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Creative Careers Interviews (2006)
Series Introduction: Creative Careers in the Arts
Molly Anderson-Childers kicks off this uplifting interview series with reflections on her own experiences of intertwining struggles and successes.
Interview with Sonia Wijts: Art Director for the Center for Adaptive Learning in Concord, California
Sonia Wijts teaches expressive arts classes for adults with learning disabilities — a great example of the many ways creative professionals can help give something back to their communities.
Interview with Quinn McDonald: Paper Artist and Creativity Coach
Quinn McDonald is a paper artist, life and creativity coach, and workshop leader. After years in the corporate world, she broke away from the security of a day job and made a leap of faith.
Interview with Jill Badonsky: Author and Kaizen-Muse Coaching Founder
Jill Badonsky is author of the creativity sourcebook, The Nine Modern-Day Muses and a Bodyguard and founder of the uniquely blended Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching™ model.
Creative Careers Interviews (2007)
Interview with Joan Lefkowitz: 'The Mother of Invention' at Accessory Brainstorms
Joan Lefkowitz is the founder of Accessory Brainstorms and Accessory Resource Gallery. Remember the Topsy Tail? Lefkowitz helped thrust the item to a $100 million gross.
Interview with Chick-Lit Author Cathy Yardley
Cathy Yardley is a Chick Lit writer and the author of Will Write for Shoes: How To Write a Chick Lit Novel.
Interview with Wire Artist and Equestrienne Angela Hook
Angela Hook is a wire artist, art director, graphic designer, equestrienne, and author of Let the Wire Inspire: Release Your Creative Energy.
Interview with Poet, Librarian, Bee Keeper, and Bird Watcher Pat Conway
Pat Conway is a talented poet, photographer and librarian. She loves the outdoors, is an experienced bee-keeper and has been a bird-watcher for most of her life.
Interview with Author, Publisher, and Musician David Duggins
David Duggins is the CEO of Voidgunner Press, and publisher and editor of the online magazine, Spacesuits and Sixguns.
Interview with Lynda Lehmann
Lynda Lehmann is an abstract expressionist painter and digital photographer who has shown her art in numerous juried and solo shows in the New York area.
Interview with Linda Dessau
Linda Dessau is a music therapist, creativity coach, freelance writer, editor, ghostwriter, and author of Ten Ways to Thrive as a Creative Artist.
Interview with Dorothy-Clare Jacobs
Dorothy-Clare Jacobs is a creative-thinking occupational therapy assistant in the recreation department of The Milwaukee Catholic Home, a long-term care facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Interview with Annie Lang
Annie Lang is a self-taught award winning designer, author, and artist with how-to instructional books, licensed products and published magazine craft projects across six continents worldwide.
Interview with Kristen Fischer
Kristen Fischer is a freelance writer, author, and creative self-employment expert.
Interview with Kathy Rembisz
Kathy Rembisz is a children's author and an artist for a line of women's accessories, Desert Dog Designs, available at art shows and specialty boutiques throughout the country.
Interview with Anne Marie Bennett
Anne Marie Bennett is a SoulCollage® workshop facilitator, artist, and writer.
More Interviews
2011 Creative Careers Interviews
10 Interviews: Peter Clothier, Stephanie Rose Bird, Tim 'Dr. Hope' Anders, Shelley Klammer, Abby Connors, Victoria Hanley, Joseph Dillon Ford, L.A. O'Neil, Natalie Goldberg, and Judy Wood.
Interviews with The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard)
10 Muse interviews: Jill Badonsky, Marge, Lull, Audacity, Spills the Imp, Muse Song, Bea Silly, Albert, Aha-Phrodite, and Arnold (The Bodyguard).
2010 Creative Careers Interviews
17 Interviews: Angi Sullins, Michele Batz, Roberta Allen, Tina Verduzco, Chuck Sambuchino, Terri Conrad, Jennie Nash, Cynthia Staples, Penny MacPherson, Nadine Sanders, Ashfaq Ishaq, JoAnn Bromley, Debra Ponte, John & Sandy Weber, Diana Rivera, and Carson Jones.
A Conversation with Desert Entrepreneurs John and Sandy Weber
Owners of Rattlesnake Crafts and Rocks outside the southwest desert ghost town of Gleeson, Arizona.
2009 Creative Careers Interviews
12 Interviews: with Bruce Deitrick Price, Jill Allison Bryan, Valery Satterwhite, Rita Farin, Jeff Scarterfield, Michael Michalko, Kristi Tencarre, Jerry Wennstrom, Jennie Nash, Angela Cartwright, Susan Brackney, and Carol Parks.
2008 Creative Careers Interviews
13 Interviews: The Christmas Sugar Plum Fairy, Annette Rose, Erin Gray, Lily Raven Queen, Kimberly Richardson, Lilly Fluger, Chris Dunmire, Cynthia Morris, Naomi Rose, Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK), Chris Zydel, Jurgen Wolff, and Deanne Fitzpatrick.
Inspiring Conversations
Arizona Rattle Snake Rocks & Crafts
John and Sandy Weber left the workaday world for a simpler life and created a desert souvenir shop and outdoor museum that lets vistitors step into the past.
Kaizen-Muse Founder Jill Badonsky
High sensitivity is common among creative souls, as a deep experience of emotions leads to plenty of energy, material, and motivation to channel them into art and writing.
Artist and Cartoonist Lilly Fluger
Drawing cute playful characters is "healing" in the aspect that drawing is a powerful focusing tool, and you're distracted from your worries or concerns.
Actress and Artist Angela Cartwright
Q: What gifts have come into your life from being an 'unruly artist'? A: It frees me up. Fear can be paralyzing to one's advance in anything they do. So the gift? Having no fear.