Creative Guts March News!

For the sixth year, Creative Guts invites creatives to participate in an international tiny art exchange. Participants will create an original piece of tiny art (5” x 7” or smaller, in any ratio) to mail to an address we supply from another participant. Everyone will send a piece of art and receive a piece of art from another creative in the world. This is a great way to connect, be inspired, and show us your creative guts!

The Tiny Art Exchange is free to join. While there is no fee to participate, you are welcome to make a suggested donation of $5 or more to Creative Guts here.

If you’d like to participate:

1. Sign up here through our Google form by Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

2. Create an original piece of art, no larger than 5” x 7”. Feel free to sign it and include your social media handles, website, or business card! You will receive a name and address from Creative Guts by Tuesday April 7, 2026, via email.

3. Mail your artwork to the address provided by Saturday, April 11, 2026.

4. You should receive artwork from another participant in the following weeks. If you do not receive a piece of art by Saturday, April 25th, please email us so we can investigate.

5. If you are on social media, we encourage you to share the art you receive! Please tag us and use the hashtag #CreativeGutsExchange in your post so we can see what you got!

Questions? Contact us at hello@CreativeGutsPodcast.com and learn more at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

t’s time to reveal the winner of the 2026 Creative Guts Sticker Contest: Lindsay Middleton!

Lindsay’s fierce and fun design is beautifully illustrated using our brand colors, making it a great addition to our collection. We so excited to start sticking it everywhere!

Want this sticker for your own collection? Make a donation to Creative Guts, $10 or more, and we’ll send you this sticker as a thanks! Donate here.

Check out more of Lindsay’s work at www.instagram.com/queenofbeeeees.

Thank you to all who submitted to the contest. We appreciate the time and guts it takes to enter your work.

Do you own a business or work for a company that cares about the arts community and wants to give back? We’re actively seeking sponsors for the 2026 Creative Guts Short Film Festival, an event that celebrates the creativity, voice, and collaboration of filmmakers. Creatives of all backgrounds and at any stage in their filmmaking journey are encouraged to submit.

This will be our third year hosting the festival, which was a sold out event last year! It is our highest-attended, largest event of the year. From renting the theater and printing costs to stipends for our jurors and prizes for filmmakers, this event is our most costly to produce. Sponsorships for the festival will directly support the cost of the event and the mission of Creative Guts.

By sponsoring the Film Festival you’ll not only help make this program possible, but you’ll also show your support for local creatives and enrich our community through the arts.

Reach out to Laura@creativegutspodcast.com to discuss sponsorship levels and questions.

GRANITE GOODNESS, the award-winning podcast highlighting optimism and progress across New England, comes to 3S Artspace on March 27th for an evening celebrating New Hampshire’s vibrant and fast-growing podcast scene.

Creative Guts will be a part of the conversation that explores how independent media creators surface ideas, inspire action, and solve real problems across New Hampshire and beyond. This is going to be so much fun!

Get your tickets here!

In this special live episode of Creative Guts, recorded in partnership with Mosaic Art Collective, we gather a panel of artists, organizers, and advocates to talk about something that feels especially urgent right now: the role of the arts in shaping our communities here in New Hampshire.

Joining the discussion are Portsmouth artist Richard Haynes, Jr., activist mixed-media artist Brenda Noiseux, and Aimee Terravechia, Executive Director of 603 Equality and co-founder of the New Hampshire Cultural Review. Together we unpack the opportunities and challenges facing artists in the Granite State, the narratives shaping how communities value the arts, and the small but meaningful actions creatives can take to support advocacy without burning out.

Moderated by Creative Guts co-host Joe Acone, this conversation leans into the messy, honest reality of advocacy work. Ideas are explored in real time, questions are left open, and the panel invites all of us to think a little more deeply about what it means to support the arts in our communities.

🎧 Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

Thank you to Kennebunk Savings Bank for sponsoring the Creative Guts Podcast!

Want to help Creative Guts make amazing things like the above stories happen? Your donation, no matter the size, will go a long way and have a great impact on the arts in our community. Support our work today!

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