The Creative Push is the informal conversational journal that Learn and Create shares monthly, providing unique news, ideas, and artists’ interviews. It is a place designed to help motivate and inspire anyone interested in growing a creative passion. Here I showcase intimate and diverse artist interviews about people driven with the passion to create.
Artists and makers of all kinds share their personal insight, tips, advice, and compelling knowledge in their processes. They tackle important questions on creativity, growth, and motivation as creatives. Artists, photographers, musicians, writers, and other inspired experts discuss what they create and why it’s important with the intent to motivate others.
Michael Allison is a professional glassblower, jewelry maker, and mixed media artist specializing in narrative sculptures. Living outside of the Nashville area in Joelton, Michael converted the cattle barn on his property into a fully operational glassblowing studio. Here, Michael works with glass, creates mixed media art, and teaches the art of blowing glass. “I’ve…
Phil Ponder is a Nashville watercolor artist known for his hand-painted iconic architectural imagery. Using watercolors and his own mathematical technique his detail-oriented work often represents the subject matter down to the exact number of bricks. With more than 700 paintings under his belt despite becoming an artist after retirement, Phil has built a name…
Ken Means is a master woodcarver, a painter, a bronze artist, and a creator of authentic Pacific Northwest Indian masks. His career success as an artist spans more than 60 years, and today he is respected as a maker of highly detailed carousel animals. Ken considers himself part of a lost art of carvers bringing…
News It’s been a whirlwind of a week! My little sister got married and I have been in Florida for seven days so I am a bit behind. This week I want to share some music from Australian singer-songwriter Katrina Burgoyne who performed at an event I attended here in Nashville. My wonderful friends David…
This week I am taking a break with the artist interviews to be a part of my Sisters wedding but I have a great interview planned for next week! I do want to share some information about an art event that is happening this weekend if you are out doing the art crawl I have…
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