Mark Golden grew up with paints all around him. His father started a paint supply business in the 1930’s in NYC frequented by William de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. Following in his footsteps, Golden started Golden Artist Colors. As CEO, he re-imagined a new company based on delighting customers and sustainability, from its waste management practices to being an employee-owned company (ESOP). With an artist-in-residence program and philanthropic commitment, Golden has created a winning formula....
Nov 22, 2019•18 min
Successful founder of Blibetroy, a handbag and accessory business artist, designer, builder and maker Sarah Katherine Bleibtreu never believed that you have to do or be just one thing in life. For her, creativity is fluid and ideas are whispers in the air that need to be captured and cultivated. Working across the disciplines of architecture, fashion, accessory design, and the plastic fine arts, Sarah’s title is also fluid. Whether she’s creating Blibetroy, a handbag business, designing homes, o...
Nov 07, 2019•14 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Dian Holton ‘s creativity knows no limits. Nor should it. She exemplifies the modern day “hybrid”, “portfolio” or “slasher” career, being one of over 53 million people doing freelance work in the United States. With a combination of part-time employment, temporary work, freelance gigs, or a side hustle. her “job title” is fluid; her occupation is a myriad of professions. . Based in Washington DC, Dian is an Art Director/Fashion Enthusiast/Pop Culture + Style Junkie/American Institute of Graphic ...
Oct 17, 2019•14 min•Season 2Ep. 5
It’s every artist’s dream to have their work in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art (New York). It means you’re part of the history of art. But Michael Hafftka’s is focusing on the present and the future. His creative career is going strong after more than four decades as an internationally acclaimed visual artist. His accomplishments check all the boxes for achieving the status of a legend in the art world. His work has been recognized by renowne...
Oct 08, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 4
American artist, curator, and creative designer Tony Khawam ’s recent work and curated exhibitions are influenced by the unfathomable unrest in Syria. For many creatives, like Khawam, their homeland informs both their artwork and their deeply personal stories behind their creation. There’s no better example of this than Khawam. Born in Aleppo, Syria and currently living in Florida, he believes that stories bring power to art and make the work more compelling. For him, art is a form of expression...
Sep 26, 2019•15 min•Season 2Ep. 3
As the CEO of The One Club For Creativity , Kevin Swanepoel has led the nonprofit’s mission to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community for over 20 years. Believing that nothing impacts culture or commerce like creativity, One Club gives back to the creative community through four program pillars: education, inclusion and diversity, professional development and gender equality. Born in South Africa, Swanepoel is based in New York City and travels to 14 countries annuall...
Sep 19, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Alexis Yuen is on a mission to discover socially engaged art by underrepresented artists that creates dialogue around today’s pressing issues and encourages action. Alexis is an art advisor, business and branding strategist, art tour docent, activist, and former artist. She’s now a creative entrepreneur and founder of her own company, The Art Diplomat, an art advisory for good. Her new business educates young people on how to change the world through art collecting; curates socially-conscious ar...
Sep 17, 2019•14 min
A multi-talented visual artist with a creative writing background, New Jersey’s Amy Paraskeva wants viewers to generate their own stories when they view her work. With Amy’s distinct, minimal, and impactful style, she was a Creative Career Center Ad Open Call Winner for Artrepreneur , online destination for creatives to find jobs, manage their own business or freelance careers, and get tips on how to succeed. Her bold, bright and modern images were chose to represent the campaign tagline “ Artre...
Sep 05, 2019•16 min
Wine and art are two passions for Rafe D’Amico, who works full-time at Cumulus Media. So, in 2013, it made perfect sense for him to marry the two by founding Ozymandias Wines , a true passion project that helps raise funds for emerging artists by selling wine with artist-designed labels. D’Amico, who serves as President, and his predominantly volunteer staff use the bulk of the proceeds from wine sales to fund art projects and support the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship at the New York Academy of A...
Aug 30, 2019•17 min
Toby Usnik has made Corporate Social Responsibility the focus of his career. Most recently, he was Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer and International Director at Christie’s, where he created core philosophies and implemented philanthropic programs around shared organizational causes. Today he works with organizations and individuals to catalyze movement along the spectrum of caring and impact. His book, The Caring Economy: How to Win With Corporate Social Responsibility , shares his...
Aug 15, 2019•25 min
If you haven’t heard of Annette Green, wake up and smell the perfume. She’s one of America’s leading fragrance authorities and futurists, and the definition of a fearless entrepreneur. Green served as Executive Director and President of the Fragrance Foundation, a non-profit, educational organization, for 40 years. Her memoir, “ Spritzing to Success with the Woman Who Brought an Industry to Its Senses ,” focuses on the concepts she instituted to help drive the small six-figure industry to its cu...
Jul 11, 2019•20 min
Mike Dorner is an accomplished creative from Pretoria, South Africa. Multi-talented in art direction, photography, digital photo manipulation and more, Dorner was selected as one of the Creative Ad Open Call winners, a collaboration between Creative Circle and Artrepreneur . Mike is a self described “music nut, wannabe cocktail connoisseur and extremely compassionate person who is driven to create artistic magic with a diverse group of people.” Brian Young talked to Dorner about combining his pa...
Jul 01, 2019•17 min
Sara Taylor was one of five Creative Ad Open Call Winners whose “Stunning Digiscapes” entry was chosen not only for its bright colors, nostalgic 80’s and 90’s feel, and unique take on simplified landscapes but also for the story behind the art. “I believe my pieces fit with the theme, ‘ Artrepreneurs Start Here ‘ beginning my career as as an artrepreneur. My pieces are meant to inspire, which is at the heart of the start of any artistic journey. These pieces are my start, and hopefully my foreve...
Jun 15, 2019•12 min
Famed designer and animal rights activist, John Bartlett discusses the importance of sustainability in the design industry as well as how sustainability led him to start the Tiny Tim Rescue Fund , a charitable organization that provides ongoing resources to animal rescue organizations. Born and raised in Ohio, John Bartlett is a graduate of Harvard University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. He served as a designer for Willi Smith and Ronaldus Shamask before launching his eponymous “John...
Mar 29, 2019•15 min
Nicole Purcell has been president of the Clio awards since 2010. An accomplished marketing executive, Purcell has spent over a decade working in the media and entertainment industries. The Clio awards are one of the most identifiable brands within the advertising world. Established in 1960 to elevate the most creative advertising campaigns and talent, the Clio awards have a long history within the advertising world and in pop culture. Today, the Clio awards have branched out to include multiple ...
Feb 15, 2019•19 min
Copyright for Creatives webinar to provides creatives with a foundational grasp of what copyright is and how it functions. Copyrights are for literary, musical and dramatic works as well as visual arts and architecture. Copyrights are in fact mentioned in the constitution and are applicable to “fixed and tangible mediums” (ie – performing a dance move would not be copyright eligible, but writing down choreography would be.) Creative works must be original, fixed and involve minimal creativity to...
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Brian Young is a lead creative recruiter at Creative Circle in New York. A champion of Creative Circle’s culture, Brian partners with stakeholders and executive leadership to shape and uphold core values and operational best practices. Throughout his tenure at Creative Circle, Brian has mentored, managed, coached and developed teams, in multiple markets – directly contributing to Creative Circle’s growth and success. . In this podcast, Young discusses a variety of trends in today’s market along ...
Jan 28, 2019•19 min
Heather Pontonio is the art program director of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation . She manages the Foundation’s national biennial Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award and the Marketplace Empowerment for Artists programs. . In this podcast, Artrepreneur Founder and CEO, Grace Cho speaks with Heather Pontonio, the art program director of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. The organization’s mission to tackle educational issues facing a variety of sectors is driven by a desire to make a national...
Dec 15, 2018•14 min
CPA Elaine Luttrull provides an overview of the tax landscape in 2018. The webinar introduces tax deductible topics in the creative industry for businesses and independent contractors.
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr
