the Corner of the Room

We're welcoming in season 2 with Kalie Reid, an author based out of Northern Ireland whose debut novel the Sacred Space Between emerges November 2025. We spoke about building worlds, our love of reading, and what happens when the things you write start to reflect your own inner parts. Links: Kalie's Website Kalie's Instagram Preorder The Sacred Space Between

In this episode we talk to the wonderful Ann of Arcasian, an illustrator based out of Canada who's made a beautiful career out of building homes in her art, both literally and metaphorically. We discuss the ways grief lives in tandem with other emotions, how a "haunted house" can mean a lot of different things, a sweet bear that eats your dreams to keep them safe, and how art can be...

Today we're talking to Cissy of Cissy Art Cafe, an illustrator based out of NYC who creates illustrations and crafts depicting vignettes of daily life influenced by her Chinese heritage. We discuss creating art from joy, the "I can do that" trait, if the Devil Wears Prada was just cats, and how sometimes 100% is going to look a little different every day. You can find Cissy in the fo...

Today we're talking to Hamilton Ward, a dear friend and film photographer who's work has inspired me a lot over the years. We talked about our early experiences with film, the film we love using today, and why it's stuck around as such a meaningful hobby to us. We also talk a lot about birding, because we're old. You can find Hamilton's work at the following places: Instagram:...

I'm overjoyed to bring you this episode with Erin Rose Coffin, a poet from Charlotte, North Carolina who sat with me on her porch and talked to me about the beauty of people, the accessibility of poetry, keeping memories as best you can, and about her Goodyear Arts installation. This episode was recorded live, so you'll also enjoy hearing the time pass in spring; be prepared for birds, some traffi...

HI ALL and thank you so much for your patience - a nasty cold found me the day after we recorded this, and I wanted to spare you all the pain of listening to me try to cough my way through an intro. A big, big thank you to FletchMakes for going down this rabbit hole of game jams, indie game spaces, narrative and nostalgia with me! You can find Fletch at the following links: Twitter Twitch Itch.io...

Thrilled to bring you episode 2 with my lovely friend and wonderful illustrator, Mary Ann of the Ghost Egg. We talk about our favorite common art subject, ghosts, as well as the relationship between art and mental health, growth, and go on a lengthy tangent about Rose Art (iykyk.) Today's episode goes into some heavy topics including loss, death, grief and depression - so if your brain or heart ar...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Corner of the Room, featuring my dear friend and immensely talented illustrator Julie. You can find Julie at all the links below: Twitter Instagram Etsy Website Twitch Youtube Episode art by Julie K. Art