July Newsletter

Jenna, Friday Night in Brooklyn – Aliza Nisenbaum, oil on canvas, 2019 (℅ Anton Kern Gallery)

Aliza Nisenbaum (b. 1977, Mexico City) is best-known for her bright, large-scale figurative paintings of marginalized subjects and community groups. (source) 

As the flowers have grown accustomed to greeting the sun and our inner child frolics endlessly through the fields of her imagination, we welcome the invigorating month of August to rejuvenate determination for reaching our goals for the year. To cultivate is to nurture growth. Our aspirations began as seeds and have blossomed in the Summer sunshine, welcoming warmth and freedom as native ecosystems maintain balance for optimal growth. May we harness the power of the coming month to step into our well-earned confidence! And may we, as creative women, be constantly and lovingly reminded that our own cultivation can happen wherever we are on our journey to success.

This month we explored our personal connections with our inner child, exploring her world of play that hasn’t aged a day. She shared inspiration from “What if?” to “Try this!” in order to help us reach our goals for this seasonal cycle.

We stepped outside to play and share some loving movement with our bodies, tapped into our five senses to really explore how they help to ground us, and even revisited our vision boards through the eyes of our younger selves. The cycle of the seasons keeps us perpetually growing, while our own roots stay strong and intertwined with those of our inner child.

July was a beautiful and fun reminder that we can always look down at her with a smile, and take her hand to set off on a new adventure.

The Between the Bio Podcast is getting an elevation of her own! We are in the process of finding a new podcast platform, so catch up on the newest episodes and stay tuned for the grand announcement of its new home.

In the latest episode, Emily Ulibarri shared all about navigating the production process, unique immersive stage performances, and the dance floor through opportunities to grow with every step (and spin!). Click here to check out her newest show ROBBIE!, a noir experience for the stage with a World Premiere at the Melonlight Theater in Eureka Springs this August, and follow the suspense on Instagram!

If you’re caught up on the episode featuring Edna Vazquez, check out her newest collaborative track with Talilo Marfil, Quincy Davis, and a powerful message from Elder Silvia Calisaya Chuquimia. 

May this offering spark new dialogue and help reframe how we view our current moment. While mainstream media often echoes authoritarian narratives—reducing human lives to questions of legality, labor value, or economic impact within a capitalist and neo-colonial framework—this piece calls us to remember something deeper: how to live in right relationship with Mother Earth, with one another, and with the future generations yet to come. It is a call to plant seeds of sustainability, rooted in vision, reverence, and collective liberation.⁠ (source: @quincydavismusic)

Click here to follow Edna Vazquez on Instagram so you can jam along and join the cause to reconnect with Mother Earth while you stream ‘Our Home’.

The Between the Bio Podcast will return with a special episode featuring artist Mindy Carpenter and what ignited her creative spark. In the meantime, you can follow her here on Instagram and shop Carpe Diem Papers for your new favorite stationery statement pieces. Stay tuned for updates on our current collaboration with Mindy as well: a seasonal planner featuring her inspiring artwork that will become our new favorite tool in the next seasonal cycle!