Being an artist is important but often lonely work. The THRIVE Talks podcast is here to make you feel less lonely with all the ups and downs that come with being an artist. Jamie Smith and Tara Lee Bennett are your hosts and also the co-founders of THRIVE Art Studio. THRIVE is a membership community of female, gender non-binary, gender queer, visual artists from all over the world. Our motto is to make art, meet your people and do the work!
Tara and Jamie wrap up Season 2 with Pennylane Shen! Pennylane is an artist consultant who runs Dazed and Confucius and was a big hit the last time s...
Shyama Golden uses figuration to explore how identity is experienced, performed, and reinforced. The subjects she depicts are a combination of real an...
Listen in for a mini THRIVE Mastermind meeting with THRIVE Leader Twyla Exner! Twyla creates sculpture, drawings and mixed media work. She creates col...
Ceramic sculpture is a labour intensive process with a lot of room for things to go wrong! In this episode with ceramic sculptor Susannah Montague we ...
This episode with independent curator Lolita Cros offers great insights into how curators think and what they do! Listen in for great advice for artis...
Listen in for a mini THRIVE Mastermind meeting with Bambi Edlund! Bambi is a needle felter, stop-motion animator, illustrator and also a member of the...
In this episode Jamie and Tara celebrate two years of podcasting and four years in business! In this special episode they take some time to reflect, s...
Danielle was on the THRIVE Talks Podcast some time ago! In this episode we catch up and Danielle talks about some of the exciting changes over the las...
Do you read Create! Magazine? Today we talk with Ekaterina Popova and Alicia Puig about the ups and downs of running an independent contemporary art m...
Jamie's guests are Joanne Hastie and Jen Clark! They are both THRIVE Members and Leaders and in this episode have a mini THRIVE Mastermind meeting tog...