Positively Creative
Dorothy Collier, Artist of Dorothy Art
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008 - Caitlin Horton of Horton Brand Strategy on How to Take a Strategic Approach to Design and Marketing for Your Business
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06/08/17 • 82 min
006 - Hillary Butler Fine Art on Hosting Art Workshops, How to Balance New Mama Life and Her Art Career & More
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05/25/17 • 84 min
004 - Kat Gordon of Muddy’s Bake Shop on Building Community in Your Business & More
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05/19/17 • 78 min
068 - Jess Franks, Fine Artist on Layering Acrylic, Working with Minted, & Colorful Collections
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05/30/19 • 45 min
Today on the podcast I am joined by fine artist Jess Franks. We talked about her creative childhood, the winding journey she took to becoming an artist and why she is drawn to her current artistic style. Jess also shares the power of layers and changing subjects as well as her personal opinion about painting with acrylic vs. oil.
About Jess Franks:
Jess Franks is known for vibrant acrylic paintings that dance the line between real and abstract. As a magazine graphic designer by trade (including work for Greenville Magazine, South Carolina Magazine, and Mechanical Engineering Magazine), she has spent countless hours on her computer poring over photography. A few years ago she discovered that painting not only allows her to delve back into a more tactile world, but also to create scenes in radical colors that no photo could capture. She uses the familiar structures of the natural world around her to explore new palettes, resulting in paintings that are at once both unexpected yet accessible.
In between paintings, Jess has spent much of her time researching how social media and online commerce can create communities and sustain artists through untraditional avenues. She has found an incredibly interactive art-collecting community on Instagram and uses that platform as her primary location for studio updates and shop news. Her prints are sold at Minted, Anthropologie, WestElm, and MaineCottage. Jess has placed in multiple contests on Minted, including first and second place wins in the Minted X West Elm contests, and a third place win in the Minted X Domino contest.
She lives with her husband and brood of children in New England.
Website: https://www.jessfranksart.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessfranksart/
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About The Positively Creative Podcast:
The Positively Creative Podcast was created by Dorothy Collier, artist of Dorothy Art, for creative entrepreneurs. When Dorothy started having a positive outlook on every aspect of her life, including her art career, the creativity and opportunities started overflowing! Join her as she chats with other small business owners, discussing the ins and outs of how to run a creative business and how they make it in their respective fields.
To learn more about The Positively Creative Podcast, visit our website or head over to our Patreon page! You can also find Dorothy on Instagram at @positivelycreativepodcast and @dorothyart!
015 - Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber on Licensing Illustrations, Growing Wholesale, & Pivoting in Your Business
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07/27/17 • 90 min
Today Dorothy talks to Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber, a paper goods and home decor company that offers classic animal-centric illustrated designs that are sweet enough for children, but smart enough for adults. Stacie fills us in on the nitty gritty of growing Gingiber from the ground up, online and in the wholesale world, now in 300 + retail stores and licenses her artwork to many big name brands. She discusses how important it is to be capable of pivoting in your business when needed.
"Gingiber is hear to make people happy. Whatever we have on a card, whatever we have an image, whatever we have on a tea towel, it's going to make someone smile."
"The reason people will keep working with you, it's not just if you were a good artist, it's if you are a nice person they will remember you. You can say thank you, and then you can show your thank you with a note in the mail, or sending an email. Little acts of gratitude go a long way and building those relationships. If you have a good opportunity, recognize it is, and do some research, send them a thank you note, and really work on that relationship."
"I don't need better products. I just need slightly better than person to my left and person to my right. Or, I just need to find a way to stand out a little bit more."
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On Today's Show:
(4:00) On Gingiber's start
(5:45) Decor8 blog - Holly Becker
(6:00) Featured Etsy seller 2011 THE WEEK AFTER HER BABY WAS DUE!!!
(9:00) On how wholesale has grown to 300+ retailers
(10:00) Grace with Pink Olive School
(11:00) National Stationery Show
(14:00) producing her tea towels with Orchard Street Press
(16:00) Meet the Gingiber team
(21:00) working with wholesale reps Paper & Heart & Gelhert Group & Elements Rep Group
(27:00) displays for retail shops
(30:00) Atlanta Wholesale Market
(33:00) Wholesale Booth in a Box in lieu of NSS
(37:00) 16 week small business course with SBA
(41:00) How I Built This podcast
(42:00) on licensing your work
(44:00) Land of Nod, Crane & Co, West Elm, MODA Fabrics partnerships
(52:00) on Shopify
(53:00) Trello boards for wholesale, increasing reorders
(57:00) Stacie's creative process as a working mom
(1:02:00) upcoming work with illustrations
(1:05:00) Beth 1canoe2
(1:06:00) Kristen Ley Thimblepress
( 1:07:00) moglea , Paper Bandit Press, Emily McDowell, & Erin Austin Abbott of Amelia Presents
(1:14:00) The Gingiber Studio
(1:19:00) team retreat & guidebook
Join Dorothy as she chats with Kelly Parker Smith and Caroline Hull about their new podcast, Creative Biz Rebellion. They dive into various topics for product based businesses in their weekly episodes, from having an Etsy Action Plan to goals and resolutions. Listen in on how Kelly and Caroline run the podcast and their respective creative companies from their homes, Hello World Paper Co. and Caroline Creates, all while being moms!
"We want to have, not balance, but harmony in our lives." - Kelly Parker Smith Follow along for more Creative Biz Rebellion: www.creativebizrebellion.com www.instagram.com/creativebizrebellion https://www.facebook.com/groups/creativebizrebellion/ Follow along and join the Positively Creative Community: www.positivelycreative.net www.instagram.com/positivelycreativepodcast www.facebook.com/groups/positivelycreativepodcastOn Today's Show:
(4:00) Caroline Creates
(5:00) Hello World Paper Co.
(6:00) How Caroline & Kelly met - Creative Founders
(7:00) The start of the podcast
(9:00) On just starting the work
(10:45) Dana Malstaff's Trello Course
(14:30) Etsy Action Plan
(17:45) On having a positive attitude
(18:45) Rock Your Shop Summer Challenge Free Course
(21:00) Easy Shop Calendar
(21:00) Rock Your Shipping Mini Course
(22:00) Resources
(23:00) Creative Biz Rebellion's Guests
(27:00) Work from home Mom life
(45:00) On podcast advertisers
(53:30) Paige Poppe
(54:00) Lara Casey
(55:00) On trying to simplify
(1:00:00) Inkwell Press
(1:05:00) Jessica Swift Pattern Camp
(1:06:00) Kelly's Patterns
S3 Episode 81 - PC Summit - Thomas Evans
Positively Creative
02/09/21 • 30 min
This week we are continuing our series from the Positively Creative Summit with our Keynote speaker Thomas “Detour” Evans. Detour shares his journey to discovering art and how he developed his unique style. From there, he takes us through how he set up his business as an artist. During his presentation, he shares videos and images of his work. Be sure to follow him on Instagram to get a feel for his murals while you listen!
About Thomas “Detour” Evans:
Thomas Evans, a.k.a. Detour, is an all-around creative specializing in large scale public art, interactive visuals, portraiture, immersive spaces, and creative directing. His focus is to create work where art and innovation meet. A born collaborator and “military brat,” Detour pulls from every conceivable experience that shapes his landscapes and perspectives. Explaining Detour’s work is no easy task, as ongoing experimentations in visual art, music, and interactive technologies have his practice continually expanding. With his ever-evolving approach to art, Detour’s focus is on expanding customary views of creativity and challenging fine-art paradigms by mixing traditional mediums with new approaches—all the while opening up the creative process from that of a singular artist, to one that thrives on multi-layered collaboration and viewer participation.
Website: https://www.iamdetour.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detour303/
About The Positively Creative Podcast:
The Positively Creative Podcast was created by Dorothy Collier, artist of Dorothy Art, for creative entrepreneurs. When Dorothy started having a positive outlook on every aspect of her life, including her art career, the creativity and opportunities started overflowing! Join her as she chats with other small business owners, discussing the ins and outs of how to run a creative business and how they make it in their respective fields.
To learn more about The Positively Creative Podcast, visit our website or head over to our Patreon page! You can also find Dorothy on Instagram at @positivelycreativepodcast and @dorothyart!
Dorothy loved having this opportunity to sit down with two wonderfully creative Memphis women, the Archer sisters, Kristen & Lindsey Archer. Arch'd takes the sisters creativity and transfers it directly to the wood, via Kristen’s photography and Lindsey’s graphic design. They fill us in on their assembly line process, working in batches, how they working with family, and how they like doing things that are creative outside of businesses.
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On Today's Show:
(10:00) their artmaking process
(12:00) first products
(13:30) assembly line process, working in batches
(18:00) on hiring studio assistants
(19:00) on graphic design & photography that make up the artwork
(19:30) expanding their products with different cities skews
(20:00) NYC trip
(20:30) photography flight in Manhattan
(26:00) full time jobs at Kappa Delta Headquarters, how their positions relate to their skills making and creating with Arch'd
(30:00) on being sisters that live and work together
(33:00) Tennessee Brewery and Open Letter to Justin Timberlake
(35:00) surprisingly successful products
(37:00) on shipping products internationally
(44:00) New Arch'd booth by Zachary Call
(47:00) Cooper Young, Merry Marketplace, Gingerbread House
(52:00) giveaways at art festivals, carstickers.com
(54:00) on consigning work at local shops
(58:00) packaging artwork to take to shows
(59:30) buying art while they travel
(1:01:00) doing things that are creative outside of your business
On today's Positively Creative Podcast episode, neuroscientist Amanda Torres, a paleo and autoimmune protocol recipe blogger, shares with Dorothy about her personal health journey, the launch of her first cookbook, Latin American Paleo Cooking, on monetizing her blog through affiliate programs, and how she builds her community through Instagram Stories & Facebook Live.
