Art is more than a creative outlet or something to study in art history. Art is a catalyst for self-improvement, a tool for understanding the human spirit, and a way to find your path. Through reflections, art conversations, and in-depth explorations of artworks, this podcast might just change your life.
Join your host, Cindy Ingram—the founder of Art Class Curator, the Curated Connections Library, and the Art and Self Connection Circle—as she dives into deep conversation with podcast guests centered around the life-giving connection found in works of art.
Art and Self is both an art and a self development podcast about using art as a way to find your truth, know yourself, and discover the path you were meant to walk in life. Remember, the most important part of an artwork is you.
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Geeking Out About Art Philosophy (Part 2) with Dr. Kate Wurtzel
After episode 117 with Kate Wurtzel, we realized we had been looking at a cropped image, and because of this we had more to say! In this episode, we have a blast geeking out about art philosophy, the idea of the artist as genius, the artist as a healer, following...
Word of the Year Update #6: Giving Myself Permission to Fully Listen to the Call to Create
This week I've gotten the delightful experience to witness the joy of creation through my 13-year-old daughter. That, plus my musing on the book Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, have made me think more about the ways in which I am not following my own advice and...
Surviving Uncertainty and How to Pull It All Together with the Arts with Amanda Koonlaba
Amanda Koonlaba is a blogger and art teacher who has been running her blog “Party in the Art Room” for more than a decade. In this episode, Amanda and Cindy discuss One Woman Show by Celeste Rapone through our lenses as mothers, educators, and creatives. As former art...
Word of the Year Update #5 – The Benefits of Knowing Yourself Plus Being on the Other Side of the Artist/Viewer Equation
I've been talking about it for a while, but I'm finally sharing my painting I made! In this episode, I talk about the vulnerable process of sharing and creating this painting as well as what benefits I get from knowing myself better. Here's my painting! Links...
How to Examine Our Stories and Release Patterns That No Longer Serve Us with Dr. Charryse Johnson
Daniel Popper's Chasm is one of my favorite works of art as there are sooooo many rich, personal connections to be found. I was delighted Dr. Charryse Johnson, therapist and author of Expired Mindsets: Releasing Patterns That No Long Serve You Well (affiliate link),...
How to Partner with Your Body and Spirit to Make Art with Dr. Kate Wurtzel
In this episode, We flip the script on the podcast this week as my guest, Dr. Kate Wurtzel, chooses and presents the art choices. t was so fun to have it flipped on me, and the artworks she chose are right up my alley. I absolutely loved this delicious conversation...
Word of the Year Update #4 – How to Conquer the Need to Be Perfect by Creating Garbage
In this episode, I talk about how I am working to overcome my perfectionism in my art, writing, and business--taking inspiration from Simone Seol's Garbage Post Challenge (Joyful Marketing Podcast Episode #160) and Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts" (in her book Bird...
Capturing Essence and the Duality of Old and New with Kelly Ferguson
In this episode, photographer Kelly Ferguson and I discuss the artwork Desire by Miss Meatface aka Kat Toronto. This artwork captures the complexities of identity in a single photograph. In the conversion, we discuss the layers of influence a person goes through as...
How the Energy of Horses Breaks You Open To Reveal Your True Self With Lyn Carpenter
There are moments in life that you walk away from forever changed. One of the most magical, forever changed moments in my life happened thanks to my guest today, Lyn Carpenter. Lyn is an Equine Gestaltist who helps women discover their authentic selves and recover...