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I put myself in that headspace and close my eyes and take a deep breath… what do I smell?
Trisha Hanudel-Lopez San Pedro Soapworks I guess I’ll start with how all this came to be. It started in 2016, even before that… let’s put...
Mar 17, 2024


How do we translate your vision into reality, using paint?
Shadia Derbyshire Muralist I was in kindergarten and you know how you learn about different professions? I remember there were flash...
Feb 27, 2024


We have to create opportunities for ourselves because no one else is going to create them for us.
Sharniece Chantal Coupes + Pigment How I got into the business that I have now – which is the paint and sip events and doing mobile...
Mar 10, 2023


Sometimes it’s the stone that inspires the piece, sometimes it’s the piece that inspires the stone.
Claudia Endler Jewelry designer I’ve always had an interest in design: clothing, jewelry, shoes, handbags. My mother was very creative...
Dec 22, 2022


What I strive for with my students is living in the moment.
My grandmother sewed but my mother does not at all. Up until the age of middle school, I saw my grandmother sewing but I really didn’t take
Aug 31, 2021


Music is therapy, music is emotion, it’s a release.
I moved from the Midwest with my first husband back in the 80s. He’s a musician and we both got into the music industry on the business end
Aug 5, 2021


You have to believe in yourself even when you don’t believe in yourself.
I come from a family background of art so it was always around, introduced to it really young, taking life drawing classes and really engage
Jul 13, 2021


I’m connected to joy and all of the things that really emulate my last name
Betti Bliss Bliss Fine Florals My mother always had fresh flowers in the house when I was growing up, and I’ve always had a love for...
Dec 21, 2020


I’m learning that I need to give myself permission to play, and permission to just be.
Kasha Lassien Professional make-up artist Makeup wasn’t the first thing that I wanted to get into. Art has always been something that has...
Dec 31, 2018


I feel like my path through art has really equipped me for this.
Rita Leon Tattoo Artist, Electric Chair Tattoo Throughout school, throughout my life, I was always all about drawing and painting....
Oct 21, 2018
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