For more of Amanda's work:
https://thecuriouscoconut.com/
On Today's Show:
(4:00) How she was diagnosed with pre diabetes, had developed an autoimmune skin condition, to lost weight (80 pounds!), and turning her health around.
(5:30) Discovering the paleo diet - Mark Sisson A Primal Blueprint
(8:30) Barefoot running led her to primal living
(14:00) Institute for Functional Medicine - takes a root cause approach
(14:30) Starting The Curious Coconut blog after two years of paleo diet
(22:00) on monetizing the blog
(23:30) collaborating with other bloggers to create e-cookbooks
(27:00) multiple streams of income, including affiliate marketing
(34:00) on photographing the food
(36:00) Celebrating her first cookbook, Latin American Paleo Cooking
(38:00) How she wrote a cookbook in 4 months
(40:00) Jennifer Robins, Predominately Paleo
(42:00) the process of starting the relationship with the publisher and the steps of creating the book
(49:00) on promoting the book
(52:00) on moving from an online business to a physical product and how Instagram stories and Facebook live has helped
(55:00) how she gets inspired to create recipes
(58:00) on measuring by weight and not by volume when cooking
(59:30) on gluten and dairy and healthy alternatives
(1:02:00) Jeremy Draper, Well Fit Medicine
(1:05:00) acupuncture and Chinese herbs
(1:06:00) Mike Falcone, Twin Reeds Calming Influence in Overton Square & Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
(1:07:00) On finding a good Chinese medicine doctor
(1:09:00) on building a website with Squarespace
(1:13:00) Smarterqueue, Tailwind, spending ~1 hour in Pinterest to build her audience, Quantcast, & a business profile on Instagram
(1:24:00) The Curious Coconut's Front Porch
Holistic health · Paleolithic diet · Autoimmune disease · Traditional Chinese medicine · Mindfulness
On today's show, Dorothy speaks with Meredith Piper of Greenville, South Carolina about her artwork, studio practices, and art shows around the southeast. Meredith works in oil, acrylic, soft pastels, and creates her beautiful wooden framed encased weavings. Listen along as Meredith describes her studio in Downtown Greenville and all about how to juggle a retail space while painting. Meredith also clues us into how she creates a painting at a live event. Dorothy found another bestie! The two artists have too many things in common to count! And those things were just discovered with this first conversation that was recorded!
"Being one of the earlier (pieces of art)...I feel like that always takes longer because you don't know what you're doing, you're just exploring, which is awesome but those are some of the most beautiful sweet moments...that exploration of the unknown if you have not done it before, you have no idea what's going to happen or how it's going to turn out. Those are some of the best memories as well that I cherish." - Meredith Piper
See more of Meredith's work:
https://www.meredithpiper.com/
www.instagram.com/meredithpiperart
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On Today's Show:
(3:00) On having a studio with foot traffic, different types of buyers, and the layout of the studio shops in Downtown Greenville, SC
(9:30) Her studio neighbor, Larry Seymour
(11:30) Meredith & Dorothy both double majored in Psychology and Art!
(14:00) The Enneagram
(16:00) Louisiana roots
(16:30) on propagating her art subjects
(18:00) on working with different mediums
(18:30) on painting small first
(21:00) on teaching in the public school system
(24:00) Double Decker Art Festival
(26:00) Renegade Craft Fair
(28:00) The birth of the encased weavings
(31:00) Dorothy's 3D teacher, Bill Beckwith
(34:00) on working in batches
(36:30) Meredith's husband, Douglas' artwork
(39:00) on live event painting
(49:00) Mark Malfinger
(49:30) Glori Day Loften
(49:30) Amanda Louise Interiors
(49:30) Dorothy Shain
(50:00) Sunny Mullarky
(50:00) Taylor Cox
(55:00) Meredith's newest art collection release Thursday, June 27th
(1:00:00) Red River Revel
(1:02:30) on mesh booth walls
(1:08:00) The Way I Heard It
(1:10:00) Present Over Perfect
(1:12:00) Indie Craft Parade
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FAQ
How many episodes does Positively Creative have?
Positively Creative currently has 82 episodes available.
What topics does Positively Creative cover?
The podcast is about Artist, Art, Etsy, Visual Arts, Entrepreneur, Creative, Podcasts, Arts and Smallbusiness.
What is the most popular episode on Positively Creative?
The episode title '077 - Meg Sutton - Belle & Union Co. on the Wholesale Stationery Industry, Growing into Brick & Mortar, & Pivoting Your Design Aesthetic' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Positively Creative?
The average episode length on Positively Creative is 56 minutes.
How often are episodes of Positively Creative released?
Episodes of Positively Creative are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Positively Creative?
The first episode of Positively Creative was released on May 16, 2017.
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