Creative Guts

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with jeweler Connor Spern. While Connor never considered herself an artist, creativity is in her bones and her desire to play shines through in this interview and her work. It was during the early days of the pandemic when Connor first started playing with polymer clay — or adult playdough as Connor put it —...

Creative Guts is back with another Creative Guts Zine! The fall 2021 Zine will feature the work of visual artists and writers who have been selected by jury. This time we’re looking for pieces that adhere to the theme of nostalgia. Inspired, in part by a recent interview with the wonderful, talented digital illustrator Jake Romano, the Creative Guts team is feeling nostalgic. Defined as "a sentime...

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: And Sew On www.instagram.com/andsewon.art | www...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Jake Romano. An illustrator and graphic designer from New Jersey, Jake’s art career started with a healthy dose of spite, a sibling rivalry, and some encouragement from his mom. In this episode, you’ll hear about how Jake transitioned from black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings to digital illustrat...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 35th 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 the last takeover of the summer with guest host BUG, the star of episode 6 of Creative Guts! Featured in this episode: Kida...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 34th 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 Zac Little, the star of episode 10 of Creative Guts, and host of The Last Podcast! Featured in this episo...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 33rd 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 Lindsey Castellon of Angry Gato Designs.  Featured in this episode: Jen Aranyi  Instagram: @jenaranyi htt...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 32nd 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: Rachel Gloria Adams @rachelgloriai...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 31st 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 Becky Barsi of Artsy Barsi!  Featured in this episode: Journal Fodder Junkies www. JournalFodderJunkies.c...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 30th 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: Jef Caine: @jefcaine on Instagram &...

Creative Guts is officially two years old!  Creative Guts is taking a summer break, but we’ll be back with new interviews September 1st! In the meantime, you might catch some bonus episodes here — wherever you listen to podcasts. We won’t be releasing new interviews, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be busy making other fun things happen this summer — follow us on social media for updates on events...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Angie Lane, Executive Director of Red River Theatres in Concord, New Hampshire! Red River Theatres is on a mission to present film and the discussion of film as a way to entertain, broaden horizons, and deepen appreciation of life for audiences of all ages. To that end, Red River offers a diverse progra...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat virtually with the immensely creative couple behind American Baron and Trina Talks! Coming to you from Missouri, Baron is a writer whose sketches have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram. Katrina, who’s based in Australia, is a management consultant and public speaker.  In this episode you’ll hear the story of th...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Darcie Blake, a self-proclaimed ‘local internet weirdo’! Zany, hilarious, endearing, and entertaining, this interview is sure to make you smile! Darcie is an artist, comedian, and filmmaker and in this episode we talk about everything from creating community to testicles (yes, seriously) to imposter syn...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Jeff Whittum, a salvaged metal artist based in East Kingston, NH. His sculptures include materials like cutlery, clockwork, bike chains, metal from antiques, tools, and many more unique items, and his subject matter includes birds, animals and human figures. Jeff has always had a creative eye, but recen...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Sarah Anderson, a poet, English teacher at Berwick Academy, and co-owner of the Word Barn, a venue that hosts a variety of creative events and workshops in an intimate and inspiring barn and meadow, located in Exeter, NH.  For the first time in Creative Guts history, this interview contains a poetry reading...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Ryan Kelley of Wire by Ryan! Ryan is a sculptor who creatively transforms wire, wood, metal and stone into unique pieces of art, and who is now in his tenth year of being a professional artist! Ryan not only makes but also teaches others, having instructed classes in person and online, inspiring over 3,...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 29th 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 at www. CreativeGutsPodcast.com and o...

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Megan Campbell of Ghost Cards by Megacles! What began as a bad dating experience, became something truly incredible. Megan photographs street art and abandoned places and turns them into postcards, combining her love of travel, street art, and sending snail mail. In this episode, you’ll hear about Megan’s j...

The Creative Guts team is back with the 28th installment of Creative Catalogues! In these 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! Becky Barsi of Artsy Barsi, a visual artist, art educator, and a Creative Guts Board member, is taking over the show for her creative picks!  S...

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...