Art and Alchemy Lab Intro/Mission

About Art and Alchemy Lab Intro/Mission

Art and Alchemy Lab explores transformation through creativity. Host Allison Adams talks with Modern Alchemists - artists, healers, and visionaries who have learned to turn lead into creative gold." artandalchemylab.substack.com (https://artandalchemylab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Turning Lead Into Gold

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2025

Latest episode

18 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

64 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Oct 2026

   Ep. 60 Taking Flight: The Alchemy of Cross-Pollination

   I met Wendy Nicole Davis, a flight attendant, motivational speaker, and writer, on a regional flight last spring. So it was a spontaneous invitation that sparked this conversation. In this episode, Wendy shares how she left an abusive relationship, rebuilt her life, and found purpose in helping others heal. We talk about self-forgiveness, boundaries, therapy, and learning to trust yourself again. Wendy Nicole Davis is a flight attendant, model, entrepreneur, and author of Fame Life: Flight Attendant, Model, Entrepreneur - How I Walked Away, Took Flight, and Built the Life I Deserve. She is also the creator of Healing on Purpose Everyday (HOPE), where she shares books, journals, and affirmation decks designed to support intentional healing. You can find all this and more on her website: www.healingonpurposeeveryday.com (https://www.healingonpurposeeveryday.com/)Instagram/TikTok: @iamwendynd Allison’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe (https://artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Ep.58 True Grit: The Alchemy of Irritation (Version II)

   Hi, all. This is an update. I’m reloading this podcast with audio AND visual options. I upload a faulty version: the voices were out of sync in the video. But good news, if you haven’t listened yet, you get to hear the fresh one! And if aleady did, you have a second chance. Either way, please listen (or watch), especially if you are a writer or a performer…or you remember life in southern California in the 60s and 70s. And while we are at it, Happy Anniversary to the LIBRARY GIRL series, (https://smmirror.com/library-girl-celebrates-17th-anniversary-in-santa-monica/) Susan’s monthly literary series, celebrating SEVENTEEN YEARS on October 11th! Create the community you want to see in the world…you never know how far it will go! In this episode of Art and Alchemy Lab, I sit down with Susan Hayden, memoirist, poet, and the creator of Library Girl, (https://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/library-girl/) a monthly words-and-music literary event at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, now entering its 18th year. Susan first started the series as a way to find meaning again after her first husband died in an avalanche, and it became a home for writers, musicians, and LA’s small presses. We talk about grief as “the broken gift,” the under-spoken pain of losing a close friendship, collage as a doorway to the unconscious, and why you don’t wait to be invited in. You create what’s missing. Susan also reads “Borrowing Sugar” from her hybrid memoir Now You Are a Missing Person (https://www.susanhayden.com/), (https://www.susanhayden.com/)and we pull the Irritatio card, which explores how the grit we carry becomes the pearl. Susan also reads the poem “Borrowing Sugar” from her hybrid-memoir called Now You Are a Missing Person, which is absolutely wonderful. We talk about how that came to be as well as why she chose the artwork for the cover—a collage by artist Hazel Angel. Filmmaker Cameron Crowe calls the book “A remarkable book with a stunning sense of time and place... Now You Are a Missing Person lingers long in your heart, along with the ghosts and heroes of Los Angeles’ recent past.” Join us for a tender, honest conversation about loss, creativity, and turning the difficult grit into pearls of wisdom. Check out Susan’s website (https://www.susanhayden.com/), where you can find all these treasures and more! For essays and excerpts, follow her SUBSTACK page. (https://susanhayden.substack.com/) ************************************************************************* And now, a little news from my studio. I’m so excited to share my latest creation, the 2027 Groundbreaking Girls wall calendar! Every month brings an original portrait of a remarkable woman who paved the way for us, carry their inspiration with you every day, all year long. It makes a beautiful gift for yourself or someone you love, just in time for the giving season and the year ahead. Purchase it in MY SHOP : (https://www.groundbreakinggirls.com/new-products-1/calendar) Every day, we see anew that the creative arts are nothing less than revolutionary. Viva la resistance! As always, your support for myself (and other artists) is appreciated. In gratitude and friendship, Allison PS: BONUS ARTWORK and DISCOUNT! I just found a post that Susan mentioned when we were discussing how we met. Here’s proof to the story. Check out this link on my currently up-dating website, and get a fine art print of Patti Smith for yourself. For anyone who has got this far on this page, you earn a discounted $10 OFF just for reading. Use discount code patti26 at checkout. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe (https://artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Ep.58 True Grit: The Alchemy of Irritation

   In this episode of Art and Alchemy Lab, I sit down with Susan Hayden, memoirist, poet, and the creator of Library Girl, (https://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/library-girl/) a monthly words-and-music literary event at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, now entering its 18th year. Susan first started the series as a way to find meaning again after her first husband died in an avalanche, and it became a home for writers, musicians, and LA’s small presses. We talk about grief as “the broken gift,” the under-spoken pain of losing a close friendship, collage as a doorway to the unconscious, and why you don’t wait to be invited in. You create what’s missing. Susan also reads “Borrowing Sugar” from her hybrid memoir Now You Are a Missing Person (https://www.susanhayden.com/), (https://www.susanhayden.com/)and we pull the Irritatio card, which explores how the grit we carry becomes the pearl. Susan also reads the poem “Borrowing Sugar” from her hybrid-memoir called Now You Are a Missing Person, which is absolutely wonderful. We talk about how that came to be as well as why she chose the artwork for the cover—a collage by artist Hazel Angel. Filmmaker Cameron Crowe calls the book “A remarkable book with a stunning sense of time and place... Now You Are a Missing Person lingers long in your heart, along with the ghosts and heroes of Los Angeles’ recent past.” Join us for a tender, honest conversation about loss, creativity, and turning the difficult grit into pearls of wisdom. Check out Susan’