Brush & Banter | A Zibra Podcast

What Lacey Hennessy Does to Build a Flexible and Profitable Creative Business

Lacey Hennessy’s art career started with painted fraternity coolers at Clemson and a Facebook business page she named during accounting class. Years later, one Instagram

How Snowboarding Led Hannah Eddy to Being Creative for Vans, Patagonia, and More

Hannah Eddy has built a career across murals, snowboards, apparel, products, and gallery walls while keeping her bold colors and playful characters easy to spot. Her root

How Five Golden Brush Award Winners Turned Creative Risk Into Confidence

One artist joined the voting push with 26 votes while another submission had more than 300. Another almost skipped the application altogether. In this Golden Brush Awards

How Following Up Helped Abby Pawley Paint for Amazon and IKEA

Abby Pawley started by painting surfboards in Virginia Beach, then said yes to a 50-foot mural festival wall that changed everything. Five years later, her work has shown

Why Saying "No" Is the Key to a Sustainable Creative Business

Every creative starts in “yes mode.” Say yes to every project, every client, every opportunity, because that’s how you grow. But at some point, that pace stops working. I

Mural Pricing Mistakes That Cost Artists Thousands (And How to Fix Them)

Pricing your work is your favorite guessing game, you say? Don’t worry. For most artists, it’s their least favorite - and frankly, it shouldn’t have to feel like one. Thi

Marketing Yourself as an Artist Without Feeling Salesy

Marketing advice online often pushes creators toward trends, virality, and constant output, but it turns out that’s not what actually builds a sustainable business. This

How to Find Your Art Style (and Know When It’s Yours)

Creators spend years trying to define “their style,” but what if it’s already there, just not fully formed yet? This minisode pulls together honest moments from Cyn, Alys

How Furniture Flippers Choose Projects for Profit

When you’re flipping furniture, the biggest shift isn’t learning how to paint – it’s learning what’s actually worth your time. This minisode pulls together real-world per

Creative Ways to Make More Money as an Artist

When you’re ready to turn your passion projects into income, it can be difficult and overwhelming to know where to start. Enter Kyle Mosher, Alli K., and Cyn Santos, work

Setting Your Prices as an Artist with Alli K Design

What does it actually take to build a mural business that lasts more than a decade… and still feels steady? Alli Koch shares the behind-the-scenes structure that supports

How to Grow on Instagram with Social Media Expert Shannon McKinstrie

If Instagram feels harder than it used to, you’re not imagining it. Shannon McKinstrie sits down with Lauren and Brie to break down what’s actually driving growth right n

Selling on Marketplace in 2026 with Jen Talley of Perfectly Imperfect Furniture Refinishing

Furniture flipping looks dreamy from the outside: paint, pretty pieces, a tidy before-and-after, but Jen Talley pulls back the curtain on what actually makes it sustainab

Shark Tank Success Story | How Billie Asmus Got Joanna Gaines to Say "Yes"

Billie Asmus was tired of plastic paint liners, half-used trays drying out overnight, and trying to save paint with foil and plastic bags, so she started messing around i

Building a Creative Business with Your Best Friend feat. Caroline & Tianna of Off the Walls Murals

Running a small business is hard. Running one with a friend can be even harder… and also incredibly rewarding. In this episode, Annie and Lauren sit down with Caroline an

What This Year Really Looked Like | Community, Growth & Letting Go

Think of this as a creative yearbook you didn’t have to sign: the three of us looking back at 2025’s biggest lessons, strangest pivots, messy moments, and unexpected joys

Booking Brand Collabs with Artist Kyle Mosher

What happens when you stop trying to be the “right” kind of artist and start becoming the truest version of yourself? This week, Annie and Brie sit down with Charlotte-ba

Turning DIY, Motherhood, and Mess Into a Creative Business with Alyssa Vilardi of The Things We Built

What happens when “making do” turns into making magic? This week, Annie and Lauren sit down with DIY designer and content creator Alyssa Vilardi of The Things We Built to

Landing Paid Art Projects with Major Brands & Finding Your Creative Voice with Cyn of Chalk & Brush

What does it really mean to find your style, and your voice, as an artist? This week, Annie and Lauren sit down with muralist, lettering artist, and creative entrepreneur

The Messy Middle of a Project... And Your Career as an Artist | Reflecting on Creative Beginnings with Olga Muzician & Lauren Hull

You know that part of a project where it looks like total chaos and you start questioning all your life choices? Yeah… that part. We’re going there. In this episode, mur