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Margo chats with the beautiful, colorful, and wildly creative Dayle Bennett. Dayle hails from Baltimore Maryland and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She has Bachelor of Arts in fiber/textiles and color theory from Towson University and attended post grad studies at the Portfolio Center where she studied design and art direction and has left her mark […]

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November 12, 2020

12 | Make, inspire, share, & add glitter. How standing for who you can be can be the most rewarding with Dayle Bennett.

Margo chats with a dear friend, Contemporary Artist and Author, Lynn Whipple. Lynn is deeply grateful to live her life as an artist. Play and discovery are her dearest and most constant companions. There are a zillion tiny challenges in each art making experience and she often finds, just as many victories. Lynn and her […]

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November 9, 2020

11 | Keeping your art practice, fun, meaningful & relevant. Reflections on a fab colorful career with Lynn Whipple

Margo meets a dear friend and mentor in her windowsill, Ingrid Liss. Ingrid is the VP of Product Development & Design at Ganz Midwest CBK – one of the largest wholesale gift holiday and home decor companies in the United States. With over 28 years in the industry and extensive experience in product design and […]

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October 27, 2020

10 | From the trenches- Best ideator ever, Ingrid Liss shares what makes designing product really tick. Plus some unbelievable true tales!

Mati Rose McDonough joins the Windowsill to talk all about her journey from legal assistant, to artist, to teaching art, and mentoring. Mati (pronounced Matey, like Ahoy!) is an artist and daring adventurer.  After wanting to be an artist for many years, but feeling like it was “impractical,” at 29 years Mati took the leap […]

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October 20, 2020

09 | Be willing to say yes. To your ideas, to collaboration, and to your own success with Mati Rose McDonough.

Margo takes to her virtual Windowsill to chat with THE Gary McNatton. In simplicity, the best way to describe Gary is the nose that knows, as for him, every scent tells a story. After studying art history and psychology at Vanderbilt University, Gary lived in Chicago and Los Angeles but now resides in Marin County. […]

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October 14, 2020

08 | The Visionary’s Visionary; on staying true to your creative ideals with Gary McNatton

Meeting Margo on her windowsill today is Eulalia Mejia. Eulalia is an illustrator, graphic designer and mixed media artist living in the rural mountains of Colombia. Eulalia’s painterly illustrations are a well balanced mix between traditional and digital mediums, ranging from watercolors, gouache, acrylics and collage to Illustrator, Photoshop and Procreate. Having the ability to […]

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October 6, 2020

07 | Finding a Way to be Creative is Always Worth It, Even When You Question Yourself. Conversations from Colombia with Eulalia Meija.

On this episode, Margo speaks with Illustrator and Fine Artist, Kate Endle. Kate has been illustrating professionally for over twenty five years, but art has been her main focus since her toddler years. In 1995 she moved to Seattle to pursue her art career and her early illustration work, rendered in a painterly graphic style, […]

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September 30, 2020

06 | Collect, Notice, Appreciate, Inspire. Getting yourself in front of your people with Kate Endle.

#005: Margo sits down (in person!) with the one and only, Shauna Ahern. Shauna is not only a dear friend of Margo’s but she’s also an extremely creative and amazing writer. She has a massive heart, a fascinating curiosity, and holds many titles – mom, teacher, one of the first people to write about gluten […]

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September 24, 2020

05 | From Gluten Free to Being Enough. How challenges define our path and lead to sharing with a generous heart with Shauna Ahern

Joining Margo in her windowsill today is Misha Zadeh Graham. Misha sketches, paints, and collages from her home studio in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, overlooking the Puget Sound. She is the founder of Turquoise Creative, whose unique line of handmade, cut-paper greeting cards and letterpress note cards debuted at the 2002 National Stationery Show and were […]

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September 21, 2020

04 | When the Expectation is Doctor, Lawyer, or Engineer, and you want to be an Artist with Misha Zadeh Graham

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