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Artsy Types
Creativity conversations for artists, or just artsy types. Joy and Teresa are two life-long friends who have been having a 40-year conversation about culture and creativity, and they've expanded the conversation to include you. They both have day jobs, but what they really love is creating and talking about art, writing, music, metalsmithing, painting--figuring out how to create something from nothing.
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Episodes
Artsy TypesFalling Leaves, Moody Palettes: How Do Artists Embrace Autumn?
Shorter days and falling leaves have Joy and Teresa thinking back to grade school fall art projects. They recall laminating fallen leaves between melted wax…
Artsy TypesArt In Progress: Sketching on Location, Creating a New Collection
Joy and Teresa update one another on current projects. Joy reveals she is leaving on a trip and wants to try sketching on location. Teresa has been getting…
Artsy TypesWhy We Create
Hearing Barry Manilow explain why he writes songs has Teresa and Joy asking each other why they create? Joy has one word that captures her motivation as a…
Artsy TypesWhere Do Ideas Come From?
Finished works of art are born from small ideas. Tiny seeds—sometimes just a few scattered thoughts—somehow nestle into our minds, find ways to grow and…
Artsy TypesRecipes for Living a Creative Life
Do you have habits and rituals, or things like special clothing or playlists that set the stage for your creativity? Joy and Teresa share the recipes they each…
Artsy TypesWhen Is it Ok to Be a Creative Copycat?
Artists have tried to replicate the works of the masters for centuries. Copying to learn is nothing new. But what happens when the piece of jewelry you dreamed…
Artsy TypesA-Ha Moments: Three Creativity Revelations
The creativity conversations are generating lots of ideas, and they’ve led Joy and Teresa to pose a question to one another: what have your a-ha moments been?…
Artsy TypesGetting Your Art Noticed: How to Navigate the World of Exhibitions, Articles & Podcasts
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…
Artsy TypesFresh Starts and Old Ruts: How to Navigate Creativity's Ups and Downs
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…
Artsy TypesDigital Detox: Results of the 2-Week Experiment
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…
Artsy TypesDigital Detox: A Two-Week Experiment
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…
Artsy TypesHonesty in Art: Let's Get Personal
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…
Artsy TypesTrends We Love, Trends We Hate
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…
Artsy TypesThree Good Habits Every Artist Can Develop (and a Bad Habit to Avoid)
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…
Artsy TypesCreative Alchemy: The Elements That Transform Us Into Artists
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…
Artsy TypesIs This Something: Step-by-Step Workshop for a New Collection
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…
Artsy TypesThe Three Tips Every Artist Should Know
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!…
Artsy TypesStarting a New Year: Setting Creativity Goals
Joy and Teresa walk through the process for setting annual creative goals and lay out what they each hope to achieve in the coming year. From creating a…
Artsy TypesCreativity Goals: A Year-End Report Card
Joy and Teresa are goal-setters by nature, even when it comes to creativity. To close out the year, they take a look back at the 2025 goals they each set as…
Artsy TypesIrony, Beauty, Nostalgia, Crafty Creativity: The Holiday Episode
How do two Artsy Types celebrate the holidays? With home cooking, homemade crafts and one very peculiar tradition involving 80s vinyl records. Joy and Teresa…
Artsy TypesWhat I Want You to Make
Sometimes creators need more than the voice in their own head--they need a nudge from a friend. Joy and Teresa assign each other surprise creative challenges…
Artsy TypesTo Commission or Not to Commission, That is the Question
Whether or not to take commissions is a question every creator is faced with at some point. Joy and Teresa are talking pros and cons, logistics, and reliving a…
Artsy TypesMystical, Magical, Where-Did-They-Come-From Ideas
Divine inspiration, random occurrences, ideas born from dreams. . .what are we to make of creative ideas that come to us in unconventional ways? Joy and Teresa…
Artsy TypesSaying Secret Goals Out Loud
Daydreams, hidden ambitions and a never-before-shared passion project—Joy and Teresa are telling each other their secret goals for the first time. A coffee…
Artsy TypesInfluencers (No, Not That Kind!)
From Sylvia Plath to Wayne Thiebaud, Joy and Teresa are talking about the creators who’ve inspired and influenced their work. Whether it’s Plath’s ability to…
Artsy TypesIs This Something?
Joy and Teresa are back at it, starting season two by workshopping four seemingly-eccentric journal entries (rodents seeking revenge, a strange golf…
Artsy TypesHighlights: Hacks for Making Time for Art, Elizabeth Siddal Rabbit Hole, Cribbage and Candies Clogs
In this highlights episode, Joy and Teresa bring back several of their most popular segments. Their discussion about what to do when you’re too busy for art…
Artsy TypesHighlights: Artistic Fears, the Language of Flowers, the Twilight Zone, President's Physical Fitness Test
Joy and Teresa are on hiatus enjoying the final days of summer by taking a holiday in the South of France. Just kidding! Joy is getting kids back to college…
Artsy TypesThe Studios We Have, The Studios We Dream Of
Sunlight, sound systems and storage: in the finale to season one of Artsy Types, Joy and Teresa talk about the studio spaces they have, and the studio spaces…
Artsy TypesSales, Likes and Atta Boys: How Will You Know When You've Made It As an Artist?
Making money, going viral, and having peers compliment your work are all ways of measuring results as an artist. Joy and Teresa are trying to figure out the…
Artsy TypesI Can't Quit You: The Themes We Keep Coming Back to in our Art
From catastrophes to rolling vineyards to beautiful, but sorrowful, felled birds, Joy and Teresa are talking about the themes that make repeat appearances in…
Artsy TypesWhen Life Gets in the Way - Hacks for Making Time for Art
Teresa and Joy commiserate that their creative pursuits have been put on the the backburner as Teresa helps her mom move and Joy has kids home from college…
Artsy TypesQuotes on Creativity and the Comeback of Candies Clogs
From Andy Warhol to Picasso to a few sayings that just get tossed around, we’re counting down the quotes that rattle around our heads while we’re creating…
Artsy TypesArt 911: The Lemon Tree; Poetic Voltas; Writing Like the Twilight Zone; Favorite Fair Rides
In the first of what will be a recurring segment featuring case studies of artistic failures and attempting to turn them into opportunities, Joy unravels after…
Artsy TypesHow Do I Find an Art Mentor, Why is There a Braid in Mom's Attic and What is a John Dory?
Teresa is helping to pack up her childhood home, documenting the process with Polaroids, while Joy sketches poolside in Las Vegas. The two get into a…
Artsy TypesOh No! Counting Down Artistic Fears and Remembering the President's Physical Fitness Test
After a quick update on Teresa’s recent collection release, Joy and Teresa get into the topic of artistic fears, with each counting down fears that accompany…
Artsy TypesI Found Art During Covid, Am I a Fraud? Signet Rings, Peter Wolf, and the Playground Witches Wheel
With time on their hands, new artists emerged during the Covid years. Joy and Teresa discuss how the art world views newcomers to art, seeking input from…
Artsy TypesThe Big Question: Do I Need Talent to Be an Artist, or Can I Learn It? And Who Was Dr. Henery?
In the debut episode of Artsy Types, Teresa and Joy talk about the magical concept of talent and the role practice plays in artistry, but not before a shot of…