Growing up between Ireland and Italy, Vittoria studied painting in Rome’s L’Accademia di Belle Arti, trained as an Opera singer in Tuscany, and then continued in the performing arts at Dublin’s world-famous Gaiety School of Acting.
After a hurricane of a career in advertising, my guest Daiga Atvara is enjoying creative solitude and focusing her energy on explorations of natural pigments.
“I myself am differently abled and it has left me with both physical and mental scars. There are points in my life where I felt ashamed of my differences, but now I am starting to come to peace with myself” — Rose Brawn
I’ve been following Chelsea’s seed pods art since the beginning, her work is absolutely enchanting! She’s being called a Queen of Seed Pods – rightfully so. To this day, I haven’t seen anything like this in the global art scene.
Back in September 2021, Kristin along with Tiffany Goff Smith (@southerngals_designs) and DeeDee Catron (@deedeecatron) created The Ugly Art Club as a safe place for all creatives to be who they are and be supported by others.
“…I actually went to a basement in Savannah, Georgia when I was doing research on my own family. And all the black records are in the basement and all the white records are up in the courthouse. And the black records are falling apart and they’re moldy…” – Cheryl Ehlers
“…I had a mentor, an art teacher who was very influential in my life. And he’s the one who said to me, “You cannot call yourself an artist just because you’re going to school and doing things. You cannot call yourself an artist unless you always have something you are working on.” I was 15, and that really stuck with me up to these days.” — Bea Gold