Podcasts about american crafts

Paige Evans is know for her bright, detailed scrapbook pages that put patterned paper on a pedestal. Most often these days she's crafting with her own signature line with American Crafts. In this episode we're going deep into the strategies, tools, and techniques Paige uses to be a prolific paper artist. You'll learn surprising details, secrets of her process, and what to expect from her new book!Visit simplescrapper.com/syw215 for the full show notes.

This time a few years back Nolana Lynch had just completed her first December Daily project. She was hooked.In this episode you'll hear how a curiosity about this crafty project led to major shift in Nolana's creative pursuits. Today you'll find her on the American Crafts design team, as an Ali Edwards Design Inc. ambassador, and still hopelessly in love with the magic of December scrapbooking.Our conversation offers an invitation to think about the projects and experiences that led you into a whole new season of creativity.Visit simplescrapper.com/syw206 for the full show notes.

Hello Welcome to another episode of Creative Passport, Diana and I have grabbed our passports once again, and stopped in Spain for a quick chat with the colorful and amazing Obed Marshall! Love that he is a vital part of our Latino community! He along with American Crafts have finally brought us products in Spanish! We are so grateful for that! Come listen to our colorful chat with this wonderful crafty guy!Find Obed here:WebsiteInstagramYouTubeTikTokAmerican Crafts Especial Collection Support the show

“To have even a brief conversation with artist Michael E. Taylor is to dive headfirst into a deep pool of scientific and intellectual inquiry. Taylor has always been an extremely analytical artist, responding with equal fervor to his intellectual encounters with scientific ideas, art history, philosophy, or current events. Whether inspired by formal quality of geometry, the Higgs boson particle, or the moral implications of artificial intelligence, Taylor's work is ultimately about investigation.” – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, solo show, Traversing Parallels, 2017/2018. Widely-renowned for his cut and laminated glass works, geometric constructions, and fractal abstractions inspired by everything from subatomic particles to music, Michael E. Taylor first used glass while attending a workshop at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. He was struck by the material's heat and spontaneity, a dynamic opposite from the deliberate and extended processes for firing and shaping ceramics. Dedicated to art and education for over 49 years, the artist was born in Lewisberg, Tennessee, in 1944, where he initially studied ceramics while working towards a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from Tennessee State University. Studying ceramics honed his intuitive sense of form, color, and design; skills which would later be important to his glass career.  One of the first generation of artists to learn from the founders of the Studio Glass movement, Taylor experienced the early days of glass through interactions with Harvey Littleton, Fritz Dreisbach, and Marvin Lipofsky. As a young student, a Fulbright Hayes Grant to Scandinavia introduced him to the factories of Kosta-Boda Glasbruke and Johansfors Glasbruke, as well as artists of the region, including Anna Warff.  Taylor's artistic career has been intertwined with decades as a university professor, including a more than 20-year tenure as a professor in the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, invited Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Campus da Caprica, Portugal, 2005 – 2013, and instructor at schools in the US such as Pilchuck, Penland, and the Corning Museum of Glass. His career in academia made it possible to experiment and explore new ideas through his sculpture instead of feeling pressure to repeat popular works for monetary sales. The academic setting also allowed Taylor to continue to explore scientific, philosophical, and artistic ideas. While at the College of Idaho and teaching the history of modern art, Taylor's directive led to political and visual expressions of the Russian revolution and artists of constructivism. The hard lines and acute angles of constructivism of the 1920s continued to scientific theory and theoretical physics. Using glass with scientific exactness and austerity resulted in further architectural form and shapes of accuracy. Readings of future science and cultural futurism led to issues of DNA and binary systems as they related to laminations in his work.  Taylor states: “Art reflects thought and ideals of the period in which it is made. It can relate to predictions for the future. My work speaks of the importance of science and technology and its eventual dominance through Artificial Intelligence.” Taylor's honors and awards are many and include the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Grant, 2009, 2011; Luso – American Foundation Grant, Portugal, 2002 -2007; Outstanding Visual Artist Award, Arts and Cultural Council of Greater Rochester, New York, 2001; College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Research and Development Grant, RIT, 2000; Grand Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan, 1988; National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Forums Grant, 1985-86 and Visual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, 1984-85. Other educational awards and opportunities include a Lewis Comfort Tiffany Grant, Penland School Scholarship, and The American – Scandinavian Foundation Grant. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; the National Collection of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington; Asheville Museum of Art, North Carolina; Racine Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Glas Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark; Kanazawa City Museum, Kanazawa, Japan; and Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan, to name only a few. Inviting viewers to utilize scientific-like observations to analyze the implications of a rapidly changing world, Taylor's sculpture is both triumphant and cautionary, simultaneously celebrating technological breakthroughs and worrying about their implications. By using glass to make these theoretical connections, the artist inspires contemplation of social and scientific issues and continues to take the material of glass into new expressive terrain. States Taylor: “The race is on in all technological advanced countries for the discovery of human consciousness for AI. I predict it will be the last frontier of human intellect. I have constructed a laminated slab of color blocks which represent the codes for the human consciousness. I see it as a kind of Rosetta Stone of translation from one language to another – binary to English. The RS interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to Greek language allowed us to make the intellectual and cultural jump. “I see Codes as containing the information for making the final leap from human consciousness to that of machines. This will be a discovery of epic proportions. This would be the beginning of a new world of solutions to puzzles such as eternal life, interplanetary travel, and the discovery of philosophic truth for each individual human.”   

In virtually every art course and studio environment at RIT, technology is integral to the delivery of content and production of work. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Elizabeth Kronfield, director of the School of Art and School for American Crafts, and Abigail Benkovich, a second-year MFA metals and jewelry design graduate student, discuss the university's never-ending focus on intersecting technology, art, and design, and how RIT is in a unique position to blur the line between technology and making for students in the College of Art and Design. Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/TechnologyinArtTranscript.pdf

On this episode of the Life Handmade Podcast, we speak with Obed Marshall! Obed is one of American Crafts newest designers and their first to create a bilingual line! Listen in as Obed shares the inspiration behind his collections, “Buenos Dias!” and “Fantastico!” Be sure to listen until the very end because you don't want to miss Obed's tips for creating mini albums!Find the show notes to this episode here: https://www.scrapbook.com/articles/podcast-obed-marshall

In Episode 33 of Why Make? we talk with furniture maker, sculptor, and educator, Andy Buck. Andy is currently a full professor in the School for American Crafts in the College of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has also taught at the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and given workshops at Anderson Ranch, Haystack, Penland and Peters Valley. Andy's work has always seemed to embody fun and whimsical forms but we step behind the whimsy to talk about the serious ideas he is exploring in his work and the unique design vocabulary he has developed. Robb has been an admirer of Andy's work for a long time and his fun play on tools and toilet bowl plungers inspired his early work, including an ongoing flyswatter series! So grab a brush and a can of milk paint and join us as we see what makes Andy Buck tick.

My friend Paige happens to LOVE paper—a LOT—and that will make more sense after you listen to my intro, but truly, you are in for a huge treat today because I am sitting down with Paige Taylor Evans to talk about her journey to here and her amazing and distinctive memory keeping style. Paige Evans has been scrapbooking since she was 16 years old when she got her very first job at a local scrapbook store in Redmond, Washington. It's now been 20 years and she loves what she does as much today as she did back then. Known as Paige Taylor Evans across social channels, she has 12 signature scrapbooking collections with American Crafts and a 13th in the works. She has taught classes in 7 states and 9 countries. In her own words, her “jam” is teaching others how to create eye-catching & colorful layouts as well as mini album and coptic bookbinding classes. Paige resides in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado with her husband of 14 years, their son Fox, and daughter Jane. The Evans boast a menagerie of pets, including Joey the dog, Rachel the cat, and ambunny named Phoebe. Paige is dedicated to living her dream of creating something every day!Please explore the following resources for connecting with and learning from Paige: Website: http://www.paigetaylorevans.com/instagram: https://instagram.com/paigetaylorevansYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PaigeTaylorEvansFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyscrappyplace/Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/pagebypaigePinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/paigeevans/✂️ If you're looking to purchase products in Paige's collections, check out Scrapbook.com ✂️GREAT NEWS: Paige will be releasing her next collection—next week on June 16th—so make sure after you listen that you're following her so you don't miss anything. You can sign up for her newsletter HERE.

