The CraftSanity Podcast

CraftSanity is a place to escape the daily grind and renew your creative spirit through interviews with creative people.

Arts Crafts Visual Arts

Update frequency: every 15 days
Average duration: 65 minutes
Episodes: 233
Years Active: 2006 - 2025

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CraftSanity #231: Dear Art Students with Rhiannan Sibbald

Rhiannan Sibbald, a Grand Rapids based illustrator and muralist, shares how she got her start, how to break into public art, mural tips, and how to get paid for your work! Zines! Zines! Zines! You c…

01:00:28 | Mon 17 Feb 2025

CraftSanity #230: Dear Art Students with Sean Dempsey

Sean is a self-published comic artist and illustrator who travels all over the Midwest for indie comic and small press shows. Sean shares some tabling tips, how he balances illustration with a non-ar…

00:49:33 | Sun 09 Feb 2025

CraftSanity #229: Dear Art Students with Julia Kaye

Julia Kaye, a cartoonist and storyboard artist, has two graphic novels. She is known for her “UP and OUT” gag webcomic and her autobiographical comics.

01:03:38 | Sun 02 Feb 2025

CraftSanity #228: Dear Art Students with Connie Jin

Connie Jin is an interactive developer/designer, comics journalist, and illustrator. Connie shares their journey with art, how to balance the creative workloads of a day job and a passion project, ge…

00:55:45 | Sun 26 Jan 2025

CraftSanity #227: Dear Art Students with Genice Chan

Genice is a freelance visual development artist and illustrator known for her concept art for the Netflix anime series “Brand New Animal.”

01:01:41 | Sun 19 Jan 2025

CraftSanity #226: Dear Art Students with David Huang

David Huang, a metalsmith who makes vessels and jewelry, has a unique approach to financing a studio art career.

01:10:53 | Sun 12 Jan 2025

CraftSanity #225: Dear Art Students with Lou Tsui

Lou Tsui is an illustrator, designer, and the artist in residence at CopyCat Studio, a risograph and artist retail space they opened in 2024. They are based in Vancouver, B.C. and have a cat baby nam…

00:53:15 | Mon 06 Jan 2025

Coming Soon: "Dear Art Students" Series

Coming soon: Series of podcasts interviews with artists giving advice to art students.

Fri 03 Jan 2025

CraftSanity #224: 6.19.20 Dano Wall

In honor of Juneteenth, the day that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., I’m posting my conversation with Dano Wall, the artist who created the Tubman Stamp that allows the likeness of America…

Sat 20 Jun 2020

CraftSanity #223: 7.21.19 Diana Weymar

Artist and activist Diana Weymar discusses how was one of many artists who took note of President Trump’s “stable genius” pronouncement and got inspired to create a stitching project that has include…

Mon 22 Jul 2019

CraftSanity #222: 4.14.19 Dayna Walton

Making a living as an artist can be tricky with the cost of art school on the rise and lucrative art jobs hard to find. Despite this challenging backdrop, Dayna Walton, a 21-year-old Grand Rapids art…

Mon 15 Apr 2019

CraftSanity #221: 2.23.19 Liz Hilton

Liz Hilton discusses her 3D knit products she makes at her KNITit studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sat 23 Feb 2019

CraftSanity #220: 1.1.19 Beryl Bartkus

Learn how Beryl Bartkus created meaningful work for her daughter, Erin, and others with developmental disabilities.

Wed 02 Jan 2019

CraftSanity #219: 10.23.18 Amos Kennedy

On this episode of the podcast I geek out about wood type and paper and ink with letterpress printmaker Amos Kennedy, owner and chief printer at Kennedy Prints in Detroit.

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Wed 24 Oct 2018

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