#The100DayProject: Explore Your Creativity

By Lindsay Jean Thomson

#The100DayProject is a free, global art movement. Every spring, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of exploring their creativity and sharing their process online. Find out more at the100dayproject.org.

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#The100DayProject with Andy J. Pizza

#The100DayProject: Explore Your CreativityMay 19, 2019

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#The100DayProject with Andy J. Pizza

Andy J. Pizza is an American illustrator, podcaster, and public speaker. You may also know him as the founder of the much-loved podcast, Creative Pep Talk podcast. In this episode, Andy shares his boundless enthusiasm and lays down some wisdom on:

reciprocity in creative work
the key to finding your creative voice
working it out in the work
how your art can make a bigger impact

This podcast is sponsored by Going Graphic. Going Graphic specializes in logo design, print design, and marketing including social media management, email marketing, blog writing, and more. For a free consultation, visit goinggraphic.com and mention #The100DayProject.

May 19, 201937:43

#The100DayProject with Hope Meng

Hope Meng is a graphic designer and branding studio founder with a focus on typography and lettering. In this episode, we talk about how to bring your different interests together (a big theme this season, lots of multi-passionate creatives!), sustaining long-term projects, and how to prioritize your project.

May 13, 201927:59

#The100DayProject with Nkechi Deanna Njaka

Nkechi is a talented multi-hyphenate – neuroscientist, mindfulness expert, choreographer. It's actually one of the reasons I invited her on the show. As a creative person with many interests, how do you bring them all together? Especially at this point in the project where it's not uncommon to lose a little steam (or maybe a lot of steam), how do you draw deeper?

Elle says that this is when the project really starts – when you get bored, when you run out of ideas, when you have no idea how to continue – what do you do then? How do you show up for the things that really matter to you?

Where to find Nkechi online:

May 05, 201930:57

#The100DayProject with Adam J. Kurtz + Robyn Kanner

Adam and Robyn are hilarious and insightful and we cover so much in this episode – how to create space to be yourself, higher powers, hoodies, Instagram culture, and more.

About Adam + Robyn:

Adam J. Kurtz (aka ADAMJK) is an artist and author. His books including 1 Page at a Time have been translated into over a dozen languages and his “very personal” work for clients like Facebook and Urban Outfitters has been featured in the New Yorker, VICE, Adweek and more. His latest book, Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives is a handwritten essay collection that digs into the emotional realities of being any type of modern day creative person.

Robyn Kanner is a storyteller with a focus in writing and design. Her writing on culture has appeared The New York Times, The Atlantic, Broadly, The Cut, and others. She’s led product design at Amazon and Etsy. In 2014, Robyn founded MyTransHealth to ease frustrating challenges trans people face finding quality healthcare. In 2018, she released Friends With Secret s. Robyn’s work has been featured in TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Verge, Business Insider, and Vox, to name a few.

Apr 28, 201901:01:35

#The100DayProject with Windy Chien

Windy Chien is best known for her 2016 work, The Year Of Knots, in which she learned a new knot every day for a year. Her work ranges in size from a knot that can fit in the palm of a child's hand to majestic, room-sized installations that are sought after by private collectors. Following long careers at Apple and in the music industry, she launched her studio in 2015. Select clients include IBM, the Four Seasons, and the National Geographic Society, and her work has been covered by Wired, The New York Times and Martha Stewart. In 2017, Facebook acquired an edition of The Year of Knots. Windy’s book about her work will be published by Abrams in 2019.

In this episode, Windy and Lindsay talk about what makes a good long-form project, how to define success for yourself and your project, and more.

Apr 22, 201927:11

#The100DayProject with Musician + Dancer Zang

Aside from roller skating the treacherous streets of Los Angeles, Zang splits his time between performing Salsa at dance festivals across the world, and his day job as guitarist, producer, and music-video director in the American alt-pop group MAGIC GIANT. The band has played festivals such as Coachella, made TV appearances including The Today Show, broken the top 25 on the US Alternative Chart, and was named one of “10 Artists You Need to Know” by Rolling Stone. In this episode, Zang and Lindsay talk about the ebbs and flows of collaboration, how to "kill your darlings," and why it's totally okay to make something bad at first.

Apr 14, 201925:38

#The100DayProject with Writer + Activist Virgie Tovar

Virgie Tovar is an author, activist, and one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is the founder of Babecamp, a 4-week online course designed to help women who are ready to break up with diet culture. She started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight and in 2018 gave a TedX talk on the origins of the campaign. She is a contributor for Forbes and pens a weekly column called Take the Cake on Ravishly.com. Tovar edited the anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion (Seal Press, November 2012) and The Feminist Press published her manifesto, You Have the Right to Remain Fat (August 2018). Her new book, FLAWLESS: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color, comes out in March 2020 from New Harbinger.

In this episode, Virgie and Lindsay talk about how to get comfortable being visible and taking up space, why creative work is deeply spiritual, and how to "punch up" your work.

Apr 06, 201935:22

#The100DayProject with Artist + Author Elle Luna

Elle is a painter, designer, author of The Crossroads of Should and Must, and co-author of Your Story is Your Power: Free Your Feminine Voice. You may also know her from her many years of facilitating #The100DayProject. In this episode, Elle and Lindsay talk about the history of the project, why Elle is passing the baton, creative collaboration, and a new kind of leadership.

Mar 30, 201935:48