I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists

Leah Triplett is a curator and writer, currently serving as the Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). Her writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. As an independent curator, she has organized projects for Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston University Art Galleries, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, and others. She taught critical writing in the painting and sculpture MFA programs at Boston University from 2021 to 2023. She is the 2024 Mary Ann Unger Estate Fellow, researching the artist’s late 1970s and early 1980s works.   "As a curator and writer, I consider the convergence of craft, performance, new media, materiality, and globalism, using Feminist theory as a framework for my exhibition-making and publishing projects."     LINKS:   www.instagram.com/leah_triplett         I Like Your Work Links: Sign up for the free class, Do It Afraid - Planning Your Creative 2025: https://theworksmembership.com/freeclass-register-q1/ Thank you to our sponsors:    Doubworks: https://www.doubworks.com/ Use code LIKE for 20% off of any order of Belgian Linen by the yard.    NYC Crit Club Canopy Program:  https://www.nyccritclub.com/  Applications for the Canopy Program close January 12   Create Magazine: https://www.createmagazine.co/call-for-art Deadline is February 1   https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/community   Apply for a residency at Chautauqua Visual Arts: Chautauqua Visual Arts   Join the Works Membership! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

Welcome to a brand-new year of creativity, inspiration, and fearless action! In this episode, I dive into the transformative power of “doing it afraid.” Whether you’re starting a new project, setting ambitious creative goals, or facing the ever-present inner critic, this episode will guide you toward embracing fear as a motivator rather than a barrier. I share actionable tips to help you kickstart your creative year with clarity, momentum, and confidence—even if fear is along for the ride. Plus, don’t miss the sneak peek into my upcoming free class, Do It Afraid - Planning Your Creative 2025, happening January 22! Learn how to plan meaningful, courageous goals for the year and create a personalized action plan to achieve them. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: How to reframe fear as a sign that your work matters. The power of small, consistent actions to build momentum. How to identify and break down creative goals that stretch and excite you. Details about Erika’s free class on January 22 to help you plan your most creative year yet. Links and Resources Mentioned:  Sign up for the free class, Do It Afraid - Planning Your Creative 2025: https://theworksmembership.com/freeclass-register-q1/  Follow Erika on Instagram for more creative inspiration: @ilikeyourworkpodcast and @erikabhess Quick Action for Listeners: Write down one creative goal for 2025 and the smallest possible step you can take toward it. Share it with Erika on Instagram or during the class on January 22 for a chance to connect and celebrate your progress together! Follow and Subscribe: Never miss an episode of I Like Your Work! Follow the show and leave a review to support fellow creatives!    

On this week's mini episode I'm talking about why it's so important to jump first into your creativity even when you're scared.  I Like Your Work Links:    https://theworksmembership.com/freeclass-register-q1/     https://www.thisamericanlife.org/837/transcript       Thank you to our sponsors:    Doubworks: https://www.doubworks.com/ Use code LIKE for 20% off of any order of Belgian Linen by the yard.    NYC Crit Club Canopy Program:  https://www.nyccritclub.com/  Applications for the Canopy Program close January 12   https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/community   Apply for a residency: https://www.chq.org/  Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

Hillary Waters Fayle is an artist and Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she directs the fiber/textile program. She has taught embroidery and textile workshops around the world and is an alumna of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s Artist Residency Program. Her work is in the permanent collections of the AKG Museum in Buffalo, NY, Grace Farms Foundation in New Canaan, CT, the United States Embassy to Sri Lanka, Colombo, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium and is on view at the US Embassies in Algiers, Algeria and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Recent professional projects and publications include collaborations with Domestika, L'Occitane en Provance and the New York Botanical Garden. "My work brings together materials and processes that express the union of humanity and the physical world, most often textile traditions in collaboration with botanical material. The deep historical and lived experience we have with cloth echoes our connection to the botany all around us-both are entwined with our evolution and survival, and they are now so completely integrated into our lives, that they become nearly invisible. Both flora and cloth represent powerful and symbolic connections to place, time, people and our past. Whether stitching, drawing, planting seeds, or harvesting, my hands echo the gestures made by thousands of hands over thousands of years and I feel connected to the lineage of people working with textiles, plants and the land. Stitching, like horticulture, can be functional-- a technical solution to join materials/a means of survival-- or, both can be done purely in service of the soul, lifting the spirit through beauty and wonder." LINKS: www.hillarywfayle.com   @hillary.waters     I Like Your Work Links: Thank you to our sponsors:    Doubworks: https://www.doubworks.com/ Use code LIKE for 20% off of any order of Belgian Linen by the yard.    NYC Crit Club Canopy Program:  https://www.nyccritclub.com/  Applications for the Canopy Program close January 12   Create Magazine: https://www.createmagazine.co/call-for-art Deadline is February 1   https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/community   Apply for a residency at Chautauqua Visual Arts: Chautauqua Visual Arts   Join the Works Membership! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram