Female Frequency Podcast

Museums are part of the problem. And as a museologist, we are inside a critical moment for museums, cultural institutions, and the stories they choose to tell.   Something is emerging: a deeper call for accountability, collaboration, and allyship   In this episode, Deana Dartt, PhD, shares what she's witnessing across institutions because of Executive Order 14253— budget revoked, erased programs,...

I knew the contemporary art world had shifted when Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of the Holt/Smithson Foundation, described Nancy Holt as a mystic — a word American art history struggled to embrace.   In this episode of the Female Frequency Podcast, Lisa Le Feuvre takes us inside the life and work of Nancy Holt, a foundational figure in twentieth-century contemporary art — whose work graces t...

I did a drawing.   Two days later, a museum emailed me with "a situation."   That synchronicity became the beginning of an electrifying art adventure through Venice Biennale, Malta Biennale, and ancient temples older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.   In this episode of Female Frequency Podcast, I explore why I believe the art world is experiencing a spiritual revival—not spirituality as...

I've been at the negotiating table—representing artists, museums, galleries, and vendors—and I can tell you this: the art world runs on undefined rules—and people still expect you to know them.   If you've ever asked, "Is this normal for a gallery to demand this?"—you're not alone. You're navigating a blurry system where dynamics shift in a heartbeat.   This is exactly why this conversation matter...

What if the light around you is affecting your sleep, focus, mood, and creative energy more than you realize—and you've simply learned to live with it?   This conversation reframes lighting as more than a design choice—it's a wellness technology. In this Earth Day episode of Female Frequency Podcast, I sit down with award-winning glass artist and lighting designer Julie Conway to explore a powerfu...

In this solo episode of the Female Frequency Podcast, I share why seeing art as an object is holding you back. I experience art as a frequency—an emotional response that shifts something in you. I stopped writing about the life I wanted— and started making decisions from it. I am someone who kept diaries from The Artist's Way art dates, and then made them a lifestyle. For over 25 years, I've held...

Intuition speaks differently to everyone. For intuitive coach Julie Reisler, it arrives like a wild mustang you learn to ride. In this episode of the Female Frequency Podcast, Julie and I explore the growth edges of intuition—how responding to builds confidence, how messy seasons of life often carry the clearest guidance, and how her recovery journey led her to write her first book, Get a PhD in Y...

You can ignore your creativity for a while. But your body can't. This episode is about creative reclamation — and trusting both the whisper and the reckoning.   In this episode of Female Frequency, I sit down with monumental sculptor Amy Senn to explore what happens when you stop forcing your path — and start listening.   When we travel, autopilot falls away. Old roles dissolve. New ways of seeing...

What does it mean to mend what's been torn—across landscapes, ecosystems, and public trust? Sara Everett joins me to talk contracts, climate grief, and the healing power of art as resistance.   In this episode, I talk with Sara Everett —art consultant to real estate developers and printmaker—about her series Mending Measures, shaped by climate grief and policy shifts. We dive into her creative pro...

The gloves Judy Chicago gave me…   This episode takes you behind the scenes into my personal art collection—starting with a pair of gloves given to me by feminist icon Judy Chicago while helping her install Be No More at SF MoMA. It wasn't just a task—it was a turning point. I share what that moment taught me about trust, legacy, and creative leadership.   As we hit the halfway mark in the year, I...

What if one question will help you become the creative channel you want to be? 🎨✨   This week on the Female Frequency Podcast, 🎤 Special guest Yogatara shares the science and spirit of channeling the divine— through Bhakti Yoga and the gyanindriyas  (the yogic organs of perception).   Together, we explore what it truly takes to live and create from your most intuitive, emotionally clear, and sp...

🔥 This Public Art Is Making Headlines Again—Here's Why 🔥 Barbara Kruger's legendary mural at MOCA Los Angeles is once again at the center of public attention—as ICE protests fill the streets of L.A. Her bold, unflinching questions, layered like the American flag, continue to challenge our understanding of justice, freedom, and power.  For 30 years, this one mural by Kruger and her visual languag...

