Frances Dorsey, Established Artist Recognition Award
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On this episode, I speak with Creative Nova Scotia Established Artist Recognition Award Winner Frances Dorsey. You might remember Frances from our Craft Pays Me series.
STORRY, Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter, STORRY talks about the importance of diversifying your skills when you’re an independent artist, moving to London to further her music career and how she brings operatic sauce to songs she’s featured on.
Creative Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Award Winner, Séamus Gallagher
Welcome to a special series of Art Pays Me interviews with the winners of the 2022 Creative Nova Scotia Awards.
Amai Kuda et Les Bois, Singer songwriter & Healer
On this episode, I chat with Singer songwriter & Healer, Amai Kuda et Les Bois about their new album, the challenge of following multiple passions and the impact of truly living the message in your art.
Jackie Torrens, Writer & Filmmaker
On this episode, I chat with writer, actor and director Jackie Torrens of Peep Media about how she became a filmmaker.
Nikki Yanofsky, Singer
On this episode of Art Pays Me, I chatted with singer Nikki Yanofsky about the journey back to her roots in Jazz music.
Glitterati Returns
On this solo episode I share some exciting news and discuss why our parent company, Glitterati Communications will be more visible going forward.
Omar Gandhi, Architect
On this episode I chat with my friend – Architect, Omar Gandhi about how we met, what it’s like receiving global accolades for your work and why he values keeping his practice small.
Waants, Artist and Producer
Artist and producer Waants and I talk about his new music and what it means to be in your “flop era”.
Bruno Capinan, Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter Bruno Capinan hopped on the podcast to talk about their new album Tara Rara and producing art that challenges racial, gender and sexual conventions.
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Teagan Johnston, Singer-songwriter
In this episode I chat with singer-songwriter Teagon Johnston – except she/they are so much more than that. Teagan, like many of us is exploring creativity in multiple areas including, modelling, acting and writing.
Artist, Miya Bailey
Miya Bailey breaks down his art origin story, how he pursues his many creative outlets from tattooing to sculpture, and how his latest enterprise Peter Street Station Is helping him fulfill his personal mission of elevating Black artists in Atlanta.
Ria Mae: Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter Ria Mae shares what happened after her first hit song, why age doesn’t matter for musicians anymore and why it’s a good thing when people don’t know who you are.
Omar Hopkinson (Oms)
Multidisciplinary creative, Omar “Oms” Hopkinson discusses how his roots in Toronto’s hip hop scene led him to work on diverse projects across the visual spectrum.
Jonathan Smith: Artist, Designer and Co-Founder of Choice
Artist, Designer and Co-Founder of Choice, Jonathan Smith shares how this new app helps artists connect with one another, form little sub-communities, and share weird and unique work that they create and discover.
Stephanie Joline
Filmmaker Stephanie Joline and I discuss tapping into our shame to create art, leaning into controversy and her latest film, Night Blooms.
Kristina Elise Søbstad
Visual Artist, Kristina Elise Søbstad and I talk about leaning into what feels natural for you as an artist and balancing that with what sells.
Ally Thatcher
I love how Ally Thatcher skillfully makes hilarious subversive statements about culture that appeal to design nerds and regular folk alike.
Emily Chase
I spoke with fashion stylist and digital artist Emily Chase about shifting the direction of an art career, influencer marketing and why it’s important to set professional boundaries.
Nadia Katherine
Nadia Katherine and I talk about how to get into the tattoo industry, her influences and the diverse skillset needed to be successful as a tattoo artist.
Letitia Fraser
Interdisciplinary Artist, Letitia Fraser discusses her roots as an artist, her experience in art school and why Black portrait artists are important right now.
Cadence Weapon
Musician and writer Cadence Weapon discusses his approach to making songs and how his obsession with rap guided him early on.
Winter Craft Show Panel
Rapid fire conversations with new Craft Nova Scotia members who will be participating in the Craft Nova Scotia Winter Craft Show.
Mike and Kristen
Husband and Wife creative duo, Mike and Kristen talk about collaboration, the process of making their new travel book, You and Me, and their respective approaches to making art.
Christine Goudie
In this episode with Christine Goudie, Co-Founder + CEO of Granville Biomedical, we talk about design in the medical, research and development space.
daysormay
Vancouver based band daysormay talk about how they started making music and how they’ve made the best of the pandemic.
Amy Batchelor
Graphic Designer and Educator Amy Batchelor shares what it’s like doing exhibition design for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Reginé Gilbert
Designer, Author and Professor Reginé Gilbert shares how her background in fashion, psychology and project management influence her work in user experience, accessibility design and education.
Rebekah Higgs
Rebekah Higgs and I talk about the latest season of home renovation show, DIY Mom that she both hosts and produces.
I M U R
Jenny Lea, Mikey J Blige and Amine Bouzaher of genre bending band, I M U R share how they fought through writer's block to create their latest album, My Molecules.
Amy Eaton
Photographer Amy Eaton gives some insight into her path to photography, her business and why she incorporated teaching online courses.
Jenn Grant
Jenn talks about how the pandemic gave her a chance to learn new skills that have made her more independent as an artist and discuss why we wish we took more classes during our time at NSCADU.