta discuss the evolution of Cel del Nord, Odette’s artist residency program. Odette shares her approach for cultivating a supportive environment that celebrates connection, growth, and honest feedback.  Odette highlights the most common issues that creatives were facing in her residency program duri...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Odette Brady, a fiction writer, introduces us to her work and her Art Residency program. Every artist has a unique creative process, but each process inevitably includes self-doubt and constructive criticism. Odette explains how it’s important to accept the work and the outcome for what it is and continue forward. Cel del Nord...

Special Announcement: Art Is... x Curated Splash Throughout Season 4, episodes will include a special tip from Lauryn Hill, a Career Coach for creatives with over 12 years of experience and $17 million dollars in sales, on how to level up your business for the long term. Stay tuned to connect more deeply with Lauryn and take her tangible tips to help grow your business.  * Look out for 10 special...

Episode 18: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Susan Hensel, a multidisciplinary artist with a current interest in digital textiles, shares wisdom from a 50+ year career as an artist.  “Art belongs everywhere,” Susan says and as an emerging artist, creating your own opportunities is your livelihood. Find your market, find your mentors and critique groups, stret...

Episode 17: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists . In this 2nd part of Isotta’s conversation with Gisela A. Lazarte, a Venezuelan abstract painter based in NYC, Gisela shares her advice on utilizing social media, pushing your boundaries, and attaching a price to your artwork early on.  Social media opens the door to both positive and negative influences. To get the mos...

Episode 16: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Susan Hensel, a multidisciplinary artist with an emphasis on digital textiles, shares several insights into the art world. Her story originates in creating with clay to craft dinnerware. Today, Susan is a Gallerist of an online gallery and makes various sculptures out of material goods and digital processes.  Throu...

Episode 15: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Gisela A. Lazarte, a Venezualen abstract painter based in NYC introduces us to her creative process and shares her approach to developing a sustainable art business. Gisela’s professional background is film and video, and these are key influences in her interdisciplinary work, along with music and movement.  Gisela...

Episode 14: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Cindy Leung, ceramic artist and Artist-in-Residence at Belger Art Center, advises young artists to put aside the ego of Instagram and feel confident in having an online portfolio to passively promote. Using Instagram as an online portfolio can be intimidating as you compare yourself to other artists. Cindy recommen...

Episode 13: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Loria King & Avril Z Speaks, Director and Executive Producer on their film installation project, Black America Is… , come back for the second instalment of their deep dive.  Today, Loria and Avril share their journeys of creative collaboration and how they worked on their film installation project Black America...

Show Notes: Episode 12: Welcome to this week’s episode of Art Is... a podcast for artists where Cindy Leung, ceramic artist and Artist-in-Residence at Belger Art Center, details her experience with the business side of art and unpacks her creative process.  Cindy Leung received a BFA from Queens College and an MFA from the University of Florida. She highlights that while she gained a lot of techni...

Episode 11: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Michael Fachinello, Founder and CEO of Altamira. Michael discusses how he built out Altamira as a business explaining the different roles on the team. Isotta asks Michael about NFT’s and what role they have at Altamira, they discuss how Michael’s focus has been with the intersection of NFT’s and physical fine art. Michael explains that Altamira is s...

Episode 10: A deep dive with Loria King and Avril Z Speaks on their newly premiered film installation project 'Black America Is...'. In this special conversation with the Director and Executive Producer of the project, Isotta asks about the genesis of the installation's evolution, its mission, and the future of the project. Loria and Avril share how they conceived of the project, and g...

Special Announcement: Art Is... x Curated Splash * Look out for 10 special tips by  Creative Career Coach Lauryn Hill  only in Season 4 of Art Is... a podcast for artists First 5 tips out now as opening clips in: - S04 Ep01 Finding Your Niche & Your Story  - S04 Ep02 Don’t Overthink It, Jump - S04 Ep04 Gaining Social Proof as an Artist - S04 Ep05 Setting Mindful and Strategic Professional Goal...

Episode 09: Special Re-Air of Season 3 Episode 06, Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Lauryn Hill, LA based Creative Careers Coach. For this New Year’s episode, Lauryn shares the details of her coaching program and explains the power of visualization as a technique for artists to heal, define success and set actionable goals. The episode ends with a reflection on how Covid has shifted social dyn...

Episode 08: Special Re-Air of Season 3 Episode 01, Lauryn Hill, creative careers coach, delves into the 3 main areas artists struggle with: clarity, prioritization and limiting beliefs. In this first half of their conversation, Lauryn and Isotta discuss how these attitudes manifest online and what we can do as creatives to unlearn adverse digital habits and embrace tech tools which help us build c...

Episode 07: Part 2 of Isotta’s discussion with Haley Hnatuk, Content Marketing Coordinator at Fastmail and Editor/ Assistant Producer on the upcoming documentary film in love, in memory. Haley shares about her work on the Fast Mail podcast 'Digital Citizen', explaining why she loves using tech as a tool to share stories and build community. The conversation builds off of past episodes expl...

Episode 06: Part 2 of Isotta’s deep dive with Michael Clements, Artist and Founder of Art Jamz. Michael explains what an ‘artrapreneur’ is and how he learned business skills as he grew his creative passions into professional enterprises. Isotta asks Michael what his top tips for emerging artists are and Michael emphasizes the importance of separating your personal and professional finances along w...

Episode 05: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Alex Farkas, Founder and Director of UGallery. The episode opens with Alex sharing about how his childhood in a rural artistic town impacted his current business mentality of openness and empathy. The discussion delves into the role of community in the art world both online and offline, and the amazing enduring quality of humans to share with one an...

Episode 04: Michael Facchinello Founder and CEO of Altamira shares about his exciting new venture Altamira.art, an online communal marketplace for artists, art fans, critics, and collectors. Altamira’s focus is on helping artists gain social proof, and sell their work to the burgeoning collector base stemming from the tech and startup world. Micheal and Isotta discuss the importance of writing abo...

Episode 03: Haley Hnatuk, Content Marketing Coordinator at Fastmail and Editor/ Assistant Producer on upcoming documentary film in love, in memory discusses her focus on using digital technology as a way of storytelling and connecting people. Haley joins Isotta to share her professional expertise in community building. Isotta asks Haley how she constructs a community around complex creative projec...