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I had the amazing opportunity to connect with Anna Champagne, who is a Professional Fiber Artist, Designer and Color Healer creating vibrant and luxurious silk scarves, shawls, throws and custom fabrics. Each scarf is designed and hand-painted one-at-a-time by the Artist with dyes in beautiful uplifting colors. Anna has degrees in textiles and interior design, and has trained extensively in the holistic healing field. She is the owner of A Path of Beauty and Anna Champagne Silks, hand painting luxurious silk scarves and shawls in vibrant, healing colors and enriching people’s lives with her silks, inspirational writings, healing sessions and color healing course. Her love and interest in textiles began at a young age. She has taught classes in weaving, computer- aided design, and Shibori, and now Color Healing. Anna’s work has been exhibited in galleries from Madison Avenue, NYC to Carmel, CA, and at high-end craft shows and holistic shows in New York, Boston, etc.   Her earlier work is included in The Guild 4, A Sourcebook of American Crafts.  She was the featured artist in Sarasota Magazine, 2006. And her article Color Healing: Using Color and Divine Wisdom to Enrich Our Lives, was published in Energy Magazine, May/June 2017. “I create silks that surround people in beauty and the healing energy of color that nurtures, uplifts and inspires.  Luxurious hand painted silk scarves, shawls, and throws that are as soft as rose petals and as harmonious and peaceful as being in a beautiful garden.  Live a poetic life of beauty…Joie de Vivre in Silk!”    Anna Champagne Connect with Anna over at https://www.annachampagnesilks.com/ Interested in her silks? https://www.annachampagnesilks.com/ Anna also has a great course for those who are interested in color healing: http://www.annachampagnesilks.com/color-healing-course/ Brandon Handley 0:00 4321 Hey there spiritual dope. Thanks for joining me again today And today, we have Anna champagne. Joining us. Anna is a professional fiber artist, energy healer, teacher, author, designer and entrepreneur, owner of Anna champagne silks and a path of beauty. She has degrees in textiles and interior design as trained extensively in the holistic healing field, including emotion code, Body Code, and transformational breathing, and created color healing for a vibrant, abundant life energy healing system. And thanks so much for joining with us today. Anna Champagne 0:41 Thanks, Brandon. It's great to be here. Just so you know, sauna. I like that. Brandon Handley 0:49 Got it. Got it. Thanks. So now I'm gonna have to fix that throughout the entire way. I'm on a one of the things that I feel pretty strongly about is that When we communicate on these podcasts and when we have these conversations, there's somebody out there that needs to hear something through us and we're simply here as a you know, divine vessels call it what you will right? Call what you want but I think that somebody is tuned in today that needs to hear what from you like they need to hear this somebody needs to hear this what is it Unknown Speaker 1:31 basically Anna Champagne 1:34 that they're loved and that they can live a path of beauty You know, that's what I'm kind of live myself and share and and it just becomes a rich life and it really isn't spiritual or regular mundane or any of it. It's all one life. So the more we kind of, you know, just bring that all together and then it's really rich and colorful and beautiful. Brandon Handley 1:58 I love it. I love it. So it's not that they're not segmented life pieces for you. It's all one holistic life. Anna Champagne 2:06 Yeah. And I'm still like everyone, you know, feels deeply you know that. And I do agree with you what you're saying, because that was my prayer even before coming on. I said, you know, it's not about me, it's about you know, how I can touch someone or, you know, and I pray, can I say the words that someone is needing to hear tonight, so you know, so that was perfect. Brandon Handley 2:29 I love it. I love it. Perfect. So, you know, it looks like we've got the right person on here. One thing I do want to touch on that I know we had a little precursor conversation, you know, I caught that you studied with like Gregg Braden, Byron, and some of these other people, you know, can be a little bit about that. Right? I love these are some people that are new, newer to my life, right, but I love them. What was like one of the favorite courses or someplace that you studied with that? That was exciting for you? Um, Anna Champagne 2:58 oh, they're all wonderful. The path. Byron Katie was great. You know, I was a transformational breath facilitator and trainer, and this was the early days, but even before she became more famous, you know, she had written her first book. And we used to bring her, you know, to our trainings or to our city or even we had our first breath cruise, and we were doing breath work. And then we brought Katie along and she was teaching some things and then every night after dinner, you know, she would just show up and work with us. And, and to this day, whenever I see her, you know, and I haven't seen her in a while, but every time she says hello, Angel, and I just feel like she sees me. Fantastic. Brandon Handley 3:39 Yeah. When you say we in that, what are you who's that inclusive of? Anna Champagne 3:44 Um, that's when I was doing transformation breathing years ago, Brandon Handley 3:50 okay, that's not something you're doing right now. So much of Anna Champagne 3:52 it's it's part of me, but now I've kind of, you know, well, we'll get into it all what I'm doing, but I'm Kind of branding my own color healing system and silks and also right Brandon Handley 4:05 right so I mean yeah that I mean that that is your that is your that is what I see you doing right now that's what you presented to me you're doing textile you're doing color healing. Oh you were introduced to me by our mutual friend Mark Youngblood as a color healer. I was super intrigued about that. While I read a little bit about what you have to say in there. You know, tell us a little bit about what color healing is. Anna Champagne 4:30 Well, it's it's actually a vibrational energy healing modality. And, you know, I'm blessed to be able to as a fiber artist, I campaign on cilex campaign hand dye, and through decades of, you know, working with people and seeing what the silks do in their energy field and the specific colors like you know, like the ones I have on, I just come to see how the frequencies of light color work in our own hands. energy field and affect us and I especially work more in the emotional realm. Because, you know, of course, color affects us emotionally and as a sensitive an empath, and you know, as many people are there, you know, even people that don't think there was sensitive are, you know, so that's why color is just so important and impactful. And now when we consciously use it, we can really heal like old emotional patterns, we can raise our vibration, we can direct it for specific uses. So I'm really blessed that I get to, you know, paint and die and be immersed in color and then you know, share it with others and then and then teach it. Brandon Handley 5:47 I love that. So the colors that you're wearing today, what are they? What do they bring to me vibrationally Anna Champagne 5:53 Well, most people have heard of like Archangel Michael. And with my color healing system. It's based on like the rays of God. Consciousness so it's kind of a very spiritual at the core. And there's these divine qualities as embodied by the archangels and angels so most people have heard of Archangel Michael and we think protection but it's also focus and will and faith. And each Archangel has their divine feminine counterpart called an RPI. So with Archangel Michael it's archiv faith. So faith is a real tangible energy to so. So for me and also, you know, blues are healing you know, they're like water, they're calming. So for me doing something like this, you know, it keeps me a little focused and it's very calming to Brandon Handley 6:44 fantastic. I'm glad I'm wearing blue then to stay focused a little bit. Right. Now, I love that you mentioned to like, you know, that you've got kind of this Archangel as part of your story. Right. Let's talk a little bit about that. Right. So how does how does how did you leave archangels and angels into your path. Anna Champagne 7:03 I'm just on my spiritual path. I think I knew of Archangel Michael and things because I've been on my spiritual path most of my life and knew of Archangel Michael and especially when I was actually a young mother and this is before I got on my spiritual path about 20 years ago where I learned more in depth about the archangels and all and if anyone knows about that, you know, young mother new mother just worried and you know, and, and for me being an empath and sensitive you know, I would get like open to any thought of like any fearful thought I would feel it like so much through my body, it was just hard to deal with. So luckily, I knew of Archangel Michael and then when I started calling to them, I can actually help kind of smooth down and that anxiety and fear and then I came to help others, you know, help other, you know, mothers and just other people, you know, with that as well. And now over decades, you know, he's just, I can't I don't think any of us could really be here without Archangel Michael, whether you call him by name or now or anything here to help us on the path, Brandon Handley 8:12 you know, if somebody is not that's a terrible way to say Archangel Li, you know, aligned, what are some other kind of spiritual resonance that they might have? If so, like you said, if they don't know them is Archangel Michael, what else might they call him or that presence? Unknown Speaker 8:34 Um, Anna Champagne 8:36 I think a lot of people are aware of or interested in angels. And even when I was, you know, writing my first color healing article, and actually one of my other great mentors is Jacob Lieberman. He wrote light medicine of the future and take off your glasses and see and I studied with him, you know, years ago a lot and he's just one of my greatest mentors. was I going with that? Oh, so when I was writing the article, I wanted to create kind of an overview of things. And you know, didn't talk about the archangels too much because really color on its own and the frequencies of color can support us whether we, we connect with the angels or you know, call to them or use them consciously, but they are here to co create with us and help support us, right in a big way. And actually, my daughter who grew up with all this and you know, is just knows me the best, you know, at one point she says, Oh, Mom, you can't you can't take the angels out. That's your brand. That's who you are. You can't separate you from the angels. Nice. But I can you know, talk about color to just as we know, I Brandon Handley 9:49 think I think that you know, my question was definitely more aligned to other spiritual modalities right of Archangel Michael right. So if if I'm coming Going from a shamanistic background or just some other type of esoteric background, right? What would you would you align it to something else in those spaces? Anna Champagne 10:13 I wouldn't but people that don't have the wording might, you know, call them spirit guides or something like that? I don't really I'd like to be more specific with the as I know the different things but even you know, I have friends in shamanism and they also teach angels because it's just a different aspect of you know, frequencies and energies and you know, beings and all that so Unknown Speaker 10:41 I appreciate that. Yeah, Brandon Handley 10:42 like I said, I'm, I'm not well versed in angels, right. And so, but I do understand spirit guide, right. So you know, if if I'm running around and I'm trying to feel something and it's hard for me to again, mentally pull On an angel vibe, right right, then I might be able to pull on some others your spiritual guide God type of thing, right? So Anna Champagne 11:07 the way that I could talk about it, you know, I did shows, you know, body mind spirit, Whole Health, new life and boutique shows all kinds of things for many decades. And I would have like, you know, just all these soaks, you know, in my booth, and people would come in and I always want to empower people. So even if I knew like one that would be advantageous for them, I would always say, well, which color are you most drawn to? And then they would go and usually they would really go right to one that they would feel good in and they try it on and they feel something even if they thought you know, I don't I'm not sensitive or anything they they always are, they really can feel it and then I would put on another one that maybe was even a similar color. And they would go oh my goodness, I can tell the difference. Wow. Are they put on one that's really a contrast and what go wow, that feels even different. Sure, and then people can see that. So, really, for me, the key part is, you know, healing our trapped emotions and those emotional energies that are, you know, the sadness, grief. I mean, we're human. So we have all those things. But I know we feel better usually when it's joy and love and those kind of things. So when we take those things that are actually blocking our energy, they're not good or bad, but they can become trapped in blocker energy. So when we're healing that and then they have that flow of energy from God goddess, all that is whatever you call it, your higher self, you know, I call it my presence or that presence, so So when you're healing that and raising your vibration, my goal is really to help people connect with their highest wisdom and their highest self. Unknown Speaker 12:51 So Anna Champagne 12:53 and that's, that's really cool. I think most of you want to be most connected with Brandon Handley 12:58 Sure, sure. I thought, you know, it's Because, you know, I was actually having this thought earlier that you said, you know, it's not necessarily about you, when you enter into the show, it's like kind of what can you do in service of but yeah, on it, it is about you, right? It is about you connecting with your highest self and just being in that space for a moment and just accepting that nobody needs anything from you, but you've got someone that you're willing to give. Right. You know, let's talk a little bit more about the angel part though, because they're, you know, like I said, I was able to listen to one podcast that you were interviewed on earlier and you've got this amazing, kind, amazing Angel story. Once you just kind of shares sure that part. Anna Champagne 13:43 I do and I actually have my good old Angel book that I was actually visiting a friend I live in Florida now and I was in New England visiting friend and went to my car to get NINJA book and so Someone actually tried to kill me she was mentally unstable. I didn't know her, but she was known to people and, you know, without going into this story, but still someone tried to find me over with a car. Wow. And because of it, I was hit by the car. But as I was walking, I just was like looking down. And it's like, what's going on with my ankle or my leg, you know, and then before I knew, and I just was like, kind of falling or whatever, but really ended up hitting the ankle and shattered my ankle and foot and left leg and all that. And afterwards, I you know, and I've had, you know, surgeries, and I mean, it was, it was quite a karmic thing. Quite a big deal in my life and in a real healing journey that came from it. But when I asked friends like on my spiritual path, I said, How could this have happened, you know, I'm so devout are just so connected and spiritual. And they said, it's because of that, that the angel saved your life. Hmm. And I'm getting chills even telling you that because I just feel it's so true. And I vowed to all my healing journey to help people in whatever way I can what I learned through all the healing that I did through it, but they really did save my life. Brandon Handley 15:18 I get it. So um, you know, you mentioned that you've been on the spiritual path pretty much your entire life. And so you already had this vibrational awareness right? You already had this holistic awareness and once you got involved with fabrics and colors, it wasn't a simple transition for you into the vibrational colors. Anna Champagne 15:46 Well, yes and no, I mean, it was one of those being sensitive and you know, sometimes feeling really lonely even if a family are feeling different, as many people describe often and just Just getting into, you know, loving being in nature or writing poetry or doing things, you know, different things like that. And just just feeling like the search. So even when I was little, I would, you know, go to the library and search even when I was little for certain things, you know, along the way. So, so it's kind of just been a journey, like many people, you know, you know, pursue this pursue that, you know, learn about this, see how it feels, you know, and, and then just keep growing that way. So it wasn't, you know, and it's not like my parents were all conscious. And, you know, we grew up the main girl, and then that kind of thing. So they weren't holistic in the least, and they still aren't. But even through that, I realized through the years, especially as I'm learning things, and you're all excited to share with your family and help them and, you know, they're like, thank you, but you know, believe what you believe or not interested. Yeah, the greatest thing I learned, especially with my dad was The greatest thing we could do for healing for someone was to love them unconditionally. Sure. And it didn't matter. All those differences. Brandon Handley 17:10 Right. Right. Now listen, I mean, when I first had, you know, what I would classify as an awakening experience, not wanting to run around, and I guess I guess that's, I guess that's kind of the whole the gospel part of the gospel thing. You've got to hear this good news. Why don't I tell them all about this? wait a year round? This Unknown Speaker 17:28 is awesome. Um, and, Brandon Handley 17:31 yeah, it's not everybody's path. Right? It's not everybody's path. But it's still it's, you know, I guess when you're vibing. So hard, right. It's like, What do you mean, you don't see it this way? And how can you not feel this way? And why wouldn't you go down this path? And like you said, it's when we just step back and love them, unconditionally? who they are the way they are right now. Yeah. can't do much more than that, right? Anna Champagne 18:01 What's tills? True? And you know, to answer more of your question. I went to school for English and weaving because I started weaving when I