Your Art Is A Spell

What if art was never just art? In this episode of Your Art Is A Spell , I'm taking you with me to the Humboldt Forum in Berlin — one of the most beautiful and complicated buildings in the world — to explore a question that has been living in me since I arrived in this city: What is art, really, and what happens to it when it gets archived? Every culture that has ever existed on this earth has mad...

Welcome to Season 2 of Your Art Is A Spell. In this premiere episode, we introduce the concept of Tactical Magic, the use of ritual, art, and ancient wisdom as tools for survival and agency in difficult times. Join me on a journey to the Palm Springs Art Museum for the groundbreaking exhibition, Queer Arcana: Art, Magic & Spirit. Spanning over a century of work from 1909 to 2026, this show rev...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 21 You are not broken. You are becoming. This finale of Your Art Is a Spell reveals the sacred truth of mutation — how every act of art, imagination, and creation shifts timelines and transforms the world. Inspired by Octavia Butler, Mark Mothersbaugh, and cosmic astrology of 2025, this is your call to power. Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome to the Season Finale of Y...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 20 In this second-to-last episode of Your Art Is A Spell , Edgar Fabián Frías reflects on the wild magic of Season 1, shares a collective two-card tarot reading, and answers listener questions about creative blocks, ADHD focus, and healing money shame. Along the way, Edgar weaves in stories of psychic gifts, ancestral medicine, and the importance of building un...

Your Art Is A Spell  Season 1 Episode 19  In this episode of Your Art is a Spell, I’m joined by drag artist, educator, and witch Uma Gahd (Canada’s Drag Race Season 5). We dive into drag as ritual, Dionysian magic, chosen family, queer resilience, and what it means to stay authentic in a commercialized world. ✨🧙‍♀️🎭 🎭 Follow Uma Gahd: @umagahd and houseofgahd.com 🌐 Learn more & join the n...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 18 In this magical episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías sits down with the incredible Opal Starlight (they/them), a queer hairstylist, witch, and healer based in the Bay Area. Opal shares how they transformed their journey from working in celebrity salons to creating Magic Spell Studio, a deeply intentional space where hair becomes a ritual, a por...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 17 In this episode, “The Power of Belief: Awakening Your Psychic Gifts in a Time of Crisis,” I explore how belief shapes our psychic capacities—and why systems of control are so invested in suppressing them. From interspecies communication to remote viewing, from being in the G.A.T.E. program to experiencing spontaneous synchronicity with an A-list celeb, this...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 16 What if shadowbanning isn’t just an algorithmic glitch—but a curse? A silencing spell cast on witches, weirdos, and worldbuilders? And what if breaking that curse means reclaiming your visibility, your voice, and your magic—one uncensored post at a time? In this bold and galvanizing solo episode of Your Art Is A Spell , Edgar Fabián Frías invites us deep int...

Your Art Is A Spell  Season 1 Episode 15 Join Edgar Fabián Frías in conversation with Paris-based digital artist Anne Horel as they dive into AI art, AR filters, witchcraft, veganism, and the magic of making art in the post-internet age. From Vine to the Grand Palais, Anne shares her visionary practice and spells for the future. #AIart #DigitalWitchcraft #AnneHorel #YourArtIsASpell #ArtInterview #...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 14 Is your art more than just art? 🎨✨ In this episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías unpacks the power of art spells—creative acts infused with intention, feeling, and transformation. Discover how your creativity can become a portal, a protest, and a sacred force of change. 🌱🔮 Learn what makes an art spell, how to cast your own, and why your wei...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 13 Is this the future of art? 👁️🌐✨ We explore 3 mind-bending digital art exhibitions in LA—featuring AR, AI, glitches, and queer futurities—with artist  @lineadeluz of the  @TheSelfieInstitute as our guide. 🖼️ Featured Exhibitions: Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Nancy Baker Cahill:...

🔥 What if the stories we’ve been told about money and art are keeping us broke? In this episode of Your Art is a Spell, I’m breaking down 5 transformative money mindset shifts every artist needs to break free from financial struggle. So many artists are taught that making money means selling out… that art and business can’t mix… that struggling is a badge of honor. But what if those beliefs are t...

