In this episode, Kat shares a recent event that shook her to the core and reminded her to keep believing in the BIG dreams and not allow pessimism, fear, and uncertainty to distract her from her vision. P.S. The audio might be a little funky because this episode was recorded on the go :) I hope you enjoy this quick pick-me-up! Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina Popova at artandcocktails.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 23, 2020•11 min
In this episode, Kat shares the key mindset shift for building your own art empire. Tips and ideas covered: -Your whole life is a canvas -Stop putting all your eggs in one basket -Leverage your connections -Use failure as fuel -Don't be afraid to shine www.createmagazine.com/podcast www.theartqueens.com/NavigationCourse Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina Popova at artandcocktails.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 16, 2020•19 min
Do you feel nervous when things are too easy or too fun? If you are like me, maybe you have some of these shared beliefs that continue the cycle of suffering in your life and career. Listen to this episode if you are ready to let go of limiting beliefs that keep us struggling, create difficulty, and prevent us from living a creative and peaceful life. www.createmagazine.com/podcast Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina Popova at artandcocktails.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 05, 2020•12 min
Do you need a fresh start? I sure did. In this episode, I share some of the changes and healing that I had gone through in 2020. I explain the need for a rebrand for this show, my personal art evolution, the fear of change, when to let go, and digging into deeper, more soul-based dreams. Thanks for joining me! Tag me on Instagram @katerinaspopova! Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina Popova at artandcocktails.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 29, 2020•15 min
In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Tim McFarlane about his decades-long career as an artist working in Philadelphia. Tim McFarlane's paintings and works on paper examine the fluid and contradictory nature of memory and place, with an emphasis on color, multi-layered systems and process. A 1994 Tyler School of Art graduate, McFarlane has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and been featured in art fairs in New York, Miami, Dallas, and San Francisco. He has been a visiting ...
Oct 16, 2020•38 min
Join Kat and Alicia as they chat about releasing their new book, The Complete Smartist Guide! We discuss: Why we wrote the book and what kind of artist it's for The background and story behind the book Challenges and setbacks we experienced Working with a publisher vs. self-publishing More behind the scenes experiences, trials, and triumphs! The book is available on Amazon and Barnes and noble. Learn more: https://createmagazine.com/book Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina Popova...
Sep 18, 2020•18 min
Alicia takes over Art & Cocktails for a guest-hosted episode where she interviews Nilé Livingston, a Philadelphia-based artist & creative entrepreneur. Nilé, the founder and CEO of Creative Repute, is an award-winning visual artist and graphic designer whose repertoire spans more than twenty murals in Philadelphia. Her work has been recognized by Rad Girls, an organization that celebrates women’s accomplishments, and The Colored Girls Museum, the only institution in the US exclusively de...
Sep 10, 2020•27 min
Join Kat and Amira Rahim on a brand new episode of Art & Cocktails! Amira Rahim is an LA-based artist who has been creating art since she was 13. In this episode, we discuss her original plan to be an attorney after graduating from the University of Pittsburg, but life had a different plan. After traveling, she discovered her interest in sociology, culture, and eventually reconnected with her art. Kat and Amira discuss: How the artist found her way back to painting Fundamental mindset shifts...
Sep 04, 2020•27 min
Join Kat and Stef Sutton as they chat about the artist's exploration of photography that celebrates street art. Stef's Artist Statement The birthplace of graffiti and home to its own unique style of writing, Philly is filled with various forms of street art; yet tags are often the most overlooked form of street art, often appearing on (and quickly disappearing from) dumpsters, construction equipment, and the walls of abandoned buildings. In photographing tags, I hope to highlight the complexity ...
Aug 28, 2020•17 min
Join Kat and Glenyse Thompson on this empowering chat about how the artist followed her intuition and became a painter. In this episode, we discuss: How Glenyse took a chance on herself and applied to her first juried exhibition The power of networking and making the most of opportunities The artist's intuitive approach to painting Getting featured by Martha Stewart Glenyse is an abstract visual artist. Favorite mediums include lightfast inks, acrylics, and white or gold pen on panels or paper. ...
Aug 21, 2020•30 min
In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Toronto-based figurative painter Kestin Cornwall. Over the past ten years, Cornwall has focused on creating relevant progressive art. He has used a varied practice of combining hand drawings, digitally removing the human hand and then forcing the element of the human hand back into the work. Using elements such as painting, wheat-pasting, screen-printing, installation and drawing to explore the relationship between art, human rights, p...
Aug 13, 2020•40 min
Hang out with Kat and Sasha-Loriene to learn about the artist's inspiring journey of leaving a corporate career to becoming a full-time artist and community leader behind BLACK GIRLS WHO PAINT. BLACK GIRLS WHO PAINT (BGWP) is a safe space created to support & empower Black women painters by promoting positive representation, sisterhood, & community - one that Founder Sasha-Loriene always wanted as a young girl. As such, BGWP is also a platform formed by a Black woman who paints that beli...
Aug 07, 2020•21 min
Join Kat and Meggan Joy on an uplifting episode of the show. We discuss: Meggan's journey as a photographer and collage artist Allowing long-term projects to be a part of our practice Meggan's process and how some of her pieces take up to a year Reverse engineering our busines goals to be able to support ourselves with our artwork The artist's empowering new body of work and solo exhibition Meggan Joy is a self-taught photographic artist primarily focused on digital collage. Joy combines fragmen...
Jul 31, 2020•32 min
In this episode, Alicia returns as a guest host to interview Vancouver-based abstract artist Amy Stewart. Stewart has been drawn to the interconnections of art, play and nature since her childhood. Memories of her childhood and nature shape her adult imagination, and they are reflected in her paintings’ rich textures and vibrant tones. Her pieces are often inspired by the feelings that come both from the natural world and from engaging fully in her community and with her loved ones. Her sense of...
Jul 24, 2020•28 min
In this episode of the podcast, Kat shares why she started the membership for womxn artists and artpreneurs right before the pandemic and shares about what it means to be an Art Queen. She invited one of the Art Queens, Elyse Jokinen, to talk about her art journey and experience with the community. Elyse is a collage artist from Minnesota who uses art to process and celebrate life. www.createmagazine.com/podcast www.theartqueens.com/membership Get full access to Art & Cocktails by Ekaterina ...
Jul 20, 2020•21 min
Join Kat and artist and art and art therapist Leah Guzman, who shares her journey and talks about how she became interested in art therapy. We also discuss Leah's fantastic new book, full of healing exercises. Art therapy is a therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist and utilizes the arts to help us express ourselves. Leah and Kat discussed how art therapy works, how it differs from other forms of treatment, and how she is now working on with clients online to continue her p...
Jul 08, 2020•19 min
In this episode, Shenequa Brooks shares her journey as an interdisciplinary textile artist. We talk about how she uses her interest in her cultural background to create beautiful pieces of art. Through her journey as an artist, she developed an interest in using textiles with African and Ghanaian influences. The artist is interested in the story behind the textiles' and the physical process of making them. Shenequa is an artist and artpreneur who specializes in weaving. SHENEQUA is an Artpreneur...
Jul 08, 2020•27 min
In this episode of the podcast, Tiffany Alfonseca and Kat chat about how she got into painting and what inspires her, including the drawings she made during the lockdown. Tiffany talks about her work, which focuses on Afro-Latinx diasporic culture. We also talked about Tiffany's hopes for the future as she finishes her education and what she hopes to experience in terms of diversity and inclusion in the art world. Tiffany is a Dominican-American mixed medium that creates vibrant and colorful art...
Jul 02, 2020•23 min
On this guest-hosted episode, Alicia interviews LA-based artist Betsy Enzensberger. Betsy sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats to help us remember the simplicity, value and culture of desserts so often associated with positivity and joy. Perhaps you’re already familiar with her whimsical sculptures of dripping, melting popsicles and other sweets, but if not, in this episod...
Jun 18, 2020•34 min
Join Kat and Tam Gryn as they discuss the role of artists in today's society. Tam shares her journey and her passion for supporting artists through retail, career development, and more. Tam is the current Head Curator at SHOWFIELDS where she is helping to bridge art with retail. She is the former Head of the Curatorial Department of the Artist Pension Trust as well as Head Curator for RAW POP UP. Tam is the co-founder of Culturadora and currently sits in the Board of Directors of the Kulturspace...
