Creative Guts

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with performing artist, teacher, and clown Gemma Soldati! Born in Somersworth, Gemma has recently returned to the Granite State and she brought with her incredible talent, drive, and a great sense of humor. Gemma is a literal clown, but it’s probably not what you’re picturing. Her clown-inspired work is develope...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 48th installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, someone from the Creative Guts team will share a glimpse at their creative consumptions — the inspiring creative things they’re loving lately. This week’s episode is brought to you by Mike Durkee of Durkish Delights Design Co.  Featured in this episode: Dominique Pecce: www.instagram.com/...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with artist Lindsy Marshall. Lindsy’s work explores glass as a medium and her sculptures, memoriam vials, and jewelry relate to her personal connection to nature. Perhaps, in part, because she’s a pyro, Lindsy fell in love with the medium of glass blowing! Her work aims to strike a balance between man-made and n...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 47th 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 her three latest creative features. Featured in this episode: Our Flag Means Death on HBO https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYf3LzwJV98JifQEAAAAO Ale Caballero www.instagram.com/_pa...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Kelly Stück of Stück in the Studio! Kelly creates hand-drawn pet portraits in pen and colored pencil that will amaze you. We find out why animals are easier to capture than humans for Kelly, as well as the process of her pet portraits, which includes learning a pet’s personality in order to capture thei...

The Creative Guts team presents the 46th installment of Creative Catalogues. In this special mini-episode, we will be sharing a glimpse of some Ukrainian creatives who have touched our hearts.   Featured in this episode: Kateryna Kosheleva www.instagram.com/tokkamak Olesya Hudyma www.olesyahudyma.com Igor Lipskykh www.instagram.com/igorlipskykh Olga Shtonda www.olgashtonda.com Special thanks to Bu...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with writer, former private investigator, podcaster, and certified cat detective, Lara Bricker! If you’re local, you might already know Lara’s name from the Exeter Life column she writes for Seacoast Media Group (she’s written about Art Up Front Street several times), but Lara is the author of the Piper Gree...

Creative Gut’s Have A Little Guts Tiny Art Exchange is back! The team at Creative Guts invites creatives to participate in an international art exchange! Participants will create an original piece of tiny art in any medium, 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...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Eric Katzman! If you’ve seen Eric’s art, you know it is abstract with a lot of color. The process of creating is meditative for Eric — he’s responding to what he sees in the moment and processing his life experiences. Originally from Kansas, Eric comes from a creative family and recalls spending...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 45th 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 her three latest creative consumptions. Featured in this episode: Rachal Duggan  www.radillustrates.com Zipeng Zhu AKA  Mr. DAZZLE  www.instagram.com/zzdesign The FlatShare by Beth O’Leary www...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Jennifer Moore, a.ka. JAM, the sustainable fashion hero behind Recover Girl and the founder of PortSwap and Project Upcycle! Jennifer has always had an appreciation for authentic things made well and values fashion for what we communicate to the world through our clothing.  Despite the incredible upcycling...

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 her three latest creative finds. Featured in this episode: Rachel Sandy www.tiktok.com/@rachelsandy Lindsey Kustusch www.lindseykustusch.com Dollface www.hulu.com/series/dollface Special thanks...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with visual artist Mike Howat! Mike is primarily a painter, exploring the themes of urbanization, Americana, and collective memory. Like Creative Guts, Mike is passionate about growing the art scene in New England. He dabbles in curating and works with the Kimball Jenkins School of Art, where he teaches classes...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 43rd installment of Creative Catalogues! In these bonus mini-episodes, someone from the Creative Guts team will share a glimpse at their creative consumptions — the inspiring creative things they’re loving lately. This week’s episode is brought to you by Mike Durkee from Durkish Delights Design Co.   Featured in this episode: Nineties Kid Etsy: https://www.e...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Allie Claire of Loam. Based in Concord, NH, Allie spends her evenings crafting the most beautiful pieces of pottery. A long time artist, Allie has experience as a muralist, metalsmith, and photographer (her photography skills show when you scroll her Instagram). In this episode, you’ll hear where Allie find...

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 inspiring makers and organizations. Featured in this episode: Periwinkle Nuthatch https://www.etsy.com/shop/PeriwinkleNuthatch Danielle Lee Art https://www.etsy.com/shop/DanielleLeeArt Sc...

Creative Guts presents episode no. 100! In addition to being Creative Guts’ 100th episode, it also happens to be our guest’s birthday! In this extra special episode, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Amy Regan, co-founder of the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, NH (and longtime friend and fan of Creative Guts)! The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, which recentl...

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 her three latest creative consumptions. Featured in this episode: Lindsey Marshall Glass www.lindseymarshallart.com Tahlia Stanton www.tahliastanton.com Deadbreak by Jorge Sanchez https://www.a...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with artist Heather Hernon! Influenced heavily by her dad, an artist himself, Heather knew she wanted to be an artist early on. While she studied graphic design in college, she spent much of her career working in fashion design in New York City! Originally from New Hampshire, Heather returned to the Granite Stat...

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 her three latest creative consumptions. Featured in this episode: Blue Period on Netflix Brandy M Patterson www.bmpatterson.com The Hails www.thehailsofficial.com Special thanks to Bug, for pro...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman talk with Josh Salad! Based in Haverhill, MA, Josh Salad came to Art Up Front Street in September as an artist in residence and spent most of the month hanging out with us in New Hampshire! Josh is a multidisciplinary artist focused on figure drawing, pen and ink, painting, illustration, humor, collage, assemblage, a...

In this special episode of Creative Guts, host Laura Harper Lake is joined by Mike Durkee and Becky Barsi at the 2021 Maker & Food Fest at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire where they had the opportunity to interview attendees about their creative passions. Bravo to all the youngsters and adults who stepped up to the mic, which included many who had never been on a podcast before! In this epi...

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 Bug for providing us with the tunes we’ve paired with this episode. You can listen to more Bug online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs .  Featured in this episode: Rochester Museum of Fine Arts www.rochestermfa....

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Sarah Fenerty. According to Sarah’s mom, she has multiple art personalities, but we prefer interdisciplinary. Sarah loves watercolors and ink, but dabbles in charcoal, pastels, acrylic, and more. Despite having always been creative, Sarah didn’t dive deep into art until a particularly stressful j...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with New Hampshire-based indie artist Andrea Levesque of Atlantic Canyons! Although Andrea started playing piano at age 6, it was the violin that really captured her attention. We talk about the hilarious way Laura and Andrea met, and Andrea’s take on collaborating with other artists here in NH and around th...