Arts Entrepreneurship Podcast: Making Art Work

Today we released part 1 of our interview with entrepreneur Alex Farkas. In 2006, he founded UGallery--a curated online gallery offering a unique selection of heirloom-quality artwork from both emerging and established artists.

He studied art history, sculpture, and entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona and launched Ugallery upon graduation. After being part of San Francisco’s vibrant art market for 15 years, Alex packed up and moved to Amsterdam, where he runs the business today. Join us for a better understanding of all that goes into selling art online. https://www.ugallery.com/

This week is part 1 of our interview with serial arts entrepreneur Liz Maugans. She’s a Cleveland-based printmaker whose works are included in the Progressive Art Collection, The Cleveland Clinic, the Dalad Collection, BF Goodrich, the Westin Collection and The Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 2000, and a 2005 Artist-in-Communities Grant. Liz was awarded an Ohio Arts Council’s International Residency to Dresden, Germany in 2009. We hope you'll tune in to hear all about Liz's experiences in founding numerous nonprofits over the past 25+ years. https://www.lizmaugansart.com/

This week is part 1 of our interview with serial arts entrepreneur Liz Maugans. She’s a Cleveland-based printmaker whose works are included in the Progressive Art Collection, The Cleveland Clinic, the Dalad Collection, BF Goodrich, the Westin Collection and The Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 2000, and a 2005 Artist-in-Communities Grant. Liz was awarded an Ohio Arts Council’s International Residency to Dresden, Germany in 2009. We hope you'll tune in to hear all about Liz's experiences in founding numerous nonprofits over the past 25+ years. https://www.lizmaugansart.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Emily Haussler.She’s a director, choreographer, teacher and the founder of RESILIENCE Dance Company—a nonprofit dance company based in St. Louis, MO. Her work centers on building healthier dance communities by equipping dancers with resources for their mental health, physical well being and artistic success. Emily’s choreography draws on contemporary, modern, and improvisational techniques that reflect the contemporary human condition and our relationships to one another. If you want to hear an in-depth account of what it takes to create and maintain a nonprofit, you won’t want to miss this interview!https://www.emilyhaussler.com/ and https://www.resiliencedancecompany.com/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with Emily Haussler.She’s a director, choreographer, teacher and the founder of RESILIENCE Dance Company—a nonprofit dance company based in St. Louis, MO. Her work centers on building healthier dance communities by equipping dancers with resources for their mental health, physical well being and artistic success. Emily’s choreography draws on contemporary, modern, and improvisational techniques that reflect the contemporary human condition and our relationships to one another. If you want to hear an in-depth account of what it takes to create and maintain a nonprofit, you won’t want to miss this interview! https://www.emilyhaussler.com/ and https://www.resiliencedancecompany.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with New York-based fashion designer Gita Omri. She's an Israeli-American fashion designer who focuses on inclusive fashion design for women. Her intensive design process is made doubly rigorous given the range of sizes for which she creates. Gita fits every garment in several measures before the pattern is finally graded for production. Her brand's mission is to reintroduce fashion as a tool to enhance one's confidence and self-esteem—so we hope you'll tune in to hear how Gita uses her creativity and passion to help empower women to "present themselves to the world in their true form with pride, acceptance, and authenticity.https://gitaomri.com/

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with New York-based fashion designer Gita Omri. She's an Israeli-American fashion designer who focuses on inclusive fashion design for women. Her intensive design process is made doubly rigorous given the range of sizes for which she creates. Gita fits every garment in several measures before the pattern is finally graded for production. Her brand's mission is to reintroduce fashion as a tool to enhance one's confidence and self-esteem—so we hope you'll tune in to hear how Gita uses her creativity and passion to help empower women to "present themselves to the world in their true form with pride, acceptance, and authenticity." https://gitaomri.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Eduardo Placer—actor, Story Doula and Founder of Fearless Communicators®. As a global facilitator, Eduardo has led workshops and spoken with groups at HBO, Google, Bank of America- Merrill Lynch, Yale, The Juilliard School, and the Wharton School of Business. His private clients include Industry Leaders, CEO’s of start up companies, UN Diplomats and social activists. Prior to focusing all his energy on Fearless Communicators, he was a professional actor for 15 years, working all over the US in over 38 plays and musicals. If you speak publicly or anticipate you will, this is one podcast you won't want to miss!

This week on the podcast is part one of our interview with Eduardo Placer—actor, Story Doula and Founder of Fearless Communicators®. As a global facilitator, Eduardo has led workshops and spoken with groups at HBO, Google, Bank of America- Merrill Lynch, Yale, The Juilliard School, and the Wharton School of Business. His private clients include Industry Leaders, CEO’s of start up companies, UN Diplomats and social activists. Prior to focusing all his energy on Fearless Communicators, he was a professional actor for 15 years, working all over the US in over 38 plays and musicals. If you speak publicly or anticipate you will, this is one podcast you won't want to miss! https://www.fearlesscommunicators.com/

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with Eddie Tuduri. You may not recognize his name, but we guarantee you’ve heard him perform! Eddie’s career spans 50 years and he’s played drums with many well known bands including The Beach Boys, Dr. John, Ike Turner, Martha Reeves, Steve Perry, Dwight Yoakam and Michael McDonald to name a few. In addition to his performing career, Eddie’s devoted his life to charitable causes and has been given many awards for his contributions to those with disabilities and impoverished children around the world. In 1997, after a life-changing surfing accident, he founded The Rhythmic Arts Project, a nonprofit 501c3 that educates individuals with intellectual and developmental differences by embracing a curriculum that uses rhythm to address life and learning skills as well as reading, writing and arithmetic. We hope you'll join us for our interview with this selfless and inspiring musician.

Eddie shares his inspiring journey of musical mastery and profound humanitarianism that began with a late-night revelation and led to his dedicated support of causes such as Save the Children and UNICEF. It's a narrative that not only spotlights his remarkable benefit concerts but also showcases the true power of selfless acts.

Our conversation takes an emotional turn through the corridors of a hospital ward, where Eddie's impromptu music sessions sparked the birth of The Rhythm Arts Project (TRAP). This initiative blossomed into a therapeutic haven, aiding patients with disabilities through the healing power of rhythm.