Artists for Joy

Merideth Hite Estevez

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Booking Overview

Artists for Joy is a faith-informed creativity show that explores making art as a spiritually resonant practice for healing and connection. It’s especially valuable for PR professionals looking to book authors, editors, and publishing figures who speak to the intersection of creativity, craft, and purpose.

Metrics

Episodes: 274

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 18.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Merideth Hite Estevez - Juilliard-trained oboist, author, and coach. She helps self-proclaimed artists and the creatively curious discover (or recover) the joy of making, framing creativity as a deeply resonant spiritual ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Authors and publishing professionals (e.g., literary agents, editors), plus coaches/educators and creatives who can articulate a faith-linked spiritual practice of creativity, editing, or writing (often with personal/art-based testimony).
Required Achievements:  
Book publishing credits, Editorial leadership roles (e.g., editorial director/editor), Literary representation experience (literary agent), Published works and/or editorial influence on faith-and-creativity publishing

Recent Guest Discussions

Don Pape - Publishing Career; Shaping Stories; Stewarding A Creative Calling; Creativity In Everyday Rhythms; Faith Framing Of Art; Personal 'thin Place' Experience Connected To Artwork Made By His Granddaughter

Lisa Kloskin - Sacred Work Of Editing; Accompaniment And Care In The Author-editor Relationship; Vulnerability Of Writing; Collaboration And Shaping A Book; Faith And Imagination Through Literature

Recent Topics

Spirituality, Faith, Publishing, Writing, Art

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Artists for Joy
:

274: Through Art's Open Door: Don Pape

July 11, 2026

Literary agent Don Pape joins me for a conversation about a lifetime in the publishing industry, the sacred work of shaping stories, and how creativity shows up in both the books we write and the ordinary rhythms of our everyday lives. Don shares what it really looks like to walk alongside an author as they steward their message from a rough draft to a published work. We explore the tension between the "striving" of the industry and the "stewarding" of a creative calling, and why art is ultim...

Bonus: A Launch-Day Reading from "Art Is How God Loves Us"

July 07, 2026

It's officially launch day! Art Is How God Loves Us: The Sacred Beauty of Created Things is finally out in the world today. To celebrate this milestone with you, I wanted to skip the usual book-launch chatter and invite you straight into the heart of the book itself. In this special bonus episode, I'm reading an excerpt from the introduction.  Whether you consider yourself an artist or simply someone trying to keep a tender heart in a heavy world, this episode is an invitation to stop strivin...

272: Through Art's Open Door: Lisa Kloskin

July 03, 2026

Lisa Kloskin is the Editorial Director at Broadleaf Books and the editor of Art Is How God Loves Us. Lisa  joined me for a delightful conversation about the sacred work of editing. She shares how walking alongside authors through the creative process has become a form of accompaniment, listening, and care.  We explore the vulnerability of writing, collaboration, the art of shaping a book, and the stories that have the power to transform us. Through Art's Open Door, Lisa shares a novel that ha...

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