This episode has nothing to do with sport - please don’t worry ;)

I sat down with George Eghator and we spoke about hustle culture, the freedom of discipline, support circles and the difficulty of stepping away from collaborations.

Sometimes, it’s hard to take your own advice. Five years ago at an online Creative Rebels event I advised George to take his projects solo. It took me two years to finally take this podcast solo after my co host bowed-out.

It was great to chat to George about his journey and I hope you’ll take something away from listening.

Find George on insta: https://www.instagram.com/georgeonsports/?hl=en

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The people you meet will change your life.

As an introvert, I wish it wasn’t the case… but that networking event that you don’t want to go to or that email that you don’t want to send could be thing that changes everything

This weeks guest is Rosie Woods.

Rosie travels the world making art. Her career is a tapestry of establishing connections, exploring ideas and following her curiosity.

I’m proud to have played a small part in Rosie’s career. She became my first ever apprentice about a decade ago. Rosie was curious about spraypaint so emailed for some pointers. That email turned into a four year apprenticeship. Now, she’s one of the world’s most recognised street artists!

Every artists journey is different but after doing hundreds of interviews for this show I’ve noticed some universal truths;

The successful artists are the ones that keep going. They find their style by following their curiosity. Opportunities follow them because they take chances and put themselves out there.

You can find more of Rosie's work here: http://instagram.com/itsrosiewoods

Zoë Allen is founder of Artistic Statements - essentially she puts art into spaces. Zoë is great at talking about getting your work seen and communicating with people about it, whatever that may be.

The wonderful thing about working with someone like Zoë, is that you can just be an artist. We need curators, we need cheerleaders and we need people who will empower us to focus on making our best work.

With this show I’ll always try to bring you different voices from all over the map and I think discussions like this one with Zoë are important; to demystify the processes that artists have to go through when getting work commissioned.

Send Zoë your portfolio - zoe@artisticstatements.co.uk

Check out her website https://www.artisticstatements.co.uk/

Zoë’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/artisticstatements/