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Courtney Minor: A beautiful collage and graffiti dream!
Enjoy this powerful conversation with Courtney Minor as she shares her fascinating story, unique and inspiring travels, and how she discovered her creative voice. Courtney explores alternate worlds with her art using collage elements photographs, paint, and found objects. Whether with abstract figures, graffiti-style motifs, or a combination of both, she turns her creative visions…
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Amy Butler: Listen To The Taps and Follow Your Creative Heart
Sometimes moving forward is a challenge, but as Amy Butler shared with us, “We are trained deeply to hold on to things that make us feel secure or understand ourselves. To understand myself further, I needed to grow and change and allow myself to do that.” Hear how she listened to the taps on her…
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Juan Villanueva: Making Large Scale Floral Installations and Even Bigger Creative Dreams Come True!
Juan M. Villanueva is a second-generation florist whose journey has taken him from the vibrant wildflower-filled pastures of South Texas to the bustling streets of Manhattan. Initially trained as a painter and sculptor at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Villanueva soon rediscovered his passion for floral design, founding his own floral…
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Robin Davis: Follow your heart compass!
When you live with a playful heart, the universe will point you in the right direction. Robin Davis followed heart, and it led her to a whimsical wonderland and successful business! Guided by a playful heart and inspired by her little boy, Robin began creating a miniature up-cycled world with a tiny robot named Pocket.…
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Jehane: To Be an Artist or To Be an Artist Agent or To Be BOTH!
Our conversation with Jehane take us Brighton England. Her journey is fabulous, and she shares how some of the seeds that were planted when she was a child have continued to bloom brightly throughout her life. Jehane is the creative heart and mind behind UK-based Illustration Agency; Jehane Ltd. A successful designer in her own…
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Cathy Nichols: Following her heart with her art!
It’s no secret, Lori loves color and Jamie loves florals! What a treat for us to interview and welcome Cathy Nichols, a mixed media artist specializing in lush florals set within lyrical layers of text, pattern and of course bold color. Her goal is to promote a vision of kindness, love and interconnectivity in her…
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Mary Jo Hoffman: Still Creating, Still ReBlooming and Still Amazing!
Every day for over a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a daily photo of found nature. For Hoffman, a former aeronautical engineer, this ritual cracked open profound revelations about connectedness, placefulness, and life. Her new book, STILL: The Art of Noticing, is the astonishing culmination of the STILL project, with 275 breathtaking photos from her enormous…
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Kim Klassen’s journey into a quiet, creative, and beautiful life.
Sometimes you make mindful pivots and other times, life makes them for you. Fourteen years ago, Kim was a licensed artist, living quietly in a small Canadian town, raising her boys, and married to her husband John. After some challenging family years and her husband’s cancer diagnosis, her creative career stalled, but she found a…
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When you share your real-life creative passions, fabulous opportunities happen!
You are invited to take a sneak peek behind the curtains of Leslie Saeta’s 100-Year-Old dream home she shares with her husband Dave! As a full-time lifestyle blogger and influencer, she shares her ever-changing life in this gorgeous home as well as her beach house and a remodeled a fixer-upper home in Waco, Texas. Enjoy…
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Art is Therapy. Art is an Escape. Art is Joy!
What happens when a simple act of kindness changes the trajectory of your life? Hear how a thank you note started a friendship and was the spark for Seth Apter to pivot from a full-time career as a psychologist in New York City to a renowned mixed media artist, international instructor, designer, shopkeeper, and best-selling…
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Meet the Co-hosts
Lori Siebert
When asked to define her artistic style, Lori Siebert says that she likes to be a bit of a chameleon.
Constantly experimenting with different styles and mediums feeds her insatiable curiosity. She has a very whimsical design sense and loves to play with color to give each collection that she designs its own unique personality. She started taking private art lessons at the young age of 7 and continued to study art throughout high school. This led to a degree in graphic design from the University of Cincinnati. She opened her own design firm just 3 years out of college in 1987. Her firm, Olika Studios, has developed branding and design programs for influential clients such as Target, Bath & Body Works, Nickelodeon and Universal Studios.
Lori began the art licensing arm of her business 13 years ago and now works with several top manufacturers in the gift and home decor industry. Her client list includes Demdaco, Creative Co-op, Studio M, Lang and many more. Her licensed products have been sold through many key retailers and small gift shops throughout the United States and Canada.
She creates every day, dividing her time between her home studio in Kentucky… sewing, sculpting, drawing, painting, and the Olika Studio office… meeting with clients and developing concepts with her very talented design team. Her husband, Steve, is her business partner and she has two children… Kenzie (who is a designer and works closely with her mom at Olika) and Tanner (who is a mechanical engineer). She also has two grandchildren who light up her life!!!
Jamie Jamison
Jamie lives in Youngstown, Ohio and Chautauqua, NY. She is a natural light and still-life photographer with a passion for flowers, vintage finds, and handmade treasures. As an Instagram Influencer (@alajamie), she connects with other floral enthusiasts and has inspired people throughout the world with her uplifting photos. Jamie has been a social media content manager and content creator for businesses as well as a brand ambassador for several national companies. She also provides coaching for Instagram, photography, and styling.
Jamie is a communication Instructor at Youngstown State University and was awarded the 2019 Part-Time Excellence Award for teaching. Her area of focus is Communication and social media. She is currently a Bloom TV Network contributor, an instructor at the NYBG, and formerly an instructor at the Flower School of NY and LA. She also hosts a podcast with artist Lori Siebert where they are joined in conversation with other creatives who have pivoted in their careers and “ReBloomed”.