Sustaining Craft
The stories of those making a living with their art, craft, or passion.
Displaying all 5 Episode of Sustaining Craft with the tag “career”.
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Episode 20: Hannah Allen: Putting Petal to the Metal
November 29th, 2019 | Season 2 | 35 mins 53 secs
arkansas, art, art stories, business, career, central arkansas, little rock, professional artist, storytelling
Hannah Allen learned a hard lesson in college, and she dropped out twice before earning her degree on the third try. Now, with Petal to the Metal Floristry, she helps brides with floral arrangements for their weddings, offering affordability without compromising quality. It's a path that has its roots in her childhood, as the flower girl at her mother's friends' weddings. But it took her a few detours to get there.
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Episode 19: Michael Eubanks: Using Art to Combat Fear
November 6th, 2019 | Season 2 | 54 mins 57 secs
arkansas, art, art stories, business, career, central arkansas, little rock, mental health, musician, professional artist, saxophonist, social worker, storytelling, sustaining craft, veteran, vocalist
Art and music helped Michael Eubanks as a kid when he struggling to make friends and talk to others. When he sang, his stutter didn’t matter. And although he left his saxophone behind for a few years, it found him again, especially when he was unexpectedly back in the United States after fifteen years in the military, due to a reduction in strength, as they call a military downsizing.
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Episode 18: Jessica and Justin Crum: Proving That Creative Careers Are Possible (But Difficult)
September 3rd, 2019 | Season 2 | 48 mins 9 secs
arkansas, art, art stories, business, career, central arkansas, little rock, professional artist, storytelling
She was an outgoing, young single mother. He was a shy script writer. They bonded over trips to the farmer's market after church and then experienced their first kiss in a cemetery. Now, Jessica and Justin Crum, married for ten years, are forging their careers in graphic design and film making in rural Arkansas. They want to reveal that creative careers don't need a backup plan.
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Episode 17: Matthew Castellano: Building Community Through Art
February 27th, 2019 | Season 2 | 48 mins 56 secs
arkansas, art, art stories, business, career, central arkansas, little rock, professional artist, storytelling
There are some unexpected parallels between skateboarding and art -- including discipline, skill, community and the huge amounts of risk. Matthew Castellano has found both to be connected throughout his life as he grew up in Florida and then when he moved to Little Rock, where he curates Gallery 360, a space designed to bring people together.
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Episode 16: Kathryn LeMaster: Using the Unseen to Craft a Home
January 21st, 2019 | Season 2 | 53 mins 26 secs
arkansas, business, career, central arkansas, design, entrepreneur, little rock, storytelling
Kathryn LeMaster didn't know that interior design was an actual job until she found it in her college's catalogue. She'd grown up on a construction site, helping her parents build the family home, and loved the idea of helping others build and utilize their own space through function and storytelling.