When Creatives Thrive: a BOPA Podcast

On this episode of "When Creatives Thrive" we feature Cheryl T. Goodman, the Founder and Director of the nonprofit organization Dance Baltimore, Inc. Cheryl is a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon...

On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Baltimore natives, Nikki Powell and Alexandra Queen-Sneed. We’ll also hear special behind the scenes interviews with the director and crew of “They Fight,” a feature...

On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we feature Sarah Doccolo. With a background in the arts, she has been deeply involved with multiple award-winning theater companies in Baltimore as a director, performer and...

This episode we are joined by Baltimore-based poets, organizers, cultural architects, and Slam Champions: Kenneth Something and Unique Robinson. Their shared story begins at a poetry competition, where they met as young...

This episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature B.K. Borison, a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Baltimore native. Her most recent release, AND NOW, BACK TO YOU, is a warm, witty romance novel inspired by When...

On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Jamaal ‘Feedy’ Jackson, a textile artist based in Baltimore. Feedy's venture into art began in 2021 while searching for a creative outlet during the pandemic. A simple...

On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we feature Red Giant, an artist-run gallery, studio, and workshop, located in the Bromo Arts District of Baltimore City. Red Giant’s mission is to create a platform for art and...

Boob Sweat is a Baltimore-based, woman-led film collective. Formed while in graduate school at the Maryland Institute College of Art, “Boob Sweat” has come to signify the empowerment the founders still feel as a team of...

Ayana Gordon is a self-taught Antiguan-Haitian photographer and multimedia artist based in Baltimore, MD. Working primarily with analog film and darkroom printing, she creates textured, immersive images that explore...

On this episode we feature Amanda Leigh Burnham, a visual artist based in Baltimore who makes drawings and large, site specific installations which are also drawings. Amanda’s vivid, chaotic compositions incorporate a...

On this episode we feature Adam Kaufman, the creator of Jewish Jerky Brand. After a move from Los Angeles to Baltimore and a few literal signs along the way, Adam has shifted his focus onto an unexpected project...

This episode features the multi-hyphenate theater artist and writer, Bell Gaskin-Burr. As a writer, Belle works to uplift through the content on “Pop Culture Uncovered" aka PCU, a social and media commentary platform...

Alanah Nichole Davis is a Bronx-born, Baltimore-raised writer, cultural strategist, and social designer whose work bridges storytelling, civic imagination, and community care. She’s built a legacy of using creativity...

On this episode we're joined by Robyn Murphy, the CEO of the newly announced Create Baltimore. Create Baltimore is our new name and brand identity, launched this week with blessing of the city and Mayor Brandon M. Scott...

On this episode we feature Katie Pumphrey, an interdisciplinary artist and ultramarathon open water swimmer living and working in Baltimore. In June 2024, Katie swam an incredible 24 miles from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge...