In this episode of the Show Up or Shut Up podcast, host Wendy interviews iconic Australian mixed media artist Laura Horn. They discuss Laura's journey in the art world, the impact of her online courses, and the challenges of balancing art creation with the demands of running an art business. Laura talks about the transition from art to business tasks, managing stress, and the importance of embracing different life phases. Wendy shares her struggles with space for creating art and the guilt assoc...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 10
In this episode of the 'Show Up or Shut Up' podcast, Wendy Solganik interviews Carrie Smith, an artist and new instructor in Fodder School 4. Carrie reflects on her 12-year teaching career, her evolution into a collage artist inspired by her daughter, and her global travels that deeply influence her art. The discussion covers Carrie's experiences with adult ADHD, its late diagnosis, and its impact on her life and family's dynamics. They explore her journey of teaching world culture art classes t...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this episode of the 'Show Up or Shut Up' podcast, host Wendy engages with artist Stephanie Lee in an enlightening discussion about her life, creative process, and personal evolution. Growing up in Southern Oregon, Stephanie speaks about balancing her artistic passion with life on a mini farm, and her unique use of Plaster of Paris. They explore deep themes such as dealing with jealousy, the rewards and struggles of being an artist, and discovering one's true purpose. The conversation also exa...
Aug 23, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In Season 4, Episode 7 of the Show Up or Shut Up Podcast, host Wendy Solganik sits down with mixed media artist and former teacher Tracey Wozniak. They explore Tracey's extensive background in art, her role as a homeschooling mother, and her re-engagement with Fodder School as an instructor. The discussion covers Tracey’s creative evolution towards mixed media and textile art, her dynamics with social media, home renovation projects, and the intersection of her personal and professional life. We...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this episode of the Show Up or Shut Up podcast, host Wendy Solganik engages in a deep conversation with artist Amanda Trought, who is joining Fodder School 4 as an instructor. Amanda shares her diverse art journey, encompassing mixed media projects and large sculptural works displayed at Queen's Park Gallery in Barbados. She delves into the therapeutic and emotional aspects of art, recounting her personal experiences and the nurturing of creativity in daily life. The discussion also touches o...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this episode of the 'Show Up or Shut Up' podcast, host Wendy Solganik interviews artist Sally Hirst. They discuss Sally's upcoming role as an instructor in Fodder School 4, and explore her unique artistic journey. Sally shares insights into her life, from her chaotic childhood and self-education in London’s museums, to her late arrival at Cambridge University and her prolific career as an art teacher and artist. The conversation delves into her innovative techniques using modeling clay in pri...
Aug 07, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In Season 4, Episode 4 of the 'Show Up or Shut Up' podcast, host Wendy Solganik speaks with artist Rebecca Chapman about her dynamic career in art and art education. Rebecca shares her evolution from a love for collage and her participation in Fodder School to incorporating photography, inspired by her father, into her mixed media work. The conversation highlights her journey from studying and teaching art in the UK to balancing motherhood with her artistic ventures. Rebecca also discusses her c...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 4
This episode features Jack Ravi, a Mixed Media Artist and Co-author of the book Artful Memories , who shares his personal journey from Northern Italy to living in Scotland and embracing a life of creativity. Jack reminisces about studying the history of art at the University of Milan, transitioning to London for work, and finally moving to Scotland where they found peace and a deeper connection to art amidst the pandemic. The discussion delves into the challenges and realizations about pursuing ...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Karen Elaine is a mixed media artist, author, and teacher with a passion for paper crafts and origami. Her passion is inspiring creativity in others. She has been a working artist and instructor for over 30 years, including doing 35 episodes of the Carol Duvall Show in the 1990s! Karen has a wealth of knowledge about art supplies because she has been working in the art supply industry for over 30 years in a wide variety of capacities. Karen is currently the owner of Kumomi Studio, a creative con...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Join Wendy and artist Sarah Gardner as they discuss Sarah's new course on Willa Workshops: Love Your {Imperfect} Art Journal. Sarah is a mixed media artist and art journaler who recently had her book, "Share Your Joy: Mixed Media Sharable Art," published. Sarah has been creating mixed media art for almost two decades and she has so much wisdom to share with all of us!
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Susanne Randers from @mitkrearum on Instagram ("mitkrearum" means "my creative space" in Danish is a flower power soul and mixed media paper lover - always inspired by nature. Susanne rediscovered her creativity in 2013, created 365 mood boards in 2014, made a flower doodle a day in 2015 and ever since she has hosted in person workshops in Denmark (and four in The Netherlands) creating hand bound art journals that she calls “mood books”. Susanne lives in Denmark.
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 12
As a mixed media artist and teacher, Chris believes in fostering an authentic spirit of inquiry and exploration to develop rich creative experiences. Chris paints, photographs, assembles, stitches and dyes her way through exploratory processes that weave their stories into her life's journey. Art and life work co-constructively to guide and ground her path. Chris is honored to share these explorations with you. It is her soul's purpose to help light you from within in finding your own woven path...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Shay Michelle Kent is a mixed media artist and teacher living in Tampa, Florida. She loves to teach art workshops that help people use creativity for self-exploration and find freedom while making art. Shay's students say it feels like a spa for their creative souls. She invites you to come to class with her, where you can let go, explore, and have some fun with art. Shay lives in Florida. You can find Shay on Instagram @shaymichellestudios.
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Yetunde Rodriguez is a Nigerian-American Printmaker, Abstract, and Multi-media Artist. Her work celebrates her love of color, pattern, texture and detail. These aspects of Yetunde's work pay homage to her Nigerian culture and heritage, while being firmly planted in the privilege of her American life. Yetunde is constantly motivated by the thought of ‘what if.’ She does not limit herself to any particular media, methods, or set of materials. Yetunde believes all can coexist to create beautifully....
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Raised in the diverse beauty of South Africa; moving from South Africa to Berlin Germany, to the UK, and now to the USA; Di Venter has always found her feet - and met her tribe - in her new space through art and creating. Never one to take the rules as unbreakable, Di likes to learn them, and then challenge them. She loves playing with fabric in her art, and adding art to her sewing. Di suspects she will be taking classes her entire life, there’s always more to learn.
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Kecia Deveney is a published mixed media artist, instructor, and world traveler, living at the Jersey Shore. As a mixed media artist, her eclectic style can be seen in fabric and textiles, jewelry design, sculpture-work, and painting. Creating is pivotal to Kecia and becomes, for her, art therapy. Her imagination comes to life and allows her temporary reprieve from her role as a full-time caregiver. Her work is about ingenuity and playfulness. Kecia travels across the world so she may inspire ot...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Alison Bomber chose the name Words and Pictures for her blog and then later for Instagram because those are the two worlds she inhabits. She is a freelance creative working with both words and pictures. Alison's first creative career was as a text and voice coach in the theatre, specializing in Shakespeare. She is fascinated by the power of words, and how our voices shape our connection to the world. And she is passionate to the point of obsession about sharing the profound excitement of speakin...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Barb Smucker is a mixed media artist who enjoys layering collage papers and paint to create surprising results. Adding lines, textures, shapes and colors onto a page or canvas allows her to experiment and find enjoyment in the discovery. When you look at her work, she hopes you see the play, the search, and a sense of harmony and spontaneity that she is always after in whatever she makes. Barb is inspired by the beauty found in many of the home arts, including quilting, stoneware pottery and all...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Jennifer Wilkin Penick's introduction to collage was in early childhood, when her mother cut up magazine pages and invited her to make "mosaics" from them, using paste and a small tin brush. Living for decades in Italy as an adult gave her weekly access to the vintage paper vendors of Rome's legendary flea market. She studied studio art and art history and these two interests converge in Jennifer's sometimes whimsical mixed media and collage works that frequently reference her relationship to (a...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Suzanne is a multi-passionate artist who lives in Eastern Iowa with her husband. She has two adult children (who happen to be twins). Professionally, she has been a multi-talented wizard (aka school secretary), longarm machine quilter, stay-at-home mom, bank technology manager, computer network installer, t-shirt seller, and library page. (She shelved returned library books in high school. Favorite job ever.) Currently, she and her three cats publish Strawberry Moon Magazine, an independent maga...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
Join me and fellow recovering people-pleaser Cynthia Frenette for a lot of reality and laughter. Warning: this episode has a lot of F-bombs! You can find Cynthia and all of her pretty, laugh-out-loud designs, on Instagram @cynthiafrenette and at her website cynthiafrenette.com. You are going to love her style, her story and her sense of humor!
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Are you an art journaler, bullet journaler, or mixed media artist that just doesn’t feel confidence when writing in your chosen journal? It doesn’t have to be this way. Listen to this episode and find out why! For all the information about my new lettering course, Love Your (Imperfect) Letters, please visit HTTPS://Willa-workshops.com/p/love-your-imperfect-letters or go to willawanders.com
Jan 06, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
I’ve got big news! Megan Quinlan’s first ever solo course, Journal Into Your Art, is now live on the Willa Workshops! Join Megan and me as we discuss exactly what this handmade book and art journaling course is all about. Check out the course at https://Willa-workshops.teachable.com/p/journal-into-your-art-with-megan-quinlan
Oct 29, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Are you an artist and art instructor who wonders if it’s okay for you to take other artists’ courses? Or if it’s okay for you to teach something that was inspired by another artist’s work or what you learned from them in a class you took? Is it okay to tag another artist while also promoting your own thing? In this episode, Sarah Gardner and I discuss a plethora social media etiquette and intellectual property questions. We are showing up here to have an open conversation about many sticky topic...
Oct 22, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Faigie Kobre is a former early childhood teacher and director. She developed a passion for art in early childhood and gave workshops for early childhood schools and teachers on helping kids thrive through art that is developmentally appropriate. Faigie also spent 25 years as a high end portrait photographer. She switched careers in midlife to become an elementary school art teacher. This led her in a roundabout fashion to get involved in adult creativity. When starting to learn about adult creat...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 8
It’s August of 2022 and I’m back talking all things Instagram again. Given how much Instagram has changed and the users’ outcry over how badly the platform sucks right now, I’m here to offer my thoughts, plus some tips to customize your user experience and try to get back that loving feeling, if even just a little bit.
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Join me for this short episode where I have a very impromptu chat with my friend Karen Hilsberg, artist, psychologist and Buddhist about the intersection between healing, creative practice and mindfulness. You can find Karen on Instagram @K_abby7.
Jun 16, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Join me as I rant about the Instagram Reels problem and try to figure out how to keep Instagram the happy, inspirational community connection place that it has been for visual artists of all types. You can find out more about me at willawanders.com.
Jun 10, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This is the story of Fodder School, from one person’s perspective. For even MORE information about Fodder School, please visit willawanders.com or drop me an email at willaworkshops@gmail.com.
Jun 04, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Show Up or Shut Up Podcast, I answer the question of “what options do I have if I’m feeling anxious from the collage fodder piling up all around me?”
Apr 11, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 3
