Art Horse
A silly and serious podcast about creativity and stepping out of your comfort zone.
Episodes
From cat drawings to sock knitting to pottery, Britta makes art just for herself - not for a job, not for social media, and not to show off to friends and family. This episode is about a life-long creative practice of making art in the cracks of daily life, what you make when nobody is watching, and using art classes to give you a boost of inspiration and play.
We mention:
- Nobody wants your shit by Messie Condo
- The Gentle Art of S...
In this walking episode:
- A shining moment of full creative expression
- Baking and cooking as a life preserver for sanity
- A surprising mindset shift: away from wishing I was somewhere else and towards making the most of this thing
I mention
- Hidden Brain podcast episodes: Designing a Life that Matters and Radical Acceptance (thanks Morgan!)
- How to Live a Meaningful Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett
- Slow Productivity by Cal New...
The eternal question! Lots of letting go in this episode: the dance, the studio, the piano, some nasty shredded dog toys, and "wanting".
- Prioritizing family while they still have the health to make memories (oof)
- The missing piece of my creative practice (ideas! and how to find them)
- Out: selling tickets and trying to give others what I want. In: giving it to myself instead.
I mention:
- Nobody Wants your Shit by Messie Condo
- ...
In this episode we explore how everything going wrong (SO FUN) might be taking you exactly where you need to go:
- I throw a party and no one comes, again
- An absolute gauntlet of unreasonable requests
- What if you don’t have to fix your hump (or anything) before you can have what you want?
I say it in my head and I'm finally saying it out loud 🤣. Although, I looked it up and it said "a merciless, destructive, and unstoppable force" which... I could probably get behind 🤣
In this episode:
- Sending a gallery-showdown-concluding email
- Facing the fear of raising the price for Dancing in the Dark
- Submitting tickets to my own complaint department
- Trying to do more of what's important without getting distracted by how it fee...
In this episode
- A gallery showdown and corresponding revelations
- A Very Important Conversation with Teresa
- Learnings from recent events: public band practice, fiddle jam, and a first-ever pop-up choir
- A Dancing in the Dark reckoning
Just trying to document this as it's happening: I'm slowly finding a way around some fears that have been holding me back for a long time.
- I have been blocking the flow of creativity with fear - 'they'll never put my event on the marquee', 'I'll offend the dance teacher by negotiating me not putting on this event for free'
- I didn't realize how much this was limiting my opportunities - the ones that come in naturally and the ones ...
Wait, I can do whatever I want at the studio! Including record episodes. Which is good because if I'm not at the studio I'm not alone and can't record lol
- What if you invest in FUN (instead of blowing $1000 on stage lights)
- An illuminating lesson on fiddle and designing for community
- A previously unknown artist career path - but the catch is you have to dabble and explore everything your heart desires
I mention:
- Ookpik Walt...
A walking episode from an imperfect member of the human group.
- Never say never: a polka do-over
- Dress, saved by the belt
- "T he worst thing that could happen would be that I waste my life thinking about it, but never actually take a bite out of it because it feels like too much work" yikes
- How to survive when someone breaks up with your creative project (no, I'm asking)
I mention:
- Patsy Blouse by Charm Patterns: https://charm...
An update: calling dances, forming a band, and accumulating dings from the universe. I mention the book Art & Fear by David Bayles
A walking around the yard in range of the baby monitor episode!
- Accidentally manifesting four barn dance gigs in one week (too many?)
- Plus: coming full circle and calling on stage at the dance that originally inspired me
- Revisiting Folk Schools and nonprofits
- You COULD do anything. So what is it that you will do?
I mention:
- Arts on the Fly
- Boot Scootin' Boogie
- Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
In this episode:
- HOW DID THE FUNDRAISER GO?
- I hate when people take video at The Function (takes video at The Function)
- What if you just learned easier songs and could actually play them?
- If you miss dancing with your friends so much, why don't you just teach 'em how???
- We're all hurtling by on the conveyor belt of time and will eventually be in The Past just like everybody else (shit)
I mention
- Fiddler/caller Gordon Stobbe
- Te...
Andrea Holmes (of A. Holmes Art Studio) is mural painter, art mentor, fellow "bird lady", and now AUTHOR! based in McKinney, Texas. Andrea recently wrote a book with her friend Beth Fields called "Art Makes Magic", a guide for emerging artists around career, mediums, and mentorship.
She's also got a thrilling, audacious goal: 100 bird murals around the world. 4 down, including one in Hawaii! Is your wall next? Hire her here: https:/...
In this episode:
- Updates: the kiln works! the boat works! the yard... works!
- Gnarled, magical gardens all start somewhere, right?
- Women's fair: if I get to decide how I want to feel, I'll spend 10 hours with my back to the audience
- Surviving (thriving?) square dance practice
I mention
- Paul Silveria's "Old Time Dance Party": https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-dance-party-full-album-and-booklet
In this episode:
- Easy come, very difficult go: de-stashing in a small town
- Pocket welt revelations
- Want to be more musical? Just paint a shuffle on it (what!?)
I mention:
- Fibremood Marcia Jacket: https://www.fibremood.com/en/product/845-marcia-jacket-pod
- Darol Anger's shuffle fiddle tip: https://youtu.be/K_1jJ_kHPro
A post-skunk solo walk.
- Maybe you can't make something (community) from nothing (no community)
- Spirited and joyful fiddle energy, plus the opposite (hunch-backed and wide-eyed)
- Finally, we're learning to call barn dances. By signing up to call a barn dance.
I mention:
- Contra Calling: A Basic Text by Tony Parkes
- Old Time Dance Party by Paul Silveria
- 13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug Griffiths
- 1000 Hours Outside podcast
In this walking episode we're clearing a log jam:
- rage-sewing
- tackling kryptonite tasks
- finishing big audacious art projects
I mention
- Daily Painting by Carol Marine
- 13 Ways to Kill your Community
- Twig and Tale
- Salt Spring National Art Prize
A walking episode:
- Man was I ever burnt out just now
- Refilling the creative well with classes and books
- A childhood home remembered, a map made
- Letting kids use the Good Paint
- Taking another crack at that damn quilt
I mention A GREAT MANY THINGS in this episode:
- Fluent Forever pronunciation trainers
- Anki, the flashcard app
- The Good Ship Illustration Picturebook Course
- Martin Salisbury, author of 100 Great Children's Picturebooks...
A walking episode: January in review!! In which we did 5 events in 10 days (wtf?), including Life Drawing and Still Life painting.
In this episode
- Apparently nobody comes to anything in January, even if they did in December
- Sell your early work, QUICK before you become a different person
- How do you teach someone to love something?
- Becoming a gym girlie in your thirties (maybe)
I mention:
- Syllabus by Lynda Barry
- Painting Portra...
A walking episode with *GASP* a microphone! Thanks Greg! Lots of old stuff comes back around in this episode.
- Getting a baby-size sweater pattern by scaling down and hitting "Print"
- "Color Notes" and painting colours not things
- Confidence and competence over time, with practice? WHAT!?
I mention:
- Didi pullover by Fibre Mood: https://www.fibremood.com/en/patterns/707-didi-pullover
- Good Ship Illustration (free workshop): https...
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