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Stephanie Sherratt: Producing Halloween Magic

Sept. 22, 2022

For over a quarter century, Halloween art fans have flocked to Petaluma, CA to collect exquisite pieces from their favorite artists. The original show, Halloween and Vine, has evolved into All Hallow’s Art Fest. In this episode, you’ll meet the...

Stephanie Sherratt: Producing Halloween Magic

Alyssa Thorne: Still Life Storyteller

Sept. 30, 2022

Interweaving her skills in photography, sculpture, writing, design, and history, Alyssa Thorne is creating still life compositions that will transport you to other worlds. Her photographs are heavy with symbolism, rich colors, duality, and...

Laurie Hardin: Smiling Halloween Art

Sept. 27, 2018

Let’s meet artist Laurie Hardin of Monkey-Cats Studio. For over 14 years, Laurie has been creating playful Halloween papier mache figures and paintings. Her work spans from traditional characters like jack o’lanterns, to non-traditional ones like...

Paul Haigh: Fantasy Born of Clay and Fire

June 30, 2023

Enter the fantasy world of Paul Haigh, a chemist turned potter, who creates weird stuff for weird people. His work is a blend of his fascination with horror, mythology, science fiction, and games like Dungeons and Dragons. Ultimately, Paul sees...

Paul Haigh: Fantasy Born of Clay and Fire

Cara Bevan: Gourd Life

July 17, 2019

Listen to this episode to peek behind the vines of gourd life with award-winning gourd artist, Cara Bevan. I saw Cara’s work for the first time at the 2018 North Carolina Gourd Society Arts and Crafts Festival. I was floored to find such a...

Danielle James: Neon – The Brightest Art

Oct. 30, 2022

Artist Danielle James (DJ for short), is conjuring up neon lights in her Durham, NC shop. Under the name Hex Neon, she creates custom work, restorations, and teaches classes. Her shop name and logo were inspired by the hex signs on Pennsylvania Dutc…

Danielle James: Neon – The Brightest Art

David Everett: Spooky Characters for All Seasons

July 13, 2023

Step into the magical world of David Everett, where spooky meets mischievousness. In a strange twist, a man who was scared of skeletons as a boy, now creates them with his sculpting tools. The unique name for his business, Chicken Lips, came from a.…

David Everett: Spooky Characters for All Seasons

Gina Iacovelli: The Modern Legacy of Victorian Hairwork

Sept. 30, 2019

Hairwork is the art of making jewelry and other sentimental objects out of hair. If you like Halloween or history, you’ll start noticing it at oddities shows, incorporated into Halloween art, and at historical museums. In this episode, we meet...

Gina Iacovelli: The Modern Legacy of Victorian Hairwork

Introducing Season 5 of Halloween Art and Travel

June 13, 2023

This is Kristen Stafford, your host of the Halloween Art and Travel Podcast. This is where you get the stories behind some of the best Halloween art being created today. I’m excited to share my 2023 season with you – the 5th season of this...

Introducing Season 5 of Halloween Art and Travel

Introducing Season 6 of Halloween Art and Travel

June 23, 2024

This is Kristen Stafford, your host of the Halloween Art and Travel Podcast. This is your source for the stories behind the Halloween artists and collectors who capture your imagination. I’m excited to share my 2024 season with you – the 6th...

Introducing Season 6 of Halloween Art and Travel

Jeanette Leary: Art Treats for Grownups

Aug. 30, 2022

Jeannette Leary thinks of her art dolls as “little art treats for grownups who don’t ever want to grow up.” When she started Sugar Bright Studio she pictured a colorful candy store, but instead of candy, one filled with bowls of pocket-sized art...

Jorge de Rojas: A Wonderful Life of Halloween

July 23, 2024

Meet paper mâché artist, Jorge de Rojas of HohoHalloween. Halloween has captivated Jorge since childhood and was a key influence in helping him adapt to his new country. His career journey has taken him from make-up and costuming, through a detour...

Jorge de Rojas: A Wonderful Life of Halloween

LeeAnn Kress: Eye Candy Art

Sept. 13, 2023

LeeAnn Kress, is the color loving artist behind Charmed Confections. Her candy shop of sculpted art invokes Willy Wonka, childhood memories, and Halloween magic. She aspires to evoke happiness and nostalgia in her collectors. Details unknown to...

Sheila Bentley: Hags and All Things Halloween

Sept. 13, 2022

Sheila Bentley is creating one-of-a-kind hags, witches, zombies...everything creepy and Halloween. While Sheila will create young hags, her heart really is for more experienced ones. Her motto is the more wrinkles the better. She doesn’t...

Sheila Bentley: Hags and All Things Halloween

Stephanie Hodges: Proprietor of Pizzazz

Aug. 30, 2023

Stephanie Hodge’s journey into running an online shopping experience, Holiday Pizzazz, began with the simple desire to help collectors find their dream pieces. She experienced the supply and demand dilemma in collecting and decided to help fill the.…

Tom Taggart: Making Monsters and Mischief

June 30, 2020

A man of many talents and skills, artist Tom Taggart is creating monsters and myths. Tom has a long list of artistic experience, including comic book covers (including Batman, Swamp Thing, and Doom Patrol), toy fabrication, movie sets, mini-golf...

Tom Taggart: Making Monsters and Mischief

Tracy Mahaffey: Carving Stories in Stone

Oct. 13, 2023

Meet Tracy Mahaffey, a talented stone carver and memorial artist who creates lasting stories in stone using only her hands and simple tools. Out of her studio comes gravestones, memorials, architectural work, and sculptures. Tracy majored in sculptu…