Episodes: 79
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 30.5k subscribers
Instagram: 148.0k followers
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Wendy Solganik - Artist and podcast host focused on the personal joy, meaning, and sustained practice of making art.
Cathy Watson - Her Progression From Sewing And Scrapbooking Into Mixed Media, Learning Through Fodder School, Creative Routines In Retirement, And Building Local Craft Community.
Emma Hudson - Developing An Art Practice After Medical Retirement, Daily Making, Sketchbooks, Collage, Gel Printing, Embroidery On Paper, And Finding Purpose Through Creative Work.
Tina Lee-Cronkhite - Her Transition From Engineering And Graphic Design To Calligraphy And Mixed Media, The Role Of Guilds And Workshops, And Adapting Teachers' Processes To A Personal Style.
Crystal Marie - Intuitive Collage, Salvaged And Altered Materials, Encaustic Techniques, Professional Art Development, Online Teaching, And Rebuilding A Practice After Mold-related Illness.
Connie Fong - Moving From Lifelong Crafting Into Mixed Media, Developing A Recognizable Visual Style, Paper Dolls And Collage Calendars, And Becoming An Online Art Teacher.
Cathy Watson: From Scrapbooking to Mixed Media in Fodder School’s Global Community
September 07, 2026
Host Wendy Solganik welcomes longtime Fodder Schoolparticipant Cathy Watson, an artist in Christchurch, New Zealand, to discuss Cathy’s creative journey and how the global Fodder School community supports sustained making. Cathy describes growing up with creativity, learning to sew at age 10,loving art at school, and later becoming deeply involved in scrapbooking—working in stores, teaching classes, and navigating limited product access in New Zealand, including reliance on imported supplies ...
Emma Hudson on Showing Up Daily, Fodder School, and Art as Purpose
August 31, 2026
Host Wendy Solganik interviews UK mixed media artist andlongtime Fodder School member Emma Hudson, first discussing the mixed feelings around AI art as a tool that won’t replace human making. Emma shares her path from studying textiles/fashion and working in London—teaching for years in a special needs school and later in a creative nursery team—to focusing on art after medical retirement, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune issues, caregiving for her mother-in-law with Alzheimer’s, and...
Tina Lee-Cronkhite: From Graphic Design & Calligraphy Guilds to Fodder School
August 24, 2026
Host Wendy Solganik interviews longtime Fodder School participant Tina Lee-Cronkhite, an artist in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about her creative path and community. Tina grew up around her mother’s fine art (portraits, oils, landscapes) and shifted from mechanical engineering after a GM supervisor encouraged her to apply to the Center for Creative Studies, where she studied graphic design and later worked at ad agencies doing print design before the digital era. She became deeply involved in cal...
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