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Imagine (Sneha Shrestha): Street Art, Authenticity, and Connecting Savings to Creative Freedom
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Imagine (Sneha Shrestha): Street Art, Authenticity, and Connecting Savings to Creative Freedom
Imagine (Sneha Shrestha) is an artist, educator and social entrepreneur from Kathmandu, Nepal. She established Nepal’s first Children’s Art Museum and worked at Artists for Humanity. Sneha recently graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s degree in Education.
Sneha is also known as IMAGINE in the art world and has established herself as Nepali street artist meshing the Nepali alphabet and the Boston graffiti scene. Imagine has redefined the Nepali alphabet and given it a new identity through graffiti. Being the first to mesh American Graffiti with Nepali Alphabets, she has shown her work in several exhibitions, commissioned works and public walls around the world including Boston, San Francisco, Bali, Istanbul, Geneva and Copenhagen.
On today’s episode, Imagine joins me to talk about her art and her entrepreneurial journey including managing her money as an artist and creative entrepreneur. We talk about being real, what savings opens up for your creativity, and what success actually looks like.
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Imagine (Sneha Shrestha) is an artist, educator and social entrepreneur from Kathmandu, Nepal. She established Nepal’s first Children’s Art Museum and worked at Artists for Humanity. Imagine recently graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s degree in Education.
Sneha is also known as IMAGINE in the art world and has established herself as Nepali street artist meshing the Nepali alphabet and the Boston graffiti scene. Imagine has redefined the Nepali alphabet and given it a new identity through graffiti. Being the first to mesh American Graffiti with Nepali Alphabets, she has shown her work in several exhibitions, commissioned works and public walls around the world including Boston, San Francisco, Bali, Istanbul, Geneva and Copenhagen.
On today’s episode, Imagine joins me to talk about her art and her entrepreneurial journey including managing her money as an artist and creative entrepreneur. We talk about being real, what savings opens up for your creativity, and what success actually looks like.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Imagine’s background 1:10
Learning fast and failing fast for success 8:17
Perfectionism and why it’s holding you back 20:13
How street art is different than gallery art 26:24
What Imagine has found most useful when managing her money as an artist 32:04
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Links:
https://www.instagram.com/imagine876/
Gretchen Carder: Prestige is Not Payment: Textiles, Covid Pivots + Bookkeeping as Self-Care
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Gretchen Carder: Prestige is Not Payment: Textiles, Covid Pivots + Bookkeeping as Self-Care
Gretchen Carder is the owner of Good Quilt and a member of Money Bootcamp. Gretchen joins me to talk about her experience transitioning from corporate to working with textiles as a creative entrepreneur, how her decision to join Money Bootcamp helped her gain clarity and confidence in her finances, and why bookkeeping is such an essential part of entrepreneurship.
Gretchen Carder is the owner of Good Quilt and a member of Money Bootcamp. Gretchen has a background in graphic design and now works with textiles as a quilter.
On today’s episode, Gretchen joins me to talk about her experience transitioning from corporate to working with textiles as a creative entrepreneur, how her decision to join Money Bootcamp helped her gain clarity and confidence in her finances, and why bookkeeping is such an essential part of entrepreneurship.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Gretchen’s background 1:48
Her decision to join Money Bootcamp and what made her join 2:25
What Gretchen’s business looked like prior to joining Money Bootcamp 5:38
How bookkeeping can be considered self-care 10:15
How Money Bootcamp has helped Gretchen gain sustainable income 12:51
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Vision: Running for Office
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Vision: Running for Office
Today, I’m interviewing 2 candidates running for local office here in Western North Carolina. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is a North Carolinian, Christian minister, founding director of the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE), and mother of 3. Service and faith are the driving forces in her work, from teaching in prisons to founding an organization to advocate for LGBTQ equality across the Deep South. By showing up—especially in small towns—and telling the stories of families, Jasmine’s organization (CSE) helped win marriage equality in North Carolina and Mississippi. She is running to unseat Republican Madison Cawthorne for US Congress.
Maggie Ullman was Asheville’s first Sustainability Director. Her leadership has resulted in over $5 million of new grant dollars to communities in the American South who work with their local government to address climate change equitably. She is a candidate for Asheville City Council.
Together, both Maggie and Jasmine want to bring people together to incite change and protect what’s precious.
Today, I’m interviewing 2 candidates running for office here in Western North Carolina. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is a North Carolinian, Christian minister, founding director of the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE), and mother of 3. Service and faith are the driving forces in her work, from teaching in prisons to founding an organization to advocate for LGBTQ equality across the Deep South. By showing up—especially in small towns—and telling the stories of families, Jasmine’s organization (CSE) helped win marriage equality in North Carolina and Mississippi. She is running to unseat Republican Madison Cawthorne for US Congress.
Maggie Ullman was Asheville’s first Sustainability Director. Her leadership has resulted in over $5 million of new grant dollars to communities in the American South who work with their local government to address climate change equitably. She is a candidate for Asheville City Council.
Together, both Maggie and Jasmine want to bring people together to incite change and protect what’s precious.
In this episode, Maggie, Jasmine and I talk about why local elections are so important, how you can get involved, and how even the tax code is proof that representation matters.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Jasmine’s background and vision
Maggie’s background and vision
Why the tax code represents only the people who were in the room when it was passed
Why local elections matter and what city government does
County level politics and what it includes
How priorities translate from local to national politics
How you can get involved in your local area to get candidates you care about elected
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Connect with Jasmine and Maggie:
Jasmine’s website: https://www.jasmineforcongress.com/
Maggie’s website: https://www.maggie4avl.com/
Paddy Johnson: Real Talk on How to Succeed in the Arts
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Paddy Johnson: Real Talk on How to Succeed in the Arts
Can you solve the art world’s problem’s for us in one sentence, Paddy?
“Ask for more.”
Paddy Johnson is a writer, educator and the founder of VVrkshop, an online platform designed to help artists and art professionals connect with other artists, get more shows, residencies and grants.
In today’s episode, Paddy and I talk about some of the inherent problems facing professional artists today and why it’s so important to build a strong network and community when working as a career artist. Paddy unlocks the real reason you should be sending a weekly newsletter, makes a startling confession, talks about her “24 hour fix,” and even makes me cry.
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Can you solve the art world’s problem’s for us in one sentence, Paddy?
“Ask for more.”
Paddy Johnson is a writer, educator and the founder of VVrkshop, an online platform designed to help artists and art professionals connect with other artists, get more shows, residencies and grants.
In today’s episode, Paddy and I talk about some of the inherent problems facing professional artists today and why it’s so important to build a strong network and community when working as a career artist. Paddy unlocks the real reason you should be sending a weekly newsletter, makes a startling confession, talks about her “24 hour fix,” and even makes me cry.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Conservatism in the art world 3:41
Finding the right program for you as an artist 7:38
Income inequality in the art world 12:00
Why you should be asking for more money as an artist 16:36
The importance of a network and community when working as an artist 22:01
A good solution to art problems 26:30
Confidence as an art professional 27:30
The real key to why you should send out your weekly newsletter 31:00
How to effectively network and build relationships 33:07
Paddy’s confession 36:00
VVrkshop and Netvvrk and the reason why Paddy started her programs 41:47
The 24-hour fix 48:00
Paddy makes me cry 49:00
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Links:
W.A.G.E., Working Artists and the Greater Economy.
Connect with Paddy:
Paddy’s membership: https://www.vvrkshop.art/
Watch Paddy’s free class How to Get More Shows
Erika Hess: Podcasting, Art, Motherhood and Widening the Circle
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Erika Hess: Podcasting, Art, Motherhood and Widening the Circle
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