What if the way we resist capitalism is actually keeping us broke? In this episode, I dive deep into "punk damage" - that voice telling you making money equals selling out - and how it accidentally reinforces the very systems we're trying to dismantle. So many of you requested this topic in the comments, and I'm finally addressing the uncomfortable truth about how anti-capitalist shame can reinfor...

Have you ever felt like the system was deliberately keeping you broke? Like your creativity was being celebrated—but never compensated? What if the lack of financial education for artists isn’t an oversight… but a spell cast to keep us disempowered? In this no-holds-barred episode of Your Art is a Spell, we break the silence around the hidden forces keeping creatives financially illiterate—and how...

Can you turn words into spells that conjure real community? Michelle Tea has been doing it for decades—and she's ready to share her secrets. Have you ever felt like your writing was more than just words on a page? Like it could actually summon people, create connections, and build worlds? What if the stories you tell could literally manifest the community you've been searching for? In this spellbi...

Have you ever created something and felt like you weren't entirely alone in the process? Had an artistic breakthrough that seemed to come from somewhere beyond yourself? What if your creativity isn't just happening here and now but is connecting across dimensions? Most of us have been taught that art is simply self-expression – a one-way street from artist to audience. But what if it's a cosmic co...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 7 Join host Edgar Fabián Frías for an inspiring conversation with Eva Aguila, a Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of Coaxial Arts Foundation. In this episode, Eva shares her journey from hiding her artistic passions from her immigrant parents to creating a groundbreaking nonprofit space for experimental artists in Los Angeles. Eva discuss...

Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 6 Are you tired of the "starving artist" stereotype? Feeling trapped between your creative passion and paying the bills? You're not alone. Many artists struggle with turning their talents into sustainable income, but it doesn't have to be this way! Today's episode tackles creative people's biggest challenge: making real money from your art without selling your...

Your Art Is A Spell  Season 1 Episode 5 In this enlightening episode of "Your Art Is A Spell," host Edgar Fabián Frías welcomes multi-dimensional healer and artist Reina Prado, founder of Healing Queen and the Healing Queen School of Sacred Alchemy. Reina shares her journey from college professor to full-time spiritual guide and holistic energy practitioner, discussing how she helps clients reconn...

Your Art Is A Spell  Season 1 Episode 4 Ever feel trapped in a job that drains your soul instead of feeding it? Dreaming of a career where your many passions can coexist instead of competing with each other? You're not alone. So many of us bounce between different interests, never quite finding that perfect role that embraces all of who we are. Meet Edgar Fabián Frías – artist, witch, educator, an...

Join me in conversation with global art sensation Kira Xonorika, a groundbreaking Guaraní artist, writer, and AI researcher from Paraguay whose work brilliantly merges indigenous wisdom with cutting-edge technology. In this intimate discussion, we explore how Kira's Guaraní heritage infuses her AI and digital creativity approach, creating a powerful bridge between ancestral knowledge and futuristi...

In this conversation, Edgar Fabián Frías and Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins explore the themes of astrology, tarot, and the significance of the Hermit archetype for the year 2025. They discuss the importance of community, personal practices, and the integration of art and spirituality. The conversation also delves into astrological insights, particularly the conjunction of Chiron and Eris and how...

What if that painting you're working on isn't just a painting? What if your latest poem is actually a spell waiting to be cast into the world? Most of us see our creative work as just that—work. But what if it's something far more powerful? Meet Edgar Fabián Frías – artist, witch, therapist, and host of "Your Art is a Spell" – who discovered that a single artwork at age 14 could trigger a life-alt...

Join multidisciplinary artist, psychotherapist, and spiritual practitioner Edgar Fabián Frías as they introduce Your Art Is A Spell - a podcast exploring the transformative power of blending art and magic. Edgar recounts their artistic evolution from the underground DIY and punk scene to featuring their art in museum exhibitions, as well as on the surface of the moon, and provides a glimpse into t...