was about 16. And I was always doing kind of crafts and things and knitting and crochet and all that because my mother grandmother, so even when I was in textile school, for my BFA in textiles and fiber, I, you know, I started then I actually painted on really fine silk threads and wove them into scarves and shawls and will wall pieces, please. And yet, I was still gathering, you know, all the spiritual books and I was starting to get some books on color and chakras and different things like that. But I didn't read most of them years later. And the reason I realized was because I had to kind of develop my own sense of it, of the color and kind of learn it from within a little bit more of the code. So one time I remember when I was you know, I I think I was starting to, you know, maybe it was after I was at a school. And I was just questioning, you know, that format of the scarves and shawls. And then I opened one of those books and it said, Yeah, you want to wear the silks over your throat and heart chakras and I'm like, okay, that's the answer. And you know, so I still kind of use that that form of the silks and the shawls I mean, the scarves in the shells Brandon Handley 19:26 when you say that form the you mean by put it over your chakras? Anna Champagne 19:31 Yeah, I was just in one of those color healing books. It kind of answered that that it's really advantageous a lot of times to where over your throat or your heart Brandon Handley 19:40 Alright, so when you're when you're when you were starting your spiritual journey picking up all these books, what kind of books were you picking up? Like? What was what was the opening of the doors for you? I guess as it were, Anna Champagne 19:53 um, there's been so many through the years I do collect wisdom Brandon Handley 19:58 right right there in the beginning, right. So I mean, you're you're picking up all these books, you hadn't quite read them, but they were of interest to you Anna Champagne 20:04 somewhere the color healing somewhere. Well, even earlier, you know, when I was 16 I was meditating at a friend's house because her parents were into Edgar Casey, airy, and all that. So, you know, I had my first and then and then when we were in Boston, I actually, you know, my then husband and I, we went to his son or I think grandson, we went to a workshop and thing, were part of that for a while, and then it always comes full circle that I wasn't into it for years. And then I was, you know, going to some conferences a few years ago and even speaking at a conference and Kevin Tedeschi who's the, you know, the head guy at the Aerie now and wrote all the books on so he's kind of a friend now too. So it's so interesting and yeah, it was it was all kinds of things. Or they you know, I mean, sometimes it was healing some obscure things like fear of, like fears and aliens and you know like I remember with Gregg Braden, I've healed a big piece of that, you know? Unknown Speaker 21:18 Tell me about that. Yeah. Yeah, that Anna Champagne 21:21 was interesting. Um, it was funny because I was one of the last people at his you know, the workshop for that day and we were at this conference center or somewhere and I was like in a dorm and I remember we were talking it was years ago you know, decades ago when you know, he's gone through different things that he's taught Sure. And some of it was bringing up like so much fear about you know, the some of the alien you know energies and and they're all frequency now they're all different vibrations so and then my my roommate didn't show up so like all night I'm like, you know, all afraid this, you know, sheets up and I had to go deeper within and then and then through it. I just I really did heal it. And now I say, you know, the same aliens that are more than negative ones that, you know, maybe want to, you know harm or they're just a lower vibration. Sure they can't touch me anymore because it's so that was just part of like the healing on the journey that I went through. So now you know and then there's other ones like I heart, you know connect with the Pleiadians and then I do paintings that were pleading and writing so, so it was pretty diverse. Brandon Handley 22:35 Interesting. I love that I love it. I love what you did there too with um, you know, translating harm into just recognizing that the third a lower vibration, right? It is not like I like that too. Right? So that that's interesting for sure. So you've been living this life fairly steeped in spirituality. All right. Yeah, and I can't remember now already, if we talked about the beginning or not, but like, integrating Yeah, we started at the beginning, but like integrating all the whole has certainly been a challenge for me. You know, trying to say, Oh, this is this is my spiritual self. This is what I do when I'm being spiritual. And this is what I do and, you know, all these other spaces. Can you talk a little bit about, you know, practical spiritual integration? Well, so, you know, what's that mean to you? If I say something I asked you that. Anna Champagne 23:31 Yeah. Well, that's what I really love teaching and helping people with, you know, and I'm still going through it myself. I'm constantly hitting things that come up for me and then having, you know, using different tools to heal like some of the emotional patterns and things like that. But, um, I think it's just, I think one of the biggest thing is really healing being present to what comes up and not judging it. So You know, and that's what I learned especially from Katie you know, Byron Katie, you know, you take those judgments you take that anger you take that fear, you know, whatever it is and and then you investigate and then you can you know, go deeper and especially, you know when you you see it's just kind of a projection to like wearing me like I'm angry at that person but really, where's that pattern in me and then when you so so if you keep bringing it back to yourself in a gentle way because you never want to be hard on yourselves because like I know that pattern and right so it's, it's it's just and I have seen you you know, I watched your you know, your dad podcast thing or you know, whatever that was. And even if you I mean, and I don't know you so well, you know, but just the love that and just the the way you were showing up with your son I mean, I'm getting emotional because I was sent to and I was daughter but It touched me because you're just present. And you're asking him his experience. And then you're sweeping in a little, you know, teaching to be a good person or to just just weaving in those nuggets of goodness, Brandon Handley 25:16 you try, right? Well, you know, listen in here, you know, for what it's worth. You know, my mom was a, you know, so I was born in San Francisco in the late 70s. So, that's an indicator of where I came from. I always taught like, the awareness always taught, like these kind of life lessons. And they were definitely seeds, right, because they were, they were falling on fallow ground or whatever, whatever. And it wasn't until later, when they all just kind of sprouted and honestly, when I talked about going through that experience, kind of the awakening experience, it was like all at the same time, like everything she was talking about, just like, there it is. And so that's all you know, I feel like I can try and do with the kids right on my boys and just have those conversations. Not force it on them, but give them those seeds. Right. And, you know, if it's some I feel like at some point in their lives, though, they'll turn around and dust off will sprout up Anna Champagne 26:12 exactly like with my son, he would, you know, like roll his eyes like I just want to be normal know, he's at times you know cutting out these little swords and you know things of and you know connecting with you know, he'll deny a lot of it now but you know, but he's such a good person you know, this really is so Brandon Handley 26:33 well i think what we were saying earlier it's everyone's on their own path, right? I don't I mean, I don't think I have a Bible or have ever read more than the six pages in a Bible. But we can really try and do is be good shepherds, right of these souls or whatever. Um, but this is about you. So we're back to you now. And so what would be like a couple tools I love you gave kind of the one example is like look for that within yourself, right that's causing that or is a part of you? Right? What what, where's that irritation that's party? You know, I saw I saw a little line today that I really like to as it relates to emotions. I'd love to hear your feedback on this is there's emotional control. Right, which is I think a very Western actually I think every culture has emotional control, right? versus emotional expression. Mm hmm. How would you differentiate those two things because I feel like you would have a good, good way to do that. Anna Champagne 27:33 I call it really a path of emotional mastery. Hmm. Because it's not just trying to control how you're feeling because the pattern will come up, you know, it'll just keep coming up until we deal with things. And now you know, globally where we've had an experience of something big happening globally, where we're going you know, sheltering in place home, you know, a lot of fear a lot of uncertainty on These kind of things, and I still just see it as, like the greatest gift because we can't bring in what I call a golden age without bringing to light those patterns. So it's not just about expression, you know, I think, you know, because we're always creating and we're always expressing whether it's expressing love or expressing anger, you know, or sadness, you know, it's expression but it's when it when we feel like that underlying like, we call it kind of miss qualified pattern. So like, say we haven't, oh, like, like, you know, say we have an experience and it's, you know, really overwhelming or traumatic or anything. And things get and we might not even know how to process it at the moment or deal with it. And then and but then it starts coloring everything we do in life. And then, but usually we can tell by how we're feeling, you know, if we're having Are were not so happy, that's usually an indicator how we're feeling and work with thing. Brandon Handley 29:07 And that kind of addresses the, again expression versus control, like, because we were talking earlier too about, you know, locating that feeling, right? The anger or the frustration if we go to suppress that or redirect it, is that really healing it or addressing it? Right and and i think that that's, personally that's what I've done to try to emotionally master or control right redirect. But I feel like there's would be a another way to express that because I don't want to hold on to that energy like that. Right. So Unknown Speaker 29:47 what would you say there? Anna Champagne 29:50 You can tell by when you say go back to a memory that was really painful. And you know, so you did And this is where I say the violet ray you know of trance transformation transmutation, you know, taking that same God energy as I talked about, and then transmuting it like freeing up the, you know, whatever traumatic emotions are there, and then it's kind of at the core, and then we can recollect it or we can use it for what we want. And it really comes back to our intention to what we really want to create in our life. Yeah, so the stronger our positive intentions, those things will just naturally come up. And if it just ends, they'll just keep coming up until we like pay attention or we might get sick or, you know, just just so unhappy or whatever it is. So, but, but there's also a way to do it. It's good to just start being aware of what you're feeling or how you're feeling in your body. But another way to do it, too, is to keep focusing on the higher vibrational states or what you do want to create because that'll just automatically start in training up. It's just entrainment, you know, physics of training that lower vibrational state into that higher vibrational state. And that's kind of what I call a lot of the path of beauty or even, you know, working with those divine qualities. You can just and actually, that's another tool to you know, you can have a state and then do affirmations and crease, things like that you can actually raise the vibration of that pattern. Brandon Handley 31:32 I like that. I like that. Unknown Speaker 31:34 I feel like Unknown Speaker 31:38 you know, Brandon Handley 31:40 raising your vibrational state through affirmations, and gratitude. I think a lot of people look at that as purely mental exercise. What do you say to that? Anna Champagne 31:56 It's not like we're using our mind because we're choosing to and it's what we're giving power to. So if we're saying you know, like I am the presence or I am you know, whatever we want to put after saying I am affirmation You know, there's you know, with the law of attraction, all that kind of stuff if you're if you're saying something that you don't believe then that'll even cause more resistance. You know, I'm a millionaire and you're you know, you got three cents in your bank account Well, that's gonna it's not gonna resonate, but if you can get in touch with the energy of it, you know, like it's it's feeling into it really. I think more so but but you do use your mind and your thoughts Brandon Handley 32:43 talking to more about feeling into it, though. Anna Champagne 32:51 I think it comes down to getting more harmonious no matter you know what color you're using, or what Whatever tool you're using, if you're still agitated, then it's not really working. So if you can feel more harmonious, calm, you know, the breath is a really important thing to kind of stop that fight or flight, you know, just using the breath, and then just start feeling more calm. Then, then when you say, when you say an affirmation or things something or, um, or want to access, you know, just want to just x more peacefulness or happiness or, you know, whatever it is it you'll just, it'll, you'll feel it. But you're not going to feel it if you're all agitated, you know. And so, you know, it's like, it's like the analogy of, you know, the parent who's got the baby, and they're just like, just come down Baby, you know, like they're, you know, I never can understand that. You know, But But I learned that you know, years ago so that's where we always taught the parents first, you know, read to become, you know, if you're lying with your child at night, you know, rubbing their backs as you're breathing. Because if you're all you know, stressful, they're going to feel it. Yeah. Brandon Handley 34:19 One of the coolest feelings to write when you're going to sleep but I missed I missed the miss my kids you know when they're just growing up you can just kind of fall asleep with them on your chest right? Yeah, yeah, love that. Love that miss it. Like where they are now though. It's okay. So, you know, are you still traveling with your art shows? Are you still doing that? Like? Anna Champagne 34:42 Nobody shows anymore? Sometimes by invitation, you know, a few things, but mostly I'm switching over online. Okay. And teaching courses online and things like that. Brandon Handley 34:54 Right? When you were out of curiosity, right. So just for anybody that's kind of interested in The type of work that you're doing and would be thinking about doing it themselves. How would they kind of get involved in the community that you were involved with? With the art shows and textiles? Anna Champagne 35:14 Well, it's really an art. I mean, it's decades of lifetimes Actually, I've done this in many lifetimes. It's, you know, um, it's going with what interests you, too, you know, I mean, mostly, I'm selling the silks that they're using, you know, in their meditations or just everyday wear or even you know, you know, that's why I sell a lot to men as well as women you know, to wear because they carry that tangible vibration. So it makes it easier to access those states and things. But, you know, sometimes I have taught some of the, you know, I used to teach weaving I used to teach shabari and which is a dyeing technique. You know, I do love, you know, doing a lot of that stuff. But, you know, an easy way is just watercolor paints or you know, even even coloring on dollars, you know, that can just get you in a, you know, working with color and with pencils or markers or things like that, or, or just even watercolor, you know, it doesn't even have to be a form. It could just be working with the paint like that if you're talking about doing something that's more artistic or if that's what you're kind of asking. Brandon Handley 36:33 That's definitely one part right kind of getting into the art itself, but the shows right? I'm sure you invited to him because you were great at what you were doing. But like also, if somebody else was like, what types of shows were you featured in so that somebody if they saw them, they'd be able to go and kind of find out more of themselves? Anna Champagne 36:52 The shows, I mean, I was in the high end crashes when I first got out of college and was, you know, doing those handpainted handball Then Yeah. And then I had galleries around the country. And then when I got into still just painting on silks and doing like transformational breath work and being a trainer, then I was in like New York and Boston. I'm from New England. So I would do like Whole Health, new life, body mind spirit, you know, a lot of those kind of shows. Brandon Handley 37:20 Okay. I've never heard of those shows before. So I mean, that's interesting. Yeah. And Anna Champagne 37:24 it's still go on, um, you know, some of them anyway. Brandon Handley 37:28 Yeah. That's interesting, too. I mean, I guess a New England part of, you know, what was the new age? Unknown Speaker 37:35 birthing spot, right. I mean, am I wrong? Anna Champagne 37:39 I don't know. I think California's where you grew up is pretty cool. I mean, Brandon Handley 37:45 I think I think that, you know, I think of I'm trying to think of who was the press, you know, the press company that came out with the kind of the New Age movement, right, um, Anna Champagne 37:57 dress or no, Brandon Handley 37:59 I can't really remember off the top of my head, but it's just interesting to see that there's still a vibrant spiritual community from there, right in that space. So I think that that's pretty interesting. You did. So you mentioned you mentioned your course and your shops. I wanted to bring that up too. So talk to us a little bit about the the course offering that you have right now online. Anna Champagne 38:20 Yeah, it's an eight week online course it's called color healing for a vibrant abundant life seven steps to heal what's holding you back and increase your flow of abundance and that's those kind of seven spiritual