Creative Guts and Mosaic Art Collective hosted the Live Podcast Panel Discussion: Arts + Advocacy on February 22nd and it was awe-inspiring.
Richard Haynes Jr., Artist, Storyteller, Culture Keeper, and Culture Maker; Brenda Noiseux, Activist Artist; and Aimee Terravechia, Executive Director of 603 Equality, discussed the intersection of arts and advocacy, where to start, what it means to show up, their own personal creative practices, and much more. Stay tuned for the recording of this episode in the next few weeks!
A big thank you to our amazing panelist for their perspectives, vulnerability, and powerful ideas.
Thank you to those who joined the live event. We appreciate your questions and energy. You rock!
Thank you to Kennebunk Savings Bank for sponsoring the Creative Guts Podcast! This funding will help us support and archive the diverse arts and culture of NH, through interviewing the creatives who are making our state such a vibrant place.
We are honored that Kennebunk Savings has chosen to support our organization. For over 30 years, Kennebunk Savings has contributed 10% of their annual earnings to local charitable organizations—a total of over $20 million since the program’s inception! Learn more about Kennebunk Savings at https://www.kennebunksavings.com/about/community-promise/.
In late 2025, the Creative Guts team embarked on a strategic planning process and developed a new strategic plan to guide our work for the following three years.
We invite you to dive into that plan here.
Thank you to those who provided feedback on Creative Guts through our planning process. Your input was invaluable in helping shape what comes next for this small but mighty nonprofit!
Due to poor weather, this event was rescheduled to Friday, Mar 27th from 8 pm to 9:30 pm. Here are all the details:
GRANITE GOODNESS, the award-winning podcast highlighting optimism and progress across New England, comes to 3S Artspace on February 20th March 27th for an evening celebrating New Hampshire’s vibrant and fast-growing podcast scene.
Join host Andy DeMeo as he brings together local podcast voices shaping regional dialogue around policy, art, business, creativity, community, and more.
This two-part conversation explores how independent media creators surface ideas, inspire action, and solve real problems across New Hampshire and beyond.
Each segment will run approximately 40 minutes, with a 10-minute intermission. The night kicks off with a performance by local indie-folk favorite Sneaky Miles.
Segment 1 Guests
Gene Martin, Executive Director of NH Fiscal Policy Institute & Host of NH Uncharted
Marissa Emanuele + Emily Briand, Co-hosts, One Quick Thing
Liz Canada, Host, NH Has Issues
Segment 2 Guests
Laura Harper Lake + Becky Barsi, Co-hosts, Creative Guts
Troy Farkas, Executive Producer & Host, Seacoast Stories
Jenn Bakos, Host, Telltalks Northeast
Get your tickets here!
On a recent episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Becky Barsi chat with Jihye Han, a South Korean ceramic artist and educator, as well as the recipient of the 2025 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Jihye’s work centers on cultural memory, identity, and human connection. Our conversation includes the inspiration behind her current moon jar series, the technical process of her ceramics, and how her multicultural background, teaching, and being a parent all inform her creative practice. We also cover what it was like applying to the Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant, and her reaction to learning the news she was the recipient!
View Jihye’s art at www.jihyehanart.com/work. Follow her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/hjhalice.
Learn about the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artist Advancement Grant Exhibit featuring Jihye’s work at 3S Artspace at https://www.3sarts.org/aag-2026.
Explore the 2026 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant at https://www.nhcf.org/.../artist-advancement-grant-program/.
🎧 Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.
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