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This is a weekly show where listeners learn how creators navigate their careers in the arts, and find community with like-minded people who face similar challenges and joys while pursuing their passions. We'll be talking with photographers, artists, interior stylists and designers, food stylists, crafters, creative content creators, writers, publishers, marketers, and so many more. If you're interested in a career in the arts or any creative field, or you just want to know how creators are inspired and execute on their ideas you'll want to catch this show, and if you're looking for a creator community you've found your people here.
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Liz Callaway is an Emmy Award winning, Grammy and Tony nominated singer and actress with a long resume in performing arts. Her Broadway debut happened in her early 20's with the first run of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. She went on to perform in Cats, Baby, and Miss Saigon on Broadway and has recorded (and self-produced!) numerous albums in various music genres. She has a longtime friendship with composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippen, Godspell among many others) a...
Prop stylist, gardener, ceramicist, textile designer — these are just some of the many hats Martin Bourne wears in his creative life. In this episode he shares the story of his upbringing in bucolic Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, how he complemented a natural talent for design with various academic pursuits, and how he stumbled into his first styling jobs — not yet knowing that "prop stylist" was even a career. Before leaving the UK for New York City, Martin worked for Elle Decor and wa...
In the small world of the New York City creator community show host Melanio Gomez worked at Martha Stewart Living with the sister-in-law of this week’s guest, Allison Williams. Allison is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) who went on to build successful creative businesses. Initially she worked for several years as a graphic designer for Carbone Smolan design firm. She left to do freelance design work landing clients like Takashimaya under the corporate name ‘Desi...
Cheryl Molnar is a New York-based artist whose intricately layered collages — composed of paint-stained paper, photographs, and architectural drawings mounted on natural birch panels — reconstruct familiar landscapes into evocative, utopian worlds. Her work examines the tension between the natural environment and human development, exploring themes of memory, social class, and the places we return to only to find them changed. Cheryl and host Melanio Gomez crossed paths early in their careers...
Peter Som joins host Melanio Gomez to share the story of how he became a New York City-based fashion designer. After early stints at Calvin Klein and Michael Kors, he pursued his dream of creating his own label — spending nearly 15 years producing collections shown on Fashion Week runways, sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, and worn by Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Over those years he cultivated a second passion: cooking. Rooted in childhood hour...
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