colors, you know, those rays and you actually get a set of seven, you know, solid color sticks with it, it needs you know, once a week for eight weeks, you know, an online student class and then you have a portal with the meditations, affirmations, you know, the class content you know, more you know, all of it, but it's really meant to be for busy people. You know, everyone's really busy in life and you don't i don't want to make this Like this heavy like something they just not do or else feel so overwhelmed. So that's what's cool about you know, with with the silks because you just wear them you know through the week like each week we're learning about one color. So like for example like the solid color you know we've got the golden yellow or you know pink or you know the blues violets you know these solid colors, and you wear them during class and wear them during your meditations and the meditations tend to be seven to nine minutes maybe and just get you in touch with the divine qualities even archangels but more of the divine qualities of the color and just get you and then wearing them. It helps you know to tangibly feel so it's because there's silk has the highest vibration of fiber. The very pure colors are frequencies and you know, if you think White is like all colors, you know, of light You know, ones additive and subtractive whether it's you know, crayons, or paints versus light, and then, you know, it's easy to think, you know, the prism and the rainbow, you know, it's broken up in those frequencies. Sure. So, um, yeah, so it's, it's really, it's, it's fun and it's, it's just a easy so going back to that, so the soaks have that highest vibration, and then the pure colors, those frequencies and then the energies that I'm kind of praying in or attending in. So that's what makes them where you can actually feel the energy. So it's an added tool to be able to wear them and start feeling the energies as you're as you're learning them Brandon Handley 40:50 about them. I mean, I love that right? Because I can I can feel the application right? You know, I can I can I can sense I get a good sense of have kind of how you would direct that. And I feel like that would be, that would be like it's beneficial, right? Anytime he's been, I think consciously tending to your vibrations. that's beneficial. So it sounds to me like that's kind of what you're doing is teaching people how to pay attention to their vibrations, right at what levels and then being able to associate them with specific colors, right, so that they can really just kind of hone in and have an anchor point. Anna Champagne 41:29 Right. So like, even with the emotion code, say we identify a trapped emotion, say it's grief. And it happened when you were 13. You know, and then, you know, we get shifted, but then you know, we'll put like a soft pink silk over and that'll like raise the vibration. So it's still really key for me to be healing those emotional patterns that are kind of blocking that flow of energy. Brandon Handley 41:52 So would you classify this more of a healing class? Yeah. Okay. I mean, I mean, look, that's great. Yeah. I mean I love it because it might just be a guy thing right? Or you know could just be a me thing I've never really kind of addressed this one but like you know we were taught to like you know, you fall down you dust off and you keep on going forward you know you don't really address the specific pains you just move forward you don't address the specific moments that cause you to no question 90% of your life you just keep moving forward right but if you do take a little bit of time and and heal those moments Anna Champagne 42:33 and you know, a lot of men do this, you know, as a spiritual path to I mean, a lot of men do have my silks too because they wear them for meditation. Tell me what are some favorite main colors? I mean, Brandon Handley 42:41 other than blue, what are some what are some what are some main colors? Anna Champagne 42:45 Some are the those turquoise is in blues and violets some sometimes, you know more the emerald green, but actually one of my first soaps that I made like decades ago when I'm My first shows ever did with them. There was this just big guy you know and he he got the most feminine so good made to that point with yell, you know pinks and yellows and actually I have a great story about that I was at a show one time, and a guy came and usually like I do have like these, um, you know, you might be able to see they have a pattern woven in there to card. And whereas like the this is just a sharp use, it's like smooth. So, you know, mostly guys tend to like the sharp use a smoother one, you know, because these can be a little more feminine. But there was a guy that he bought one that was in like a rose pain to fuchsia to a little violet, maybe maybe a little blue, and it was in a de card. And it was a very kind of, you know, society. Unknown Speaker 43:55 You weren't expecting him to pick it up. Anna Champagne 43:58 Yeah, but once you put it out And he had lost like, the love of his life. He lost his wife not too long before that, and he started to feel the energy. Right. And it started to heal with that pink. So he hung around the booth a lot and you know, just shared about his wife and you know, started the healing. But others, you know, like, I have a friend that commissioned some of the biggest like, meditation blankets, you know, they're huge. Um, and I do a half version that's like a meditation shawl. And this friend has a spiritual path and master and he meditates you know, many hours a day and he calls it like an energetic cocoon because that's another thing I didn't mention. It actually silk energetically insulates you too. And when you meditate in you know, certain colors. So, you know, it's, um, I was interviewed the other day and the guy was all wearing his pink shirt and stuff. So you know, it's time for the guys to be able to flame boy Right. Brandon Handley 45:00 Yeah, look, look, look, I mean, everybody can wear some colors and enjoy for sure. So, in your class, I'm just gonna you talk about like intentions, positive qualities and emotions. You've got some guided journaling, meditations, affirmations, you know, what types of answers, I'm just gonna kind of what types of meditations Could I look at in that class. Anna Champagne 45:23 They're, like I was saying there, they tend to be seven to nine minutes, I keep them fairly short, you know, growing into more of the meditations, but they're just meant to, um, interest introduce you to the colors, the qualities just kind of get in, and then they bring in some of the affirmations that you can use so it's, it's kind of like a guided one to educate you. And so that you can use it as a tool. So you know, something happens and you need to just use a certain color call us or an angel or whatever it is. You kind of have those tools and another and another, like, practical way to it doesn't have to be all about the silks although that is, you know, a big part of what I do Sure, like the Emerald Ray, it's all like think nature, you know, think the Verdun greens and, you know, it's getting big now doing earthing and you know, just Brandon Handley 46:19 tell me about everything. I have no idea. Anna Champagne 46:21 Oh, that's a great thing for people to know about, you know, I mean, think back on wood, barefoot as kids and running around in the summer, I mean, sure, you know, but beyond that, they've they've actually found that by connecting with the resonance of the earth, hmm, that it calms our nervous system and it decreases inflammation and does a lot of things like that. So I mean, they even have earthing mats and blankets and things you can have with, you know, your Brandon Handley 46:50 did see an earthing mat, right. So I was kind of curious about that, but I hadn't hadn't really linked it to I wasn't sure what the whole thing was. I hadn't gone too far into it. So the meditation They are, you know, to, to kind of impress upon the mind and give you, you know, pause the color modalities, right, tie that in with some affirmations. And I'm assuming the intentions kind of pull that all together as well. Anna Champagne 47:19 Yeah, and and, you know, like, white white rays associated with like intentions, like, you know, white is like all the colors so it's all possibilities and all potential. So think of like when we have an intention where we're impressing into that purity of just all possibilities. I love it also clarity, you know, because a lot of times we need clarity to be able to have an intention. We have to Brandon Handley 47:48 know clarity you listen, I mean, and that I think that's one of the challenges, right? You can't see two pictures at the same time, right? You can't You can't you know, you can't so you can't hold two pictures in your in your mind. Expect to clear outcome. Fair. Right. Guided journaling. I've never heard of doing guided journaling before. So, you know, what we get what we get in that? Anna Champagne 48:11 Oh, I think it's, it's just a process of getting, you know, things might start coming up and you want to just write about it just as you would journaling when I asked some questions, you know, or how do you feel about certain colors? Or how do you feel about the certain emotions, you know, because that's the other thing. Say you have fascination, then an antidote to get motivation is like glue, say, okay, so you can, you know, just so like one one way of through that healing journey, because you know, it's it's good to be able to, you know, write down things if people choose to and process how they're feeling and what's coming up or, or what they're experiencing, you know, and also to remember, not just what's coming up, like maybe some past things But also what they're experiencing because as we know, when we write it down, you know, a lot of times, especially those spiritual highs or things like that, it's like a dream, we kind of can forget about it, you know, so, so it's just guiding people with questions and things to you know, use how they want really, but like one student, she, when she got her set of silks there was Ruby was one of the colors and it actually made her angry, it agitated her, you know, because it was a kind of a red but it has more violet in it. And then in her journey of, you know, healing and growing and all that and by the end, she was wanting to find a color for her new office. And she ended up painting it this Ruby like luckily it was just one wall because that could be a lot, you know, sure in all the walls but but you know, there again, you know, when she was putting out there They're to our group and things. You know, in our Facebook group, it's like, What color? What color? Do you think I should you know, and always, I never want to tell someone, I want them to find it themselves. And it surprised me. And by the end, Ruby was so empowering for her. And she had come through so much to be able to speak our truth and heal some things and be empowered. And that's part of the Ruby quality to have this, like this laser beam of God. You know, that just those patterns that we can get stuck in, but then when we heal it, it's really empowering. So Brandon Handley 50:34 I love that. I love that. Absolutely. And then and then, like you said, two archangels are a big part of of everything that you do, but they're also part of the class that you teach. Right? Anna Champagne 50:48 Yeah. And I've been surprised because people, a lot of people don't know too much about the angels, angels, and they've really been loving hearing about them and learning and using them. So So that's been the feedback so far. Brandon Handley 51:02 I mean, I love I love that you're doing that. And just curious why you're surprised by Unknown Speaker 51:11 that there. Anna Champagne 51:14 I don't know, I guess because I just have lived with them so long that I just, you know, sometimes we take it for granted what we do know and things like that and, and a lot of the people I know, know of them, but, uh, yeah, I guess I've just been happy that they've really because I never want to push any like anything on anybody I want to, you know, it's part of the course. It's, it's, at first I wasn't sure how much it was going to be part of it. But then it's like, it's just so tied in, you know, with those divine qualities and, and the way that archangels work is you know, so you call to them for more compassion or more empowerment or motivation or killing truth. You know, abundance. They literally that's what their job is that they resonate at that specific frequency of that divine quality. And then they literally when they're asked to come because they have to be asked, they'll come and really stand right in your energy field and reinforce that pattern until you can kind of hold it for yourself. So they're really helpful. Unknown Speaker 52:30 I love it. No. Unknown Speaker 52:33 And I think that you hit on one of the things there. I know for me, Brandon Handley 52:39 I'm so used to my own language, right? I'm so used to what I speak, and I'm surrounded by people that, you know, it's not an echo chamber, but they understand me, right? It's like, Oh, well, you know, there's like, 20 of us here and all 20 of us know the same thing. So pretty sure everybody knows that. We tend to forget just how long it took us to get to this place right away. And then you know, like today, right? You're telling me about these. I'm taking notes. I'm like angels and you know, Archangel books, what would be what would be, you know? And since I'm saying that will be a book where somebody could kind of understand a little bit more about archangels and what you're talking about, they're calling them and seeing that vibration or feeling that vibration, Anna Champagne 53:22 do you have anything I'm working on the color healing book. Not withstanding, actually, this this book of the angels of love and light. My friend, Mario's Michael George wrote, or painted all the paintings and I actually got permission from him to use the images in my course and in my lectures and things nice. So on his website, which is my reuse, fine art calm, you can actually download for free you know, if you sign up for his email list, but he's very generous. You can actually download the book And I, you know, offered to my students, I tell them about it. And I think one of them said that it didn't come with the color photograph. So then you know, he has those that you can buy of these amazing artworks that he does. So that that's, that's a great book. Because there's, you know, there's different ones out there and they might have you know, different energies that they're, they're different, you know, there's different systems, there's different energy, so it's good to just kind of feel it out. Because if something doesn't feel right, with any book that you go to, there's just something that doesn't feel right. No, that that's just there's something in it that maybe isn't right for you. So Brandon Handley 54:43 that's fair. So you know, but there are books out there then that if somebody were to be interested in what you're talking about, I could definitely talk to it and you know, if they continue to be interested in the archangels and the colors and you know, they should head on over to your course. While we go ahead and mentioned your wedding go, they go to the course and where's they gonna find you to connect with you and other places? Anna Champagne 55:10 Yep. Well, one of my websites is a path of beauty.com. And that has my blog. And so we talked about color and, and you know, nature and flowers are a big part of it too, you know, because there is such an energy and there's actually in shamanism you know, the Devas and all of the plants and the flowers are really a four kind of an angel, you know? So, um, so I spent a lot of time there. And so yeah, so I take photographs, and that's just another one of my joys of what I do. And that has a lot of the Healing Sessions different things and then on a champagne soaks calm is where you can find a lot more of my soaks. And then right now, to find out about the core It's on a champagne soaks.com slash color dash healing dash course Brandon Handley 56:10 awesome thank you and they can find you on Facebook and oh yeah so you're on all the social media and a champion Anna Champagne 56:18 some more than others but you know what we all have to find our way Brandon Handley 56:22 Sure. Sure. And your site I think is pat the beauty or the is that your garden I see a lot of flower pictures of that Anna Champagne 56:31 my travels because I travel all over everywhere I go I you know, visit beautiful gardens if they're not my own, Brandon Handley 56:39 know that they're, they're beautiful. They are beautiful, beautiful flowers and beautiful pictures on there. So thanks for sharing those with us as well. Is there anything else that you think that we should hit on that maybe we didn't today um Anna Champagne 56:53 just to just to be gentle with yourself, you know, with ourselves with all you know me too, because I can Be hard of myself to, and, and just keep healing so that you can find the love and respect for others because, you know, a lot of things are coming up in the world that are very divided. And, you know, this and that and, and, you know, it's just time that we heal what's causing the discord in the separation. And you know, and the beauty of it too is we're all individual presences. So it's not ever going to be like boring or we're all going to be the same because that's impossible. You know, it's like a flowers in a garden. So, so, um, and that's what I call a path of beauty just just living from that, you know, beautiful place. Brandon Handley 57:47 Sure. You mentioned you know, before we go here, you mentioned a hand plants is kind of crazy right now. If you could take one silk color and wrap it all up which color would we what color How would we heal the planet with today? Anna Champagne 58:01 Oh boy, I could go through Well, it needs a lot of violet for that transforming, you know, transmuting those patterns but Emerald is very soothing and very healing So, and then always the pink Ray, you know is is that unconditional love? Do you want to have some yellow in there too for that wisdom? I love and of course blue. You can't do it without Archangel Michael protecting us all in our path. So for Sorry, Brandon Handley 58:36 I couldn't say one. can't just pick one. I get it. It's okay. It's okay. The world needs them. All right. So, Anna, thank you, Ana. Ana, thank you so much for hanging out with me today and sharing your story and sharing some really great insights and practical applications. I really appreciate it. Anna Champagne 58:54 Well, thank you so much. I really enjoyed spending time with you and I really appreciate it and Yeah Transcribed by https://otter.ai

GBC Ep17:Robert Mickelsen- From Fine Art to Degenerate Art This is a conversation  that I've wanted to have for years. For myself personally, Robert Mickelsen has been a major influence in my glass work with his refined details and proportions. With 45 years of dedication to this wonderful medium of glass, Mickelsen has a ton of knowledge to share while also understanding he still has a wealth of knowledge to gain.  Hope you enjoy this conversation and if you have any questions for Robert you can reach out to him on Instagram @ramickelsen   Other links referred to in the episode: - Robert's Bio: Born Dec.12, 1951. Grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and attended high school at Punahou (same school as Barack Obama, just ten years earlier). I went to Humboldt State University in Arcata, Ca for one year but dropped out. Started blowing glass in Greeley, Colorado in 1974. Moved to Florida in 1977 and continued glass selling my wares at street craft shows and flea markets. I made my living on the street exclusively until 1989 when I switched to wholesale craft shows. It was also around this time that I took a class at Penland with Paul Stankard that opened my eyes for the first time to the artistic potential of my craft. My work blossomed after that. I began my teaching career at Pilchuck in 1994 where I was deeply influenced by the artists that I met including Dante Marioni and Bill Morris. I continued doing wholesale craft shows, indoor art shows, and teaching for the next ten years. During that time I had several solo shows at prominent glass art galleries and attended SOFA in Chicago numerous times represented by several different galleries. I stopped doing wholesale shows in 2001 and shifted my focus to selling exclusively through high-end art galleries. This lasted until the great recession of 2008 when I found myself in a crisis when all my galleries closed and shows dried up. I struggled for about four years until 2012 when I was introduced to pipe-making by Salt and Kevin Ivey. I experienced a rebirth and a newfound enthusiasm for glass. The rest you already know.  I am proud to have my work included in some of the most prominent museum collections including Renwick Gallery of American Crafts at the Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum of Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, The Museum of Arts and Design, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Mint Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village. 

