Women Mind the Water Podcast

Dianna became an advocate against plastic pollution after learning about the properties of plastic through her artistic practice of using plastic bags to create 2D and 3D art works.

Multi-dimensional artist uses her talents to help protect the ocean. Through her award-winner watercolor and children's books Nina Rossiter shares her passion for the ocean and her creatures. Nina believes that the future depends on our actions today. Hear about her love of the ocean in our interview on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Pam Chevez and Juliette Sutherland produced the film Behind the Waves, a documentary about female surfers in Maine. Pam and Juliette combine their creative talents to document the surfing experience through the lens of women. Along the way they built a community of women who love to surf and who are friendly, supportive, and accessible for all women. Hear more at Women Mind the Water podcast.

A conceptual artist addresses the relationship between humans and the natural world. Pam Longobardi is Regents’ Professor and Distinguished Professor of Art at Georgia State University and the recipient of the prestigious Hudgens Prize. She has exhibited on a global scale which is appropriate since her Drifters project explores the global nature of ocean plastic.

An ecological artist and art educator merges science and art. Her mission is cultivating environmental consciousness about sustainability and how this relates to water use. In the Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast Krisanne Baker discusses her work.

Ruth Trevarrow’s artwork focuses on nature. She has done an extensive series of animal bones using scratch-board renderings, prints, and hardboard silhouettes. Ruth especially loves cutting blocks to use for printing. The blocks Ruth cuts can be made of wood, linoleum, cardboard or foam. Hear more on our Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Lexi is the founder of Saltwater Classroom, a non-profit with a focus on educating youngsters about the importance of our oceans and the need for sustainable practices. Hear more on our Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Ali is the author of Pretty Rugged and A Lobster Girl Can, two stories about women who fish for a living, particularly lobster. Check out our conversation at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

An independent visual artist and dancer from Quintana Roo was immersed as a child in water. Now she shares her reflections on water through her art and her dance. She's created and produced a video reflecting on her feelings about the isolation related to Covid-19 and her connection to water. Hear her journey on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Erin Smith is the CEO of Ocean Sole, a social enterprise that upcycles flip-flops found along the beaches and waterways of Kenya. Started a decade ago, Ocean Sole has created a unique space to talk about flip flop debris and a successful model for cleaning up ocean trash, and transforming the trash into colorful sculptures, high fashion clothes, and mattresses.

A visual artist with a passion for the planet and the diversity of her creatures. Asher Jay was named a United Nations Women Design Star and an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic speaks about her art on our Women Mind the Water Artivist Podcast Series.

Jennifer Ensley is a creative and energetic entrepreneur who lives and works in Akumal, a town on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Akumal means turtle in Mayan. Jen who operates Tortuga Escondida, a residency center for marine ecology researchers and artists from around the world, is the founder and Executive Producer of the Akumal Arts Festival. The festival is an annual event with artists who co...

In Brittany, France Guenola LeFeuvre gained an appreciation for the earthy smells, wild colors, and textures of the ocean. Now living in Maine, Guenola, a porcelain artist, is drawn early every morning to swim in the ocean. Later in the day she dips her hands into clay and works it into textures that remind her of the coast. Hear her story at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast

High students who participate in Rocking the Boat learn boat building and water appreciation. They also learn the value of team work, gain self-respect and resilience, and develop the skills to build and operate a full-sized traditional wooden boat and appreciate the water. Hear Taji Riley and Samantha Day Los Santos talk about the Bronx after school program Rocking the Boat on Women Mind the Wate...

Visual artist/muralist Adriana Delfin finds painting a good way to engage her imagination and work through emotions and feelings of loneliness. Living in Cozumel she explores the close link between body, mind, emotions, and the environment using a variety of art forms including painting, murals, street art, and sensory theater. Listen to her story on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Polly Dawson is a fashion designer, diver, and photographer. Her photography is a reflection of her experiences in fashion and with the ocean. Living and working in Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Polly takes underwater portraits in the sinkholes or cenotes that are a geologic feature of the area. Listen to her story at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Education consultant, journalist, and communication specialist Karen Romano Young is writer/artist of Antarctic Log. The comic provides a look at life in Antarctica. Karen has created more than 180 Antarctic Log comics. Hear more at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Founder of Women Mind the Water has a passion for the ocean and its creatures . Pam Ferris-Olson creates projects including digital storytelling, visual art, and a podcast to a build community through collaboration and with a sincerity to do something to make a difference in the lives of women and an advocate for the ocean. Hear her story on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast

Sophie Davis is an accomplished violist and member of Halcyon, an ensemble dedicated to using music and the arts to cultivate environmental stewardship.

Designer/sculptor creates large scale creations from plastic waste. The sculptures are meant to encourage environmental awareness and social change. San Francisco-based Yustina Salnikova was instrumental in the creation of Ethyl, an 82-foot-long Blue Whale made from steel and plastic waste.

Visual artist/cake designer talks about using cake to communicate and transform lives. In her interview on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series, Rose McAdoo talks about her time in Antarctica among other things.

Jill Pelto, climate change artist, creates watercolor paintings to communicate important environmental topics and to make them more emotionally relevant. Hear her story at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Kate Hruby, science educator, artist, sailor and creator of the podcast Go Forth and Science, shares her adventures. Kate’s art is designed to communicate marine science in a fun and easy to understand way. Listen to Kate's stories at Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

An environmental educator has a passion for underwater photography and videography and is using her talents and a 360 camera to create a virtual reality education program to immerse students in the underwater world of the nearshore waters around the San Juan Islands of Washington. Jess Newley discusses her work on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast.

Art educator Liz Ames shares how Maine’s marshes, beaches, and coastal landscapes influence her plaster art on the Women Mind the Water Artivist Series.