Creative Guts

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with producer, playwright, director, actor, and dancer Najee Brown. Najee’s story is incredible — he moved to New Hampshire in fall 2019, trading New York City and his gall bladder for his wife and an opportunity at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, NH. Najee helms the new Sol Series at the Seacoast...

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 artist and educator Jason Bagatta. Jason’s journey as an artist began with a drawing contest on the back of a cereal, evolved to “magic pennies” (you’ll have to tune in to hear the story), and now Jason is founding Art House Studios School for Drawing and Painting in Manchester, NH. Back in the day when Jas...

Creative Guts presents a Tiny Art Exchange! The team at Creative Guts invites creatives to participate in an international art exchange! Participants will create an original piece of tiny art, no bigger than 5” by 7”, to send to another participant. Every creative will send and receive one piece of art. This is yet another way for creatives to come together and show off their creative guts! Head o...

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. Today  Laura will be sharing with you three creative sources she can't get enough of! 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 Creati...

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...