I am so excited to have a dear friend on the podcast, Vicki Boutin. Vicki is someone who has completely transitioned her career and went from being in the dental industry to working as a creative. In this episode, we chat about all things scrapbooking including how she got into it and found her niche within her work. She talks about the different routes you can take scrapbooking and how many people have had a rejuvenation of crafting and creating through this pandemic. We also chat about in-person events, online workshops and what she does to help make art easy for everyone. (This episode was pre-recorded on June 24, 2020) This episode is brought to you by The Life Handmade Podcast by Scrapbook.com. This new podcast is for crafters, DIYers, and everyone who loves getting creative! New episodes are released every other Wednesday and cover topics from navigating challenges of everyday life to crafting advice and ideas to interviews with well-known creators and more. The Life Handmade Podcast is available anywhere you listen to podcasts. What's in this episode: How Vicki got started on her creative career path How she found her niche within scrapbooking Her goals for teaching and traveling in the crafting space The different routes you can take within scrapbooking What she would tell people who have a negative outlook on scrapbooking The rejuvenation of crafting that's happened from the pandemic The beauty and joy of in-person events The biggest accomplishment from her career Why you have to try out new things and be okay with failing About Vicki: Making art easy is Vicki Boutin's goal when it comes to scrapbooking, cardmaking, art journaling or any practice that combines paper, paint, inks and mediums and oftentimes photographs. A lover of colour, experiencing all that life has to offer and making connections through art, Vicki shares her process in a stress-free and exciting way through education, class kits, online content and video. Vicki has partnered with American Crafts with her signature brand that includes mixed media art, tools and paper products that embrace colour, beautiful art and easy to use mediums. Vicki’s goal to educate and make art accessible to all levels of artistic ability takes her around the world teaching workshops and meeting like-minded creative souls. If you are ready to find joy in the simple act of making artful magic join Vicki and let the discovery begin!   Connect With Vicki: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   Links: Scrapbook.com (Use code: AMYTANGERINE at checkout 10% off)Creativation Life Handmade Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired.

Queen sits down this week to chat with you babes about life taking a digital detox and of course American Crafts failure to see the black planner community.

On this week's episode, we are digging into the American Crafts drama. Towards the end, we briefly cover the latest EC release also! Check out Lydia's page: @clevergirlcraftings We are accepting questions for a possible Q&A episode so email us at plannersandwine@gmail.com if you'd like to submit one! The question can be about anything you guys want to know! Be sure to rate and leave a review for a shout out on the show! See you next week!  Would you like to advertise on Planners and Wine? Send us an inquiry from our IG page.  Follow us on IG: @plannersandwine Megan's IG and Youtube channel: @Megsgotaplan Myra's IG and Youtube channel: @myraplansit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/planners-and-wine/support

In this episode of Life Handmade, we have an in-depth conversation with the talented Shimelle Laine from American Crafts. Learn about the struggles she faced in discovering her personal voice and style while emerging as a unique scrapbooker in the creative community. You’ll listen in on some amusing anecdotes about the inspiration for her earliest collections through her newest release and also get some much-needed advice if you struggle to find time to scrapbook in day to day life.More Info on the Life Handmade Podcast SubscribeScrapbook.com: Store and Community for CraftersShimelle's products at Scrapbook.comNever Grow Up by Shimelle Laine for American CraftsPodcast Music by Mindy GledhillPodcast Cover Art Projects by Flora Farkas#lifehandmadepod

Alex Bernstein: Time, Creation and Transformation   If we were to examine a cross-section of an ancient iceberg, no doubt the layers and various densities and opacities of color would be beautiful, but they would also signify something greater than ourselves. Such is the case with Alex Gabriel Bernstein’s sculpture. The forms and the techniques he uses to create them, mirror processes in nature such as oxidation, erosion, growth and decay, inspiring in the viewer a profound contemplation of time, creation and transformation.   In his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, Bernstein purchased what was a dark and dingy pool hall called Sharkey’s and worked with a local architect to design a bright and open space for creativity. As the French Broad River flows by, the artist casts glass in layers of transparent color which intermingle with ambient light to evoke images of flowing water, ice crystals, mountain peaks and jagged canyons – all structures that seem solid and unyielding, but are actually in constant flux.   Unwittingly, fortuitously, Bernstein discovered a method of applying metal to glass, and began using it as a jagged, impenetrable crust for his glass castings. Though others have openly copied these techniques - resulting in a new verb, “bernstein-ing” - none will achieve the depth or emotions unique to Bernstein’s sculpture.   As the child of two established glass artists, William and Katherine Bernstein, Alex grew up in a creative environment with access to many of the artists of the American Studio Glass movement. The beautiful surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina where they lived, played almost as much a part in his inspired upbringing as did the breadth of teachers around him.   After studying psychology at the University of North Carolina in Asheville and working at a children’s psychiatric hospital, Bernstein made the decision to pursue his artistic endeavors full time. He received an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School for American Crafts and went on to teach at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Penland School of Crafts, and The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. Twelve years ago, Bernstein was the Department Head of Glass at the Worcester Center for Crafts in Massachusetts, but made the decision to return to his hometown in 2007 to set up a studio and focus on creating his own work full-time. He is currently on the board of the Asheville Art Museum as well as the North Carolina Glass Center.    Bernstein has recently mounted solo shows at George Billis Gallery, New York City; Hooks Epstein Gallery in Houston; Habatat Gallery in Royal Oak, MI; and the William Traver Gallery, Seattle. His work is included in numerous collections, including those of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Glasmuseum Frauenau in Germany, the Mellon Financial Corporation, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Palm Springs Art Museum.   Upcoming Bernstein exhibitions and events include Habatat Prime Chicago, a pop-up gallery located three miles from Navy Pier and open during Sofa Chicago. The 7500-square-foot space offers an incredible collection of the finest in contemporary glass, including Bernstein’s newest work. Winterowd Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery located on historic Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is gearing up for Bernstein’s solo exhibition in 2020. In January 2020, Bernstein’s work will be exhibited at a collectors weekend held at Lahaina Gallery in Maui, Hawaii.    

Happiness is about choosing to do the things in your day that create joy and excitement. Even if you can only carve out 10 to 15 minutes, it’s still important to do the things that you love that make you feel fulfilled.    Today I am joined by a friend, Paige Taylor Evans. Paige is a scrapbooker who has seven signature collections with Pink Paislee, almost a thousand cut files with Silhouette, two design teams and has taught papercrafting classes in 10 countries. What I enjoyed most about my conversation with Paige is how she not only shared the bright happy stuff but she also shared the times where she navigated through the tough moments and how she’s started making healthier choices for life. We discuss how we met each other and did live events together, her experience of teaching scrapbooking in other countries, and her favorite techniques for scrapbooking. She also shares her advice for days when you’re feeling uncreative and where to turn to for inspiration.   What’s in this episode: How Paige got started in scrapbooking What made Paige get obsessed with scrapbooking Her scrapbooking style and how it has evolved over the years  How working with American Crafts changed her scrapbooking style Switching gears and taking a break to come back with a fresh outlook How Paige started working at American Crafts The influences of digital products and how scrapbooking has changed Paper crafting becoming more popular again Finding your niche in scrapbooking How Paige and Amy met each other  What it was like doing live scrapbooking at events together Her experience of teaching scrapbooking in other countries How grateful people are when you teach them about scrapbooking What made Paige bring stitching into paper crafts What Paige does while she is stitching The environment she does her best work in Paige’s favorite techniques to use when scrapbooking How organization plays into her design technique Her advice for finding more creativity and where to turn for inspiration Her current wellness routine and what she is looking forward to    From Paige: I’m from Seattle. Chris is from Denver. We met at BYU and got married in 2007 in Nauvoo, IL. Chris graduated from the USC School of Dentistry in 2013 through an Army scholarship and then we were stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany for 4 years! We visited 43 countries while living in Europe and miss it every day! We now live in Littleton, CO where Chris works at his dream job as a dentist at Old Town Dental. I’m a stay-at-home-working-mom to our son Fox and daughter Jane. Scrapbooking is my passion and I have my own signature collections with Pink Paislee. I’m a teacher at BIG PICTURE CLASSES, on the SCRAPBOOK & CARDS TODAY design team, I make and release 10 NEW SILHOUETTE CUT FILES every week, and I have an ETSY SHOP on the side. I love teaching in-person scrapbooking and bookbinding workshops whenever and wherever I can!   Connect with Paige: Website | Instagram | Happy Scrappy Place | YouTube | Pinterest   Links: Paige’s Pages with Big Picture Classes Truly Grateful Collection with Pink Paislee Creativation Dawson’s Creek Silhouette Design Store Silhouette Cut File Layouts Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks Scrappy Cruise   I would love to hear from you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or on my website. If you enjoyed this podcast and you haven’t already, I’d like to encourage you to subscribe that way you won’t miss a single update. Craft a Life You Love and remember that we can all embrace positivity and joy, and go after the things we love.

I'm so thrilled for today's episode because I am talking with graphic designer Nicole Yang all about how and why design can be a powerful tool for your business.  You may recognize Nicole as the former art director at Southern Weddings and Cultivate What Matters, where she developed two product lines from the ground up, and worked with brands like American Crafts, Target, and Thomas Nelson.  Today Nicole is shedding light on how you can use design as a tool in your business to provide heightened value and an elevated customer experience in your business.  For all the details on how to ask Nicole a design question for free, visit today's shownotes at shuntagrant.com/74. Today's episode is brought to you by the Spring Forward online workshop, the online workshop that teaches you how to take control of your time today and increase your productivity in your business and life.  If you want to get more out of your most limited resource (your time) sign up at springforwardworkshop.com.

