The Spark File with Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien
Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien
Your one stop shop for creative ideas and inspiration. Sign up for our newsletter HERE. Each week on The Spark File podcast, Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien reach into their spark files and share stories, ideas and fascinations to ignite your imagination. Obsessed with creativity, Blackwell and Camien also talk with artists and makers, movers and shakers who have taken the spark of inspiration and fanned it into a flame. Hear from inspiring creatives like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Bareilles, Eric Stonestreet, Jonathan Groff, Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, Zachary Quinto, Leslie Odom Jr, Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Billy Eichner, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Karen Olivo, Sutton Foster, Michael R. Jackson and many more about their passions and their failures, their inspirations and their aspirations. Refill your creative fish pond with new ideas and fresh perspectives. Listen, then take it and make it! Learn more at thesparkfile.com.
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May 18, 2020 • 1h 23min
Creativity Sparks: Golden Repair + Vedem
Two fresh new sparks of creativity -- first, a look at how the art of golden repair, Kintsugi, might give us proper perspective on our collective scars as we heal our broken world. And, the story of Vedem, an act of creative resistance and resilience, offers a glimpse into how art just might help us survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2020 • 52min
Makers: Bobby Lopez + Kristen Anderson-Lopez: Conscious Dialogue, 'Leadership Skills' + Changing Your Choice
This week on The Spark File Makersode, because there is no better duo to laugh, cry and talk shop with than Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Dare you to find a more talented and free flowing creative team than these two. On Part One, find out how they found their own voices, and each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2020 • 1h 27min
Creativity Sparks: The Show Must Go On...line + Making a Difference
In this week's sparks of creativity episode, Susan shares a glimpse into The Show Must Go On...line mindset that allowed Orange County School of the Art's production of Now.Here.This to continue despite the recent closures and cancellations. Plus, Laura gives appreciation to all the educators out there, holding it all together, including a shout out to her Kansas State University. Thanks to Taylor Mali for the always timeless reminder of what teachers contribute to us all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 7, 2020 • 47min
Makers: Heidi Blickenstaff Part 2: Growing a Pair, Discovering New Passions and Making a Difference
Part two of Susan and Laura's conversation with Heidi Blickenstaff digs deeper into the spark that inspired her to create GenZStayHome, and how she fanned it into a flame that has now become the bonfire called Broadway Because. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 4, 2020 • 1h 32min
Creativity Sparks: Ode to USPS + Kittens on a Blanket
This week, Susan and Laura share some recent sparks of creativity that have inspired them while the world is upside down. First, an ode to the beauty of handwritten letters and the USPS for delivering them, plus, ideas for making a day at home special and meaningful, including the joy of kittens on a blanket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2020 • 34min
Makers: Heidi Blickenstaff Part 1: Soft Clothes, NY Pride + New Creative Projects
Susan and Laura talk with dear friend Heidi Blickenstaff, who perfectly puts into words the benefits of continual learning, curiosity and creative growth. She shares the origin story of her Broadway debut in The Full Monty, as well as her latest passion -- producing. Her GenZStayHome project has been a labor of love and is just the tip of the iceburg...Tune in next week for Part 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2020 • 1h 46min
Creativity Sparks: Creative Limitations + Like a Boss
In this week's episode, Laura and Susan explore the idea of Creative Limitation, and how constraints can lead to liberation, plus, tips on how to approach your work from home routine to have you feeling Like a Boss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 23, 2020 • 37min
Makers: Erika Henningsen Part 2: White Knuckling Creativity, Unlearning + Embracing Ease
In part 2 of Susan and Laura's conversation with actress/activist Erika Henningsen focuses on doing double duty of delivering on interpretive work and weaving the gentle thread of activism through every experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2020 • 1h 31min
Creativity Sparks: The Captain's Log + Bill Withers
This week on The Spark File, if you're feeling the need to be the master of your fate / the captain of your soul, The Captain's Log just might inspire you to get behind the (ship's) wheel! Plus, Bill Withers, a man very much in charge of his own destiny, took a most fascinating journey through the music business and beyond, leaving us with the most wonderful gifts to listen to on this lovely day. lovely day. lovely day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020 • 42min
Makers: Erika Henningsen: Part 1: Giant Megaphones, Neutral Principles, and Activism
Back before the quarentine, Susan and Laura had the opportunity to cozy up with Erika Henningsen, of Mean Girls the Musical on Broadway fame. Erika shares her passion to use her mega-megaphone for good -- from registering people to vote, and increasing literacy rates, to helping teen girls find their footing in the ever-shifting social landscape and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
