I Like Art

Episode 91: Five More Things I've Learned from Being an Artist for 20 Years. Part 2 After recently celebrating her 20th year anniversary of graduating from art school and working as a professional, artist and host Sara Glupker talks about five more things she learned from this experience. Sara tells stories from her life and uses these talking points to relate to the listener. Sara also talks abou...

Episode 90: Five Things I've Learned from Being an Artist for 20 Years. Part 1 After recently celebrating her 20th year anniversary of graduating from art school and working as a professional, artist and host Sara Glupker talks about five things she learned from this experience. Sara tells stories from her life and uses these talking points to relate to the listener. Sara also talks about updates...

Welcome to Episode 89: Picking Up Where We Left Off In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker says hello after taking a very unintentional year off from sharing on the podcast. She is so excited to be back and gives listeners permission to pick up on a creative project/hobby/dream that they may have set down.  We hope this episode leaves you feeling uplifted and inspired! This episode is sponso...

In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker gives a life and studio update of what she's up to the past couple months, talks about the podcast turning 3, and reflects on her art career the past 5 years. She encourages listeners to do the same: reflect on what dreams have come true the past 5 years and also write down some goals/dreams/visions for their lives in the upcoming 5 years. We hope this...

Welcome to episode 87 of I Like Art Podcast featuring Wendy Conklin of Chair Whimsy! Want to add more fun, color, whimsy and play into your life? This interview is for you! Listen to Austin, Texas-based artist and chair stylist Wendy Conklin of Chair Whimsy have a casual chat with artist and host Sara Glupker. Wendy talks about embracing all facets of her creative self and how her creativity was i...

Episode 86 of I Like Art Podcast: "Leaping without Looking"- Interview with Canadian artist Brandi Hofer. What is a "Be Brave Day"? Canadian artist Brandi Hofer talks about how she uses "be brave days" to go after her big dreams and land amazing opportunities as an artist and business owner. Hear about Brandi's portrait class and how ANYONE can learn her portrait-making techniques. Leave this epis...

Welcome to Episode 85: Fall in Love with Your Creativity I know it's sad that summer is coming to an end but let's take a minute to dream and create the dream bucket list for your fall creative activities! Host and artist Sara Glupker gives listeners prompts to help them brainstorm, plan and create the fall bucket list to ensure we have a wonderful fall full of creativity and inspired action.  Thi...

Welcome to Episode 84: Support an Artist! In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker encourages listeners to seek out artists they love and show them support and love at this time! Sara talks about the importance of supporting artists and real-life examples of how we can support our creative community. We hope this episode leaves you feeling uplifted and inspired! This episode is sponsored by: S...

Episode 83 of I Like Art Podcast: "Enter Your Creativity"- Interview with artist Tina Rawson. Welcome to episode 83 of I Like Art Podcast featuring artist Tina Rawson! Not sure how to jump back into being a creative person? We've got you! Tune in to this week's episode of I Like Art as host Sara Glupker talks to Massachusetts-based Swedish artist Tina Rawson. Tina talks about her journey into crea...

Welcome to episode 82 of I Like Art Podcast featuring Canadian artist Julia Veenstra. Julia is a multi-passionate entrepreneur- artist, gallery owner, gardener and founder and creator of the Square Foot Show. In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker chats with Julia about her childhood and career as an artist and mother to five children. Julia talks about her many life passions and her passion...

Welcome to Episode 81 of I Like Art Podcast! Do you feel like times are tough? Whether you are feeling pain in your creative practice or other areas in your life artist and podcast host Sara Glupker gives listeners a pep talk and provides tips on how to mentally navigate through challenging times as she relates it to her almost two-decade long career as a professional artist.    This episode is sp...

  Curious about gardening this summer? Not sure where to get started? Tune in to this special interview episode where artist and host interview's The Chicago Gardener- Bethany Bey! Bethany is an expert in container gardening and she talks about how she tapped into her creative side through gardening, her journey to gardening, her YouTube channel, why she shares her gardening story and tips and mor...

Welcome to Episode 79: Unlocking your creative desires In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker shares a recent funny story about how she was locked out of her parent's house and uses this story as a way to talk about creativity and how we are locking ourselves out of living our best creative lives. Is there a project you haven't allowed yourself to start? Are there projects left on the table...

Cheers to the Class of 2024! In this episode artist and host Sara Glupker takes a moment of redemption and gives the commencement speech she was meant to give almost 25 years ago when she graduated from high school. Much older and wiser, Sara takes this moment to pass on what she's learned post graduation with the hope to help and inspire today's graduates.  **If you loved this episode PLEASE pass...

BONUS Friday episode!! Happy Mother's Day to all the mammas out there. It can be a challenge but so worth it. This episode is a bonus and addition to Episode 76 and Sara has more to say and well wishes to the mamas out there. Love you all!! This episode is sponsored by: Sara's Paintings/Studio Practice! See what Sara is creating in the studio and shop her freshest paintings. Sara delights in shipp...

Welcome to I Like Art Podcast episode 76! In this episode, podcast host/artist/mother Sara Glupker pulls back the curtain and shares her experience being a professional artist and  mother. This episode is for the busy creator in all of us, showing how Sara balances her life: between her passion for her art and caring for her family. We hope this episode leaves you feeling seen and energized to add...

Welcome to Episode 75 where podcast host and artist Sara Glupker reflects on her recent artist residency at her alma mater Western Michigan University where she was invited to teach a 2-week workshop with current art students. Sara talks about her experience and what she learned from the students relating to our creativity, her experience in art school almost 20 years ago and how this applies to o...

Welcome to episode 74 of I Like Art Podcast with a very special interview with Katie Lila of the newly-released show Follow the Blooms as aired on BloomTV. In this episode, hear host Sara Glupker and Katie Lila chat about how following her artist-heart lead her on the path to making interactive art displays out of fresh flowers and then making the show Follow the Blooms. Each episode features a sp...

Welcome to I Like Art Podcast episode 73! Whether you're new to the show or not, host and artist Sara Glupker wanted to take a minute and reintroduce herself and give you the back story into her journey as an artist. We hope this episode inspires you and gives you creative hope on your journey!  This episode is sponsored by: Sara's Paintings/Studio Practice! See what Sara is creating in the studio...

It's time to lighten our loads my loves! Welcome to Episode 72 of I Like Art! In this episode, artist and host Sara Glupker talks about the importance of lightening our emotional and physical life loads in order to make room for more creativity in our lives. Thank you SO much for tuning in!   This episode is sponsored by: Sara's Paintings/Studio Practice ! See what Sara is creating in the studio a...

Welcome back to I Like Art Podcast- Episode 71! After an unintentional 3 month break, podcast host and artist Sara Glupker talks about the importance of taking breaks (whether it's a creative project or area in your life), why she took a break from recording new podcast episodes and how to navigate our emotions in the midst of a break. We hope you leave this episode feeling relieved and inspired! ...

  Welcome to episode 70 of I Like Art Podcast! Host Sara Glupker is honored and so excited to share this interview with her former college Professor Cat Crotchett of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Learn about how Cat Crotchett pursued her calling for art, how she balances her time in the studio, being a full-time professor, motherhood and life, and hear her advice for anyone who is considering a career in t...

Episode 69 of I Like Art Podcast: Turning Dirt into Incredible Creations (whether that is a ceramic object or a studio): Interview with Em Stevens of Pazful Designs Tune in to this week's amazing episode of I Like Art Podcast as host Sara Glupker talks to Denver, Colorado-based ceramic artist Em Stevens of Pazful Designs. Learn all about Stevens' current Kickstarter campaign to build her dream stu...

Episode 68: Quitting too Early Whatever creative project or endeavor you are trying to achieve don't quit too early! Host Sara Glupker talks about her recent open studio weekend and how this theme applies to her artistic practice. This episode is sponsored by: Sara's 2024 Calendars. Click on the following link to snag yours while supplies last: https://www.saraglupkerart.com/shop/p/2024calendar  ...

Welcome to Episode 67 of I Like Art Podcast! Are you one to wake up and Rise and Shine or are you one to Rise and Grind? Enjoy this mini-sode as podcast host and artist Sara Glupker talks about her year in trying to shine and overcome the daily grind.    This episode is sponsored by: Sara's Paintings/Studio Practice. See what Sara is creating in the studio and shop her freshest paintings. Sara del...