How do you craft a soul, a mindset, and habits that lead to purpose and joy? Amy Tangerine, fashion designer, scrapbooker, author, and craft extraordinaire has sold her designs in Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus, traveled the world to teach the art of scrapbook making, and collaborated with craft empires like American Crafts - but she's always looking for that next creative opportunity that deserves a big "yes!" She sheds her advice on how to know your worth when you set your price, how to launch a new product, and how to give yourself permission to explore the next great chapter of your life. Join our live Don't Keep Your Day Job Workshop in Los Angeles! Dontkeepyourdayjob.com/workshop Thank you Blue Apron! Check out this week’s menu and get your first 3 meals free—by going to BlueApron.com/Dreamjob. Thanks Rothy's! Go to rothys.com/dreamjob to get your cute shoes & free shipping. Thanks to Slack! Slack: Where work happens. Go to slack.com to learn more.

Being part of an established cultural institution is exhilarating and challenging all at the same time. You know you have so much to offer, but staying relevant and communicating your value is a job that never stops. In this episode, we explore one such place, the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. Eastman was a larger than life figure who left a lasting legacy especially in the world of photography and film. But of course, there is so much more to him and to the museum that bears his name. For our conversation, we have two guests joining us: Eliza Kozlowski and Stacey Vandenburgh. Eliza is Director of Marketing and Engagement. She has worked at the museum since 1990. She oversees communications and marketing activities, publications, digital engagement, guest services, exhibitions, and programs. Eliza is a member of the board of the American Alliance of Museums and is past chair and current board member of the Public Relations and Marketing Professional Network of the American Alliance of Museums. She is a board member of the Museum Association of New York and past board member of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and house. Eliza is an active member of the Visit Rochester and is past a president of its active volunteer arm, the Visitor Industry Council. She is a past recipient of the “I Love New York Award” for cultural tourism promotion. Stacey is the Guest Services Manager at the George Eastman Museum. In this role, she schedules group tours, manages staff at the Lipson Welcome Center, assigns mansion, gallery and garden tours to 50 docent volunteers and oversees the museum’s photography workshop program. Stacey graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts with a BA in Art History. She also holds an MFA from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Woodworking & Furniture Design. She has worked at the museum since 1996. Before this role, she was the manager of the KR Whitmore Conservation Center and served as Assistant Registrar. She also worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as Conservation Technician in the Department of Objects Conservation. Stacey is active with Rochester’s CVB, Visit Rochester. She is currently the chair of the Group Tour and Travel Trade Sales Committee, a program of Visit Rochester’s Visitor Industry Council. The committee presents Greater Rochester as a preferred destination and stop-over in the travel trade and group tour programs. Members work collaboratively on sales missions, presentations, trade show exhibitions, education and overall market development. Full show notes available here: https://breaktheicemedia.com/podcasts/eliza-kozlowski-stacey-vandenburgh/

Erica Bello studied metals/jewelry design at the Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Crafts where she received her BFA. In 2014 Bello won the Halstead Grant for emerging artists and in 2017 she was chosen to speak at the 46th annual Society of North American Goldsmiths conference as an Early Career Artist. In addition to working as a studio jeweler Erica Bello holds a position as studio manager at the Baltimore Jewelry Center and teaches classes on metalsmithing and jewelry design. Erica currently resides in Baltimore, MD and works out of her studio located in the Station North arts district.ericabellojewelry.comInstagram: @ericabellojewelrybaltimorejewelrycenter.orghttp://penland.org/workshops/metals/ " Hollow Forms and Fabricated Vessels"http://www.arrowmont.org/workshops-classes/workshops/ "From 2D to 3D - Hollow Forms and Fabricated Vessels"Perceived Value is an Official Partner of NYC Jewelry Week!à Nov. 12th – 18th 2018www.nycjewelryweek.com@nycjewelryweekDon't forget to Rate AND Review us on iTunes!SUPPORT PERCEIVED VALUE!www.patreon.com/perceivedvaluewww.perceivedvaluepodcast.com/how-to-support-donate/Instagram + Facebook: @perceivedvalueFind your Host:sarahrachelbrown.comInstagram: @sarahrachelbrownThe music you hear on Perceived Value is by the Seattle group Song Sparrow Research.All You Need to Know off of their album Sympathetic Buzz.Find them on Spotify!

James C. Watkins is a ceramic artist whose work is included in the White House Collection of American Crafts, and the Shigaraki Institute of Ceramic Studies in Shigaraki, Japan.  Mr. Watkins is a Paul Whitfield Horn Professor.  The Horn Professorship is the highest honor that Texas Tech University may bestow on members of its faculty. Horn Professorships are granted to professors in recognition of national and international distinction for outstanding research or other creative scholarly achievements. Mr. Watkins teaches Architectural Ceramics and Architectural Drawing in the College of Architecture. He is also a recipient of the Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Teaching Award.  He is a 2005 Fulbright Scholar, Teaching in Vietnam at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture.  He is the co-author of two books, “Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques” published by Lark Books and “Architectural Delineation, Presentation Techniques and Projects” published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.  His work is also the subject of a book entitled “A Meditation of Fire the Art of James C. Watkins” by Kippra D. Hopper published by Texas Tech University Press. He received his B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, and his M.F.A. from Indiana University.

On today’s show I am speaking with the fun, fantastic, technique focused, Vicki Boutin. Living with her husband and two kids in St Catherines Ontario Canada, Vicki has been scrapbooking for more than 15 years. In 2006, Vicki won the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame. Currently is a contributing writer at Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine, and travels the world teaching scrapbooking classes. Recently, Vicki became a product designer releasing her own mixed media line with American Crafts. Full disclosure, I could listen to Vicki talk for hours about her creative process; and in this interview, I let her take the stage to do just that. Vicki’s passion for memory keeping and fondness for this creative community is infectious. I am so priviledge to know Vicki and to call her my friend. I hope you get as inspired to try something new, as I did by our conversation. Enjoy the show!

Robert Mickelsen’s second act in glass not only pays homage to his early career in flameworking, but couldn’t have happened without it. The artist gracefully transitioned from sculptural to functional glass, promoting his artwork to an entirely new fan base and resulting in the most successful years of his career. Born in 1951 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mickelsen apprenticed with a professional lampworker for two years in the mid ‘70s, then sold his own designs at outdoor craft fairs for 10 years. In 1987 he took a class from Paul Stankard that opened his eyes to the possibilities of his medium.  Mickelsen stopped doing craft shows in 1989 and began marketing his work through fine galleries and exhibitions in high profile shows nationwide. His work can be found in many prominent collections including the Renwick Gallery of American Crafts at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York; and The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Ohio.  Beginning in the mid 1990s, Mickelsen taught flameworking at major glass schools including the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington; Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, North Carolina; and The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. He has published numerous technical and historical articles on flameworked glass and served for six years on the board of directors of the Glass Art Society as treasurer and vice-president. June 19 - 23, 2017, Mickelsen will co teach with Jared Betty the first flameworking workshop at Pratt Fine Arts in Seattle, Washington, to include pipe making as part of the curriculum. From July 17 – 21, 2017 Mickelsen returns for his ninth year in a row to Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to teach the creation of organic forms made from bubbles of borosilicate glass. He also teaches private workshops at his home studio in Ocala, Florida. 

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jane Shellenbarger. Her ceramic studio practice utilizes atmospheric firing in the creation of functional pouring and containment vessels. She has been an educator for many years including teaching positions at the Kansas City Art Institute, Northern Michigan University and the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she is currently an assistant professor. In our interview we talk about the difference between leading/teaching a student, taking risks right before a major exhibition, and the history of ceramics at RIT. To see examples of her work please visit www.janeshellenbarger.com.   This episode of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler is sponsored by the 2017 Canadian Clay Symposium. Happening March 18th, 2017 at the Shadbolt Center for the Arts in Vancouver, Canada, this one day symposium invites participants to explore our changing relationships with emerging technologies. Through interactive demonstrations, panel discussions and exhibits, a diverse group of ten international presenters will address the relevance of traditional and contemporary technologies. For more information or to register for the conference, please visit www.canadianclaysymposium.com.

Join Connie Mettler as she talks with Wendy Rosen, one of the most influential people in the fine art fair & fine craft business.     •    Attending fine craft fairs and speaking with artists Wendy learned there was a for a broader market for handmade goods and built the nation's largest wholesale marketplace, The Buyer's Market of American Crafts.     •    Alarmed by finding made in China goods in the gift stores of our national institutions she spearheaded the Made in America Alliance in 2005.     •    As head of the Rosen Group she developed the Arts Business Institute, partnering with other institutions to educate artists about sustainable and practical business practices for creative entrepreneurs. And now -- running for Congress in her Maryland District. Join us. This should be a wide ranging conversation!

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