Creative Guts

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Debbie Mueller, also known as the late bloomer artist! Debbie is living proof that it is never too late to become an artist. An obstetrician and gynecologist by day, Debbie didn’t know she could paint until one rainy day about five years ago. Today, Debbie is in love with the process of painting. In thi...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 25th installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to  Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts online ( www. CreativeGutsPodcast.com )...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Caleb Weinstein of Caleb Weinstein Studio! Fun fact: Laura used to babysit Caleb and now he’s a teenage glass blower looking toward a career in glass blowing! Caleb’s creative career began at a metal class at Berwick Academy, learned glass blowing at Snow Farm, and now he’s a full blown glass blower (pun in...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 24th installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, traditionally co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions, but today we’re shaking things up! Mike Durkee of Durkish Delights, a visual artist,muralist, and a Creative Guts Board member, is taking over the show for his creative pic...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with painter Bri Custer! With a passion for plein air painting, Bri’s work features colorful landscapes.  Bri is also the founder of the Non-Toxic Crit Group to create a safe space for artists to dialogue together about art. We talk about overcoming creative block, the woes of photographing art, and even Bri’s t...

The Creative Guts team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In this mini episode, Sarah will share a glimpse at her latest creative consumptions! Special thank you to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. As always, hang out with Creative Guts online at www. CreativeGutsPodcast.com and on Facebo...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Anthony Bounphakhom, the owner of The Block Collaborative in Portsmouth, NH. This mission of The Block Collaborative, “to help express one’s unconditional love in a style of art to help unite and grow the community”, sums up Anthony’s incredible perspective. You’ll hear the romcom-esque way Anthony fell in...

Welcome! The Creative Guts team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini-episodes, we will be sharing a glimpse of our latest creative consumptions! This year we will be taking turns recording our catalogues, to limit our recording time together to just with our fantastic guests. So in this episode, Laura will be sharing with you her three latest creative consumptions...

The team behind Creative Guts is back with the third Creative Guts Zine! As per usual, the Zine will feature the work of visual artists and writers who have been selected by jury, but this time we’re looking for collaborative pieces! Creative Guts loves collaboration, so the third Zine will feature collaborations between artists. The combinations are endless: we’re picturing photographers and danc...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Lindsey Castellon of Angry Gato Designs! Lindsey is an artist who dabbles in a little bit of everything from sewing to jewelry making, to sarcasm, to illustrations, to cats, and more.  Another member of the Port City Makerspace, Lindsay was part of the Seacoast Mask Makers effort back when the coronavir...

Welcome back to another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini-episodes, we will be sharing a glimpse of what creative stuff has caught our eye lately! This year we will be taking turns recording our catalogues, to limit our recording time together. So in this episode, Laura will be sharing with you her latest creative consumptions. Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as B...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Dave Swillum of the Waking Up From Work Podcast, Crawlspace Audio, and BroadWing! Before you dive into this episode, we thought you should know it was recorded in ~June 2020 (blame it on the coronavirus) so you might hear a few things that are old news. Nevertheless, Dave is awesome. On Dave’s podcast,...

Welcome! The Creative Guts team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini-episodes, we will be sharing a glimpse of our latest creative consumptions! This year we will be taking turns recording our catalogues, to limit our recording time together to just with our fantastic guests. So in this episode, Laura will be sharing with you her three latest creative consumptions...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with artist Anne Kenny. One of the OG artists at Art Up Front Street, Anne grew up sewing, but her industrial quilts today look a little different.  Anne’s industrial quilts are inspired by New Hampshire’s amoskeag mills and the “mill girls”. Hear about Anne’s experience showing her work in NYC and beyond as her...

We’re back, and with big news! Aside from new interview episodes starting on Wednesday, January 6th, the Creative Guts Team has been busy incorporating as a nonprofit! In this short bonus episode, we’ll share with you what our mission is and what you can look forward to in 2021. We are thrilled to be back and can’t wait to share more stories from gutsy creatives.

The Creative Guts team is back with the nineteenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts...

The Creative Guts team is back with the eighteenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts...

  The Creative Guts team is back with the seventeenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Gu...

The Creative Guts team is back with the sixteenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts o...

Today’s bonus episode features an upcoming exhibit from one half of the Creative Guts team: Laura! This mini-episode gives you the details and motivation behind The Woodlands Above open-air exhibit, created by our Laura of Artful Harper Studios, happening this Saturday, July 18th at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH. The exhibit will feature her small scale oil paintings, live...

 Happy Birthday, Creative Guts! Creative Guts released our first episode on July 3rd, 2019 and nearly 50 episodes later, we’re celebrating one year of podcasting. Today’s episode is brought to you thanks to the Nashua Public Library! As part of their summer speaking series, aptly themed “Imagine Your Story”, the Nashua Public Library invited us to not only share our story, but teach others the bas...

Here’s a tiny bonus episode from the Creative Guts team! Creative Guts partnered with the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast for a pandemic project, Where We Live: a Virtual Art Show Celebrating the Places We Call Home. The Workforce Housing Coalition is a small, but mighty nonprofit, that advocates for a housing supply as diverse as we are because members of the region’s workforc...

Happy Birthday Creative Guts! This episode is a very special one, as this week Creative Guts is celebrating one year of episodes! We decided to celebrate this milestone with a stroll down memory lane, playing clips from each episode of all the gutsy creatives we’ve interviewed. These inspiring guests have impacted us and our listeners, and feel honored we were able to document all that they do.  ...

The Creative Guts team is back with the fifteenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts o...

The Creative Guts team is back with the fourteenth installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman, share a glimpse at their latest creative consumptions!  Special thanks to Raphael Bastek, musically known as Bug, for providing us with a great song to layer on this episode as we share our list. You can find more about Creative Guts...