Jun 17, 2020•27 min
Listen as we introduce you to the maker behind Eaton House Studio in this episode of our podcast. Amy talks about her journey as an artist and a creative director and how she manifested her dreams. Moving to London and working in the fashion industry for years, Amy was initially looking for a space to do photoshoots for magazines. Eventually, she and her friend found a home that they turned to the most significant art project yet. Amy shares her views on love, spirituality, and manifesting a dre...
Jun 11, 2020•27 min
Happy second birthday to the show! Today's episode marks the second year of Art & Cocktails. Listen as we bring back our very first guest - Danielle Krysa, as we talk about a dream come true - writing her children's book. Danielle shares her routine during quarantine and how it made her produce art despite how the anxiety-inducing situation. Danielle vulnerably shares how she uses art to heal and process difficult life situations. "Danielle Krysa, a story-teller since she could talk, creates...
May 29, 2020•34 min
Join us an incredible episode of the Art & Cocktails podcast with Jerry Saltz. Jerry Saltz is an American Art Critic. Since 2006, he has been Senior Art Critic and Columnist for New York Magazine. Formerly the senior art critic for The Village Voice, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2006. In this episode, Jerry Saltz discusses his new book and talks about the future of the art world with host Ekaterina Popova. Jerry talks about ...
May 21, 2020•26 min
Join Kat and Brian for a special episode in which the artist shares excellent tips for networking on social media! Brian Hoffman is a designer, illustrator, and printmaker living in Boston, Massachusetts. In this episode, we chat about his work and how he manages to balance his time between his family and career. He tells us how he started his journey from signing up for some art lessons, thanks to his parents, to becoming a successful designer and illustrator. Brian shares how to use social med...
May 13, 2020•22 min
Listen to this episode as Claira Heitzenrater shares how she discovered that she was a witch, learned to paint, and embraced her spiritual identity through art. Pursuing her dreams as an artist, Claira had a difficult start that made her switch majors in college. We discuss how she ended up going back to art school again to learn the technical aspects of painting. Learn more about the artist and her intriguing journey in this episode. "The more I dive into my spiritual practice, the more I am un...
May 05, 2020•29 min
Join Kat, Sara, and Jason for a special episode that invites you behind the scenes of Paradigm Gallery! Celebrating ten years, Jason and Sara look back on how they started the project as a studio to create their own artwork, to featuring friends' works through exhibitions, and finally creating a contemporary gallery setting showcasing incredible artists from all over the world. The initial focus of the gallery was to support local artists. Right now, Sara and Jason are collaborating with local b...
May 03, 2020•26 min
In this episode, Marissa Huber and Heather Kirtland - founders of Carve Out Time for Art - discuss their new book, building a community and their individual journeys as artists. "In 2015, I was just frustrated that everybody was saying like I couldn't do anything for myself! I did the 100-day project and ended up making more art than before, even after I became a mom. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways. I was more efficient and more focused." Our two guests discuss how they balance life as mothe...
Apr 30, 2020•33 min
Join Kat and Christa David in this inspiring conversation. We talk about: How Christa David became an artist and left her job as a public health researcher to become an artist Raising awareness to critical cultural issues through art and storytelling Approaching our careers from a big picture perspective + More Christa David is a visual artist, writer and researcher. Inspired by the artistic works of Romare Bearden, Wangechi Mutu, Alma Woodsey Thomas and literary works of James Baldwin, Christa ...
Apr 24, 2020•30 min
Discover the stunning work and story of Ali M Williams and learn what it takes to become a mural artist on this episode of our podcast, Art & Cocktails . Ali M Williams is a Philadelphia based artist and public muralist. She began creating murals after she graduated from Moore College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fine Art. She has exhibited her work and murals internationally and has lead workshops in schools and community programs throughout the east coast. Ali is interested in how visua...
Apr 17, 2020•25 min
Join Kat and A’Driane Nieves as they chat about creating your own space in the art world, building a community, learning essential lessons and persevering when things get hard. A’Driane Nieves is a USAF disabled veteran, multi-disciplinary abstract artist, activist, and speaker with a heart for serving others and social good. She is a mental health advocate living with bipolar disorder and runs an online platform and mental health support group for women of color called Tessera Collective. In 20...
Apr 10, 2020•35 min
