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Art Pays Me

The Art Pays Me Podcast is a series of informal conversations between successful creatives of diverse backgrounds with Duane. Duane asks guests about the work they're known for and how they got their start to explore the many ways possible to make a living off of art. 

Dec 13, 2021

Musician and writer Cadence Weapon discusses his approach to making songs and how his obsession with rap guided him early on. We also talked about becoming more politically engaged to influence change in society, why Houston is the Edmonton of the South and Dave Chappelle’s The Closer.

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Dec 1, 2021

KTheChosen is a Zimbabwe born hip-hop artist and activist based in Calgary Alberta. We talked about his music, activism, the importance of knowing what you care about most in the creative process and crediting collaborators for their roles.

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Nov 17, 2021

Rapid fire conversations with new Craft Nova Scotia members, Adam McNamara of Acadian Mushrooms, Jessie Marshall of Jessie Louise Design, Jennifer McDonald of Vivid Vision Bags, Funmi Odeniyi of Michnat Fashion and Peter and Luci Wile of LuPe Leather who will all be participating in the Craft Nova Scotia Winter...


Nov 8, 2021

Husband and Wife creative duo, Mike and Kristen talk about collaboration, the process of making their new travel book, You and Me, and their respective approaches to making art. We also talk about the unsexy parts of making and releasing a creativity based commercial product and what’s scary about making the leap...


Oct 26, 2021

In this episode with Christine Goudie, Co-Founder + CEO of Granville Biomedical, we talk about design in the medical, research and development space. We discuss when you should or shouldn’t say no to opportunities and why Granville Biomedical chose to pivot during the pandemic. Christine also talks about the...