Creative Guts

Creative Guts is pleased to share this episode of Off the Wall with Matt and Amy from the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, New Hampshire. Off The Wall is a semi-regular series where Matt and Amy chat with a wide variety of visual artists, digging into the nuts and bolts of their creative process to reveal more about the layers of meaning, emotion, and intent behind their work. This epis...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman interview musicians Lindsay Garfield and Jon Nolan in front of a live audience at Exeter High School.  Lindsay Garfield is a singer, songwriter, and musical educator and founding member of the San Francisco-based country-rock band Or, the Whale. Lindsay spent the last decade performing under the name Paige & The Thou...

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is being hosted by Laura, one of the co-founders and hosts of Creative Guts and the artist behind Artful Harper Studios.   Featured in th...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Liz Pieroni, artist and founder of Mosaic Art Collective! Liz’s passion for art was deeply cultivated by family and community, and she’s used that passion to create much-needed community in Manchester. Liz’s professional training was in ceramics, but today she mostly plays with various thicknesses of ac...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Brendan McCormick! Brendan is a digital artist who lives, works, and creates in New Hampshire. A product of the 90’s and early 2000’s, Brendan draws inspiration from his childhood playing video games, reading comics, making movies, and skateboarding.  After graduating college in 2009 with a Bache...

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things giving them life lately. This week’s episode is hosted by Becky Barsi, artist, photographer, teacher, star of Creative Guts’ episode 25, and explorer of all things creative! In this episode, Becky talks...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Kimball Jenkins’ director of programming Yasamin Safarzadeh and Waypoint’s program manager Sarah Jones live at the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Arts Partnership, Fall 2023 conference Woven: Gathering at the Intersections at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH. In this interview, Yazamin and Sarah ta...

Remember our friend Isabel (Izze) Ardito Lebo of Cheeky Neighborhood from last week’s episode? Creative Guts is thrilled to partner with Izze and Cheeky Neighborhood to host a Rug Hooking Workshop in December! Join us on Tuesday, December 5th from 6 pm until 8 pm at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH, to learn the wonders of rug hooking! All materials will be provided — all you...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Isabel (Izze) Ardito Lebo, the creative behind Cheeky Neighborhood. Originally from Portsmouth, NH, Izze possesses an unwavering passion for creation as she works in oil painting, drawing, sculpture, rug hooking, and tufting. She recently earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mount Allison University i...

Creative Guts is thrilled to partner with the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts to present Kaleidoscope, a colorful, open call exhibition. This group show will include works from 30 artists from New England. The exhibition will be on view in the Bernier Room at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts from November 5, 2023 through January 5, 2024. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, No...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with artist, curator, poet, and educator Fallon Rae. Fallon’s name was mentioned when Creative Guts interviewed Mike Howat last year, and Fallon’s been on the list ever since.  Fallon’s currently in a state of transition with her personal art, moving from themes of outer space to something more figurative. While...

The holiday season will be here before you know it, so it seems like the perfect time to remind you about our #ShopNHCreatives directory! Creative Guts created this directory to make it easier for shoppers to find and support New Hampshire creatives and makers! So, if you are interested in investing your dollars in the creative community of New Hampshire, consider shopping from local artists this...

In today’s episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Jason Moon! Jason is the Senior Reporter and Producer on New Hampshire Public Radio’s Document team. Document is NHPR’s award-winning longform, narrative podcast series, and Jason specifically has covered topics ranging from unsolved murders to presidential elections to secret lists of police officers. J...

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is being hosted by Laura, one of the co-founders and hosts of Creative Guts and the artist behind Artful Harper Studios.   Featured in th...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Rachel Sotak, the Concord-based artist behind RS Creative! Rachel embodies both creativity and guts. She is a graphic designer whose style is illustrative and colorful. Rachel manages to balance her client work with self-driven work, but spends a lot of her time helping small businesses with their brand...

Remember Amanda Kidd-Kestler from last week’s episode of Creative Guts? Amanda was gracious enough to record an installment of Creative Catalogues to share with all of you! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ universe will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things they think you ought to know about. We’re back with another installment today! In this episode, Amanda talk...

Creative Guts is back with a brand new interview episode! In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Amanda Kidd-Kestler, executive director of the New Hampshire Art Association! The New Hampshire Art Associate serves established and emerging artists to cultivate creativity, community, and culture through education, events, and exhibitions. NHAA is...

Creative Guts is back!  It’s been a busy year and Creative Guts has a lot to share. First, some news: Creative Guts is honored to have been selected as the recipient for the 2023 NH Governor’s Arts Award for Creative Communities. The NH Governor’s Arts Awards publicly recognize outstanding contributions to the state’s arts and cultural life made by individuals, organizations, and communities and a...

Creative Guts is four years old! In this episode, Laura and Sarah reflect on the highlights of the podcast, programming the nonprofit has produced in the last year, and what is on the horizon for Creative Guts. Creative Guts is taking a summer break, but we’ll be back with new interviews in September! In the meantime, you can catch up on any episodes you’ve missed or listen again to your favorites...

In today’s episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman are joined by Russ Grazier, the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center! The mission of PMAC is to build community through the arts by providing all people with the opportunity to achieve their full creative potential, regardless of their age, ability, or economic status. Rus...

On today’s episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Jozimar Matimano. Jozimar is an artist who was born in the East Democratic Republic of Congo. He moved to Uganda when he was ten, and then in 2016, he moved to Manchester, New Hampshire as a refugee through the International Institute of New England program.  He has been interested in drawing and illustr...

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things giving them life lately. This week’s episode is being hosted by Becky Barsi, artist, photographer, teacher, star of Creative Guts’ episode 25, and explorer of all things creative! In this episode, Becky...

In this special episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Dan and Samuel Habib, a father-son documentary filmmaking duo! This episode will focus on “My Disability Roadmap”, a new documentary film that follows Samuel, a college student with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, as he seeks guidance from disability activists on everything from leaving home to dating....

Creative Guts is seeking art and writing in all styles, subject matters, and mediums for the 2023 Youth Zine! The mission of Creative Guts’ zines is to stimulate and inspire creativity by creating a platform for gutsy creatives to share their art and writing with the world. Recognizing it is often the youngest among us who are the bravest, this edition will be a platform for youth to display their...

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is being hosted by Laura, one of the co-founders and hosts of Creative Guts and owner of Artful Harper Studios.   Featured in this episod...