Are You Still Working?!
Are You Still Working – How to Take Your Creative Ideas Seriously is a new podcast presented by Courtney Collins and produced by Lisa Madden.
Is there a creative project you’ve been longing to do but for one reason or another you haven’t been able to pick up a pen or a brush or a hammer to even begin?
Well, this podcast is going to be an angel in your ear, encouraging you to take your creative ideas seriously.
You’ll hear from seasoned artists, filmmakers, musicians, novelists and photographers about how they continue to do the work they love. They'll share tips and tools that can help you in your own creative work – whatever your bent.
Episodes drop weekly.
Episodes
16 episodes
Jasmin Tarasin - Filmmaker
Jasmin Tarasin has been a filmmaker her entire career. She's never had any other job. She's worked all over the world directing documentaries, short films, commercials and video art installations. Most recently she’s been creating a series of a...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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29:55
Ruth Maddison - Photographer and visual artist
Ruth Maddison's visual work spans 5 decades. Her first photography exhibition was in Melbourne in 1979 and the collection was purchased complete by the National Gallery of Victoria.Self-taught, Ruth was introduced to the camera and phot...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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30:50
Toni Jordan - Author
Originally a science writer by profession, Toni Jordan talks through the catalyst and the process that put her on track to being the acclaimed novelist she is today. She describes herself as someone who thought she 'didn't have a c...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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30:03
Judith Crispin - Poet and visual artist
Judith Nangala Crispin discusses in bold and simple terms what it takes for her to call herself an artist - the joys and the sacrifices.Beginning her creative journey as a musician, Judith worked as an opera singer and a composer before...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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31:28
Sarah Lambert - Writer and showrunner
Sarah Lambert is a writer, director, producer and showrunner, creating television series' such as The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, The Messenger, Lambs of God and many more. In this episode Sarah talks about how as a child,...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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31:17
Winnie Dunn - Author/editor
Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer and editor. Her debut novel titled 'Dirt Poor Islanders', is the first novel to be published about the Tongan-Australian community.In this episode, Winnie talk about how she honed her craft at S...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:17
Lo Carmen - Singer/songwriter, writer and actor
Lo Carmen is a singer/songwriter, writer and actor. Lo first came to public attention starring as Freya in the 1987 classic Australian film The Year My Voice Broke. She's just released a new album called 'Transatlantic Light', her first album s...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:20
Karen Rogers - Multidisciplinary artist
Artist and author Karen Rogers is a Ngalakan woman from Ngukurr, a remote community in southeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Her artwork comes from cultural knowledge and her feelings for the land. She studied visual art at Batchelor...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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27:37
Lottie Consalvo – Multidisciplinary artist
Multidisciplinary artist Lottie Consalvo lives and works on Awabakal Country in Newcastle, Australia. She works across painting, sculpture, performance art, photography and video.She is represented by
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:19
Joy Mei En Lai - Photographer
Photographer Joy Mai En Lai has worked in Sydney's leading cultural institutions for more than a decade, including the Library of NSW. Her photographs regularly appear in print, exhibitions and on the facades of prominent public buildings. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:42
Amanda Roff - Musician
Musician and creative research scholar Dr Amanda Roff lives on the traditional lands of the Taungurung people in Nagambie, Central Victoria, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Naarm/Melbourne. She completed her Honours at the Univ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:59
Charlotte Wood - Author
Author Charlotte Wood is the author of nine brilliant books. Throughout her career, she has most generously shared her own research and life-long investigations into how stories are made. She has even been appointed a Member of the Order ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:32
Naina Sen - Filmmaker
Filmmaker and video artist Naina Sen explores cultural identity, gender and equity. AACTA and Walkley nominated, her work privileges First Nations and South East Asian points of view, and includes the wonderful documentary The Song Keepers with...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:41
Laura Jean - Musician
Singer-songwriter Laura Jean has released six widely acclaimed albums. Her most recent, Amateurs, is a pulsing examination of what it is to be an artist working in Australia today. As well as making music and touring, she also works for a film ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:42
Holly Ringland - Author
Author Holly Ringland has well and truly picked up the pen. In the past five years, she has published two novels – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, and she has just released her first non-f...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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31:35
Are You Still Working?! Trailer
There's a new podcast in town and it's called, Are You Still Working?! How to take your creative ideas seriously. Is there a creative project you've been longing to do, but for one reason or another, you haven't been able to pick up a pen or a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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