What began with a young girl asking, "Are there any women?" became a lifelong spiritual journey . In this episode of the Female Frequency podcast, author, acupuncturist, and seeker Stephanie Georgieff shares her transformative journey with the Black Madonna — the often-hidden face of the divine feminine and her deep connection to Mother Earth.   Through lived experience, scientific inquiry, and my...

If you're feeling the shifts and a little out of sync, this episode is an invitation to realign with your highest, truest self. What if your body already held the answers — not in logic, but in the felt senses — in the frequency itself?   In this episode of Female Frequency , I am inviting  you to listen beneath the noise and tune into the creative signal that's already moving through you. Explore...

A $10K flower. A beauty mogul. A climate campaign. Georgia O'Keeffe stayed creative in a world built to tame her.   In this solo episode, I tune into the force of Georgia O'Keeffe through an ecofeminist lens—exploring the unseen stories, intuitive guidance, and groundbreaking legacy of a woman who taught the 20th century how to see.   You'll hear: The backstory behind Jimson Weed , one of the most...

If your creativity has been feeling a little blocked lately… it might be time to let the goddess Baubo have a word—and a laugh .   I love learning from all my guests, but this one? So fun, so wise, and so liberating.   What if your vulva knows your truth? What would that truth sound like? What would it look like? That's exactly what my next guest asked me.   Maria Souza —Comparative Mythologist, p...

Caledonia Curry, known as Swoon, is sparking profound change through the sacred tradition of storytelling. From her emotive portraits to championing women's visibility in the street art movement, to channeling the divine feminine in her Medea series, Swoon uses her art to challenge entrenched narratives and asks: "How can art fundamentally re-envision the communities we live in, toward a more just...

I couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic talking about gallery shows and leadership in the arts in this next great episode. Callie Jones—gallery owner, writer, and co-founder of COL Gallery in San Francisco—joins the Female Frequency Podcast, showing us what leadership in the art world looks like and why the future is female!   Callie takes us behind the scenes of COL Gallery's latest show: an int...

What starts as a symbol becomes a signature. What begins as intuition becomes influence. In this episode, we're recording on location inside Through the Flower , the feminist art space founded by visionary icon Judy Chicago , to explore how one visual language—the butterfly form —sparked a global creative movement. The butterfly? It's a metaphor. It's a message. It's medicine. From her radical Atm...

Think the chevron pattern started with ancient Greeks ? Think again.   In this episode, we go way back— Neolithic to Now —to explore the chevron as a sacred symbol of Divine Feminine , of bird energy , of intuitive communication that's been carried through generations of art, ritual, and meaning.   This week's episode of Female Frequency is inspired by The Language of the Goddess by Maria Gimbutas...

What if history wasn't just something we study—but something we step into?   Have you ever stepped into someone else's shoes—literally? That's what came to mind when I first saw Kate Clark's ceramic work. It wasn't just about material—it was about perspective. Her work sparked deeper questions about empathy, compassion, and the subjectivity of the female form in art and history. What happens when...

Recently featured on PBS, Angelica Trimble Yanu's site-specific sculptures resist a history of displacement, silencing, and erasure. Angelica's art is collaborative—whether with family, the dynamic landscape, or the Great Spirit that lives in all the mountains, hills, and lakes. Her work reclaims sacred relationships to the earth as it carries the creative lives of her ancestors through layers of...

Your creativity is the medicine the world needs right now. Art isn't just something we create—it's a force that transforms. This week on Female Frequency Podcast , I'm reflecting on Brené Brown's words: "Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope."   We're exploring Art as Frequency —how color, content, and connection shape th...

Showcasing feminism in people's faces often makes them uncomfortable. Today on the Female Frequency Podcast , I am thrilled to welcome Heather Lunsford , a feminist curator navigating the intersection of art, activism, and community engagement in one of the most conservative states in America.   You want Heather on your team—she's a curator who admits that most of the shows she curates might just...

I've always looked at Carol Milne's sculptures through a feminist lens, and I'm thrilled that I've had the opportunity to curate a show featuring her incredible work. As Carol says, "I see my knitted work as a metaphor for social structure."   🎙️ On today's Female Frequency Podcast, we welcome an artist sculpting unity, the lone ranger of knitted glass—Carol Milne. In this episode, Carol and I div...