The Creative Kind

The Art of Being an Emerging Artist with Joshua Brew

In today’s episode I'm talking with Joshua Brew, an Australian artist working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja country in Perth. Joshua explores contemporary masculinity in his

Q&A with Sarah Birtles & Rachael Parsons

This week I'm joined by two returning guests, Sarah Birtles and Rachael Parsons, who answered questions that have come in from listeners over the past year. Sarah is an a

Change, Risk and New Beginnings with Anita Phillips

Anita Phillips is a West Australian landscape painter raised on a Wheatbelt farm, who spent close to four decades as a home economics teacher before painting became her f

Changing Direction with Amy Stapleton

In this episode I talked with Amy Stapleton about changing direction in her art practice. Amy has moved from painting gum trees and landscapes towards more abstract and e

Mentoring with Laura Brinin

Laura Brinin is back on the podcast, and today we're talking about mentoring. Laura is a curator and arts administrator, and one half of Side Gallery in Brisbane, and she

What Does it Mean to Represent an Artist - With Nick Smith

This week I chat with Nick Smith, founder and director of N. Smith Gallery in Sydney to talk about what gallery representation looks like; What does a gallery really do?

Copy That: Rachael Parsons on copying in Art, copyright & AI

In this episode I sit down with Rachael Parsons, Director of the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), to talk about copying and copyright in visual art. We trace copy

The 100 Day Project with Amanda Billing

In this episode, I'm joined once again by Amanda Billing, who has completed several 100 Day Projects over the years. This time, she reflects on what happened when she spe

Art Friendships with Sam Michelle & Debbie Mackenzie

Sam Michelle and Deb McKenzie met more then a decade ago when they were both given studios in a shared space through their framer. What started as five or six days a week

Inside the Affordable Art Fair with Georgia Huestis

Most artists know the Affordable Art Fair exists. What it's actually like to be there as an artist, on the floor, in the booth, talking to strangers about your work for f

When the Viewer Becomes Part of the Work- with Harriet Schwarzrock

What if standing in front of a work of art actually changed it? That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Harriet Schwarzrock, an Australian glass artis

Art Without a Commercial Outcome with Lucy Hersey

Today on The Creative Kind, I’m talking to artist Lucy Hersey, who lives and works in South Gippsland, Victoria, creating paintings made from earth pigments she gathers a

Changing Direction with Petrina Jose & Jasmine Kroeze

In this episode of The Creative Kind, I’m joined by Jasmine Kroeze and Petrina Jose for a conversation about pivoting, what it really looks like to change direction creat

Inside a Shared Studio Space with Sunny Studios creatives Rach Mayne, Julia Fowler and Hannah Radford

In this episode, I'm joined by three of the women behind Sunny Studios: painter Rachael Mayne, artist Hannah Radford, and interior stylist Julia Fowler, to talk about wha

Critique And The Inner Critic with Col Mac

This week I'm talking to Col Mac, a Brisbane-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice is grounded in painting but regularly extends into text, sculpture, and install

Building a Body of Work With Wendy Marinich

In this episode, I'm joined by West Australian painter Wendy Marinich. We discuss what it actually looks like to build a body of work when you're in the middle of figurin

Creative Strategy with Kass and Lauren Hernandez from Crossing Threads

Today I'm talking with sisters Kass and Lauren Hernandez, the fibre artists behind Crossing Threads. This was an interesting conversation about what creative strategy act

Q&A with Sophie Vander from Curatorial+Co

Sophie Vander is back, and this time we're going straight to your questions. Since Sophie's first appearance on the podcast back in August 2024, I have had a lot of follo

Critique and the Inner Critic with Alyssa Monks

In this episode I’m talking with painter Alyssa Monks about how feedback, both internal and external, shapes an artist’s work and confidence. We explore what kinds of cr

Making Work in Overwhelming Times with Diana Weymar

In this episode, I’m joined by artist and writer Diana Weymar, whose practice involves textiles, language, and collective participation. Diana is best known for the Tiny