The Creative Collective

Did Adulthood Make Us Less Creative? with Rukmini Poddar

Rukmini Poddar didn't initially set out to teach anyone about drawing their emotions. In 2015, burnt out at the end of a graphic design degree and convinced she was the l

Can We Please Stop Monetizing Every Hobby?

You bake the cake, finish the sweater, frame the painting — and someone asks when you're going to start selling it. They mean it as a compliment, and it usually is one.

Is Doing Nothing the Secret to Being More Creative? with Melissa Grisi

What happens when you stop trying so hard to be creative? This week, we’re joined by therapist and ceramic artist Melissa Grisi to talk about creativity, clay, imposter

Did We Accidentally Ruin Whimsy?

Whimsy is having a moment. Searches are up, whimsymaxxing is everywhere, brands are bedazzling their products, and what started as people sharing the tiny, weird things

Art Is Your Superpower with Leah Guzman

Somewhere along the way, most of us picked up the idea that creativity is something you have to earn — that you need the right studio space, the right technical skills, a

Please Let Yourself Be Bad at Something

Being a beginner sounds fun until you are staring at a blank page, comparing yourself to a version of you from ten years ago, or thinking, “I do not have time for this.”

A Table Can Be Just as Creative as a Canvas with Kiki Canuto

The fastest way to turn a room of strangers into a room full of friends isn't a good icebreaker question — it's giving them something to make, share, and taste. In this

Your Creativity Deserves Better Company

What if the creative friendships that actually last aren't built on grand gestures, but instead, on your average Wednesday afternoon standing-date? In this episode of Th

Flowers Die and We Still Plant Them with Cheryl Walpole Tiku

What happens when the career you were promised doesn't show up as promised — and you have to build one from scratch? In this episode of The Creative Collective, our art

So...When Did We All Stop Making Art?

What if coming back to creativity didn't have to look like a commitment — what if it could look like one small, imperfect thing you did on a Tuesday afternoon and never s

Creative Risks Are Less Scary Than Creative Regret with Gabrielle Siegel

What if the secret to a creative life isn't waiting until you're ready — it's deciding that ready is overrated? In this episode of The Creative Collective Podcast, Emily

Move Over Girls' Trips...Creative Retreats Are Here

What if the most restorative thing you can do while traveling isn't simply relaxing, but making something — surrounded by people, in creative community, seeing the world

The Best Thing You Can Make Is Bad Art with Meagan Mahaffy

What if the thing standing between you and a creative life isn't talent — it's the belief that you need it? In this episode of The Creative Collective Podcast, Emily and

We All Want Creative Community...So Why Is It So Hard to Find?

Are you craving creative community — but not quite sure where to find it, how to build it, or why it feels harder to hold onto as an adult? In this Creative Check-In epi

The Creative Career That Started by Accident with Emily Sharp

What if the path to your creative life was never supposed to be a straight line? In this episode of The Creative Collective Podcast, Allie interviews co-host Emily Sharp

The Art Supplies We Never Leave Home Without

What if the only thing standing between you and a more creative life was a bag you haven't packed yet? In this first Creative Check-In episode of The Creative Collective

How I Accidentally Made Creativity My Entire Personality with Allie Joy

What happens when creativity isn't just something you do — but something that shaped who you became? In this episode of The Creative Collective Podcast, co-host Emily tu

Welcome to The Creative Collective!

What if creativity didn’t have to be productive, polished, or even shared to matter? In this opening episode of The Creative Collective Podcast, hosts and licensed art t

You're Invited to the Creative Collective

Welcome to a little preview of The Creative Collective Podcast! In this short introduction, we’re sharing a glimpse of what’s ahead and inviting you into the creative co