Having "Frog Trouble?" Children's Book Author Sandra Boynton Has the Cure

Yeeeee-haw! Sandra Boynton goes Country! With three Gold Record albums and a Grammy nomination to her credit, Boynton now brings you “Frog Trouble,” a terrific CD and illustrated songbook of her new and wildly original Country songs. And they’re sung by a truly amazing roster of Country Music’s biggest and brightest stars: There’s Brad Paisley with “Copycat,” Dwight Yoakam singing “I’ve Got a Dog,” Alison Krauss on “End of a Summer Storm,” Ben Folds rocking “Broken Piano,” and Darius RuckerClick here to listen to the podcast!

Matt Woolman is a radical. Not only is he the director of Creative Entrepreneurship in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University—the former designer is teaching art students how to be entrepreneurs. Crazy talk? Not according to Woolman, who knows that to making a living as an artist means running your own business. “Entrepreneurship translates to skills, a mindset, and a confidence to go out and if you want to sell your paintings around the world, the abilityClick here to listen to the podcast!

Matthew Porter of Communication Arts Magazine has called Robert Meganck “a delightfully fuzzy-headed raconteur.” Style Weekly named him one of Richmond’s top 25 most influential artists in September 2007. And those are just a few of the accolades that the art world has bestowed on one of their most beloved. So we are thrilled to have had the chance to sit down with Meganck, a professor of illustration, graphic design and digital imaging, who is also chair of the DepartmentClick here to listen to the podcast!

Joel Goodman is an Emmy-winning composer who has written music for more than 100 films. His work has appeared at every major film festival in the world and collaborated with an impressive array of distinguished directors and producers including Wong Kar-wei, Kevin Spacey, and Albert Maysles. He wrote an article for the March 2013 issue of Be Inkandecscent magazine’s “Women in Power” issue about one of his latest scores for the PBS special, Makers: Women Who Make America. The documentaryClick here to listen to the podcast!

American illustrator and painter Sterling Clinton Hundley made his debut as a fine artist in 2009 with a solo art show, entitled “Emergent,” held at the Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond, VA. It featured 104 new works of art. A 1998 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he’s currently an Associate Professor in VCU’s Department of Communication Arts, as well as on the faculty of The Art Department, an online art school dedicated to training and preparing artists for today’s professional artClick here to listen to the podcast!

Adrienne van Dooren has made her mark on the world of faux art. The mastermind behind the project, The House That Faux Built, which is also a book, is a former military officer who in 2005 brought the decorating world’s best faux artists to Arlington, VA to turn a fixer-upper into a must-see work of art. So we are thrilled to be here today to talk with Adrienne, who now resides in Asheville, NC. In this podcast interview we discussClick here to listen to the podcast!

Internationally renowned artist Clarice Smith is described by critics as enigmatic and prolific. Her portraits, florals, landscapes, and still-lifes are painted with convincing reality. For decades, collectors around the world have gobbled up her artwork after attending her numerous solo exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Israel. Artist Clarice Smith is also the wife of developer and philanthropist Robert H. Smith, whose father founded Charles E. Smith Co. in 1946. Robert and his brother-in-law, Robert P. Kogod, took overClick here to listen to the podcast!

NOVEMBER 12, 2012 ON TODAY’S SHOW: Our spotlight is on: Michael Radparvar, co-founder Holstee: design with conscience Our hot topic: The Holstee Manifesto Your host: Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher of Be Inkandescent magazine, and founder & president of The Inkandescent Group, LLC On this episode of the Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show, Michael Radparvar, co-founder Holstee, co-author The Holstee Manifesto joins us for a spotlight interview. We wanted to know what happens when three twentysomethings, each with a social conscience and desireClick here to listen to the podcast!