Creating art is one thing, getting it noticed another. How do exhibitions work, and what is a juried competition? What are tips for getting into magazines and invited onto podcasts? Teresa and Joy have a practical conversation with specific takeaways including tips on photography and a key website. This episode’s rabbit holes include the Staedtler Mars Techno Lead Holder and a round up of beach reads. The ArtsyTypes team attempts to inventory the various accoutrements of a 1980’s-style sick day, including the dreaded family barf bucket. Printmaker and engraver Reinis Gailitis is the subject of the wrap-up segment featuring followers of the ArtstyTypesPod Instagram account. ~Show Notes and Links~EntryThingyJewelry Photography Course (Udemy)How to Photograph Art and Illustrations (Udemy)Staedtler Mars Technico 780Staedtler Mars Lead PointerThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoBookTok is Taking John Steinbeck to the Beach This SummerPrintmaker Reinis Gailītis This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

Teresa is on the cusp of a fresh start as she moves into a new home and studio, while Joy is in a creativity slump. In this episode, Teresa and Joy talk about the up and down phases that exist for all artists and how to navigate seasons of creativity. In their “Last Thing I Wrote” segment, Joy brings quotes from recent books that inspired her, and Teresa is writing about roadkill and antique books. During the closing Gen X segment, we learn which of the two Artsy Types used encyclopedias, owned a Swatch and had the “elite” yellow Walkman. Instagram follower and artist Suz Matthews and the Cowgirl Artists of America get shoutouts. ~Show Notes and Links~The Effects of Natural Daylight on CreativityThe Devil in the White CitySony Walkman This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

The two-week digital detox has drawn to an end, and Joy reports to Teresa how her life changed while going off-grid. What were the hardest parts, did she ever cheat on the experiment, and did being away from the phone jump start her creativity? While Joy was staying away from social media, Teresa was monitoring the Artsy Types Pod Instagram account and shares followers’ advice. Joy offers a mixed-review of Stephen King’s 11/22/63, and Teresa has been reading Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday. Tube socks and leg warmers make their debut in the Gen X segment, and Teresa bemoans her old Holly Hobby lunch pail.~Show Notes and Links~Teresa Packing Her StudioDarci Shea on InstagramStillness is the Key by Ryan HolidayHolly Hobby Lunch Boxes on eBay This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

Joy decides to go off-the-grid for two weeks in an attempt to re-set thought patterns, gain time, spur creativity and live life outside the distorted lens of social media. Teresa suggests parameters for the experiment and offers advice after her own attempts to work in silence. During the digital detox, Joy will keep a journal of observations and in the following episode report whether she made it the entire two weeks. Rabbit Holes and Recommendations returns with the discovery of a contemporary artist and the rediscovery of a classic country western album. The episode starts with a welcome message to the Austin Community College Jewelry Program and ends with some 1980s-era warnings about Halloween candy and the dangers of digestion and swimming.~Show Links and Notes~ Austin Community College Jewelry ProgramConsidering a Digital Detox? Why It's a Good Idea, and What to KnowBoost Your Brain with BoredomContemporary Artist Boris AcketRandy Travis Revisited 'Storms of Life,' But Did He Like What He Heard?You Can't Swim After Eating, Fact or Myth? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

Honesty is the foundation of good art, but is there such a thing as being too honest? Spurred on by a beautifully forthright statement that Teresa recently made on Instagram, this episode’s conversation explores where the line is between artistic confessionalism and trauma dumping. As the episode moves along, there’s a segment on “The Last Thing That Inspired Me” that brings out favorites in television and music, which naturally leads into. . .the Bermuda Triangle, Ouija Boards and quicksand, and finishes with a shout out to a special artist that, one might say, gave birth to Artsy Types. ~Show Links and Notes~Let It Happen by Tame ImpalaDavid Sedaris' Tips for Writing About People You KnowThe Conversation by Teresa Kiplingerhttps://silverpoet.com/blogs/gallery/the-conversationThe Surprisingly Simple Trick to Escape Quicksand This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

The resurgence of plein air painting, over-the-top maximalism, visibility of the artist’s hand laid bare in finished work, the way museums treat sensitive subjects--Joy and Teresa look at cultural and artistic trends, extending the topic all the way into the Gen X segment and debating whether any 80s trends should return. “The Last Thing I Wrote” segment comes back, bringing with it roadkill and an eerie take on the neighborhood reaction to the HOA. The episode ends with a look at the creator and ArtsyTypes Instagram follower, Arthur Hash, who uses 3-D modeling in his jewelry practice with wonderful results. ~Show Notes and References~Plein Air Painting Flourishes in the AdirondacksSchiaparelli's The Agony and the Ecstasy CollectionThe New Surrealism: On AI and HallucinationsThe History of AtariJeweler Arthur Hash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

Artists are creatures of habit, and those habits either help creativity flourish or get in its way. Teresa is sharing the habits that have helped build her metalsmith practice, and Joy is asking for ideas to combat the dreaded bad habit of social media distraction. The episode begins with an anecdote about how the art of Gerald Scarfe made an early impact and ends with a back-and-forth about the merits of high school class rings. Joy has discovered a podcast that focuses on grief, and Teresa has entered the rabbit hole of artist John William Waterhouse. Things wrap up with a surprise profile of one of the creators who follow the artsytypespod Instagram account.~Show Links and Notes~Illustrator Gerald ScarfeAll There Is with Anderson CooperJohn William Waterhouse This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

An accident, a coincidence, a life event. Conversations between mothers and daughters. Sheer boredom. Teresa and Joy are putting words to the alchemy that took place in their lives to transform daily routine into lifelong pursuits of creativity. Before taking on the task of unraveling creative alchemy, they do some quick warm up calisthenics trying to spit out words that start with GN, and they bookend the discussion with a rabbit hole into Mary Shelley’s favorite keepsake and a recommendation of Patti Smith’s new book, Bread of Angels. Teresa tests Joy’s memory of the various ways they paid for school lunches through the years, from tokens to college coupon books, and they end by highlighting an artist, jeweler and educator from the Artsy Types community on Instagram. ~Show Notes and Links~Mary Shelley's Favorite KeepsakeLove and Tragedy: The Stirring Saga of Mary Shelley and Percy ShelleyQueen Anne of Brittany's Heart Reliquary Patti Smith's New Memoir, Bread of Angels This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

In this second “Is This Something” episode, the tables are turned, and Joy and Teresa are thinking through Teresa’s idea fragments for a new collection based on Polaroids and poems she crafted last year while saying goodbye to her childhood home. The back and forth conversation is a template for how creators can talk through concepts to transform rough ideas into finished pieces of art. The creativity back-and-forth continues with a “last thing I wrote down” segment where they share notations from their journaling, and ends with memories from the dreaded “After School Specials” that contained dire warnings of the dangers of life for 1980s kids. The episode ends with a quick profile of Instagram follower @poeticallyfound and the world of blackout poetry. Salvador Dali's Surreal Jewelry DesignsAncient Tombs and Temples that Align with the SunThe Unforgettable Lessons We Learned from 80s After School Specials This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

Joy and Teresa count down the three tips they each think every artist should know, and at least one of the tips is something that will surprise listeners! Whether you are a painter, a jeweler or an every day creative, there will be a takeaway to use from this episode. Teresa goes down a fascinating rabbit hole of video archives from days gone by and Joy does a round-robin of tv, book and music recommendations. The discussion wraps up with memories of 1980s soap opera, followed by a shout out of one of the many incredible artists who have jumped on board the Artsy Types Instagram account. ~Show Notes and Links~The Prelinger Archive at the Library of CongressThe San Francisco Library Collects Print Materials You Were Never Meant to SeeMIddlemarch, by George Elliot1980s Soap Operas@karlafullerartist on Instagram This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com