Creative Spirit Elissa Nesheim

Elissa Nesheim is a professional watercolor artist living and working in Northern California. Inspired by long drives across the hills and prairies of her first home, South Dakota, her watercolor landscapes are an impression, a feeling of the natural world. As a lover...

Creative Spirit Sarah Manning

Sarah Manning is a saxophonist, composer, writer and artist empathist. She fights for creative sustainability by building empathy between artist and fan through performing, writing and speaking. She has released four critically acclaimed albums and is a Posi-Tone...

Creative Spirit Amy Purdie

Amy Purdie is the founder of Embellish where she creates pictures out of paper. She is also the founder of Whiteacres where she helps business owners feel confident about their business image. She lives in Northumberland, UK, with her husband, two small children and a...

How an Artist Navigates Feedback

I can still remember being a student, sitting in critiques where no one was willing to speak up. People seemed to feel there was a right and wrong thing to share their ideas about the art. Now I wonder: were we all more concerned with how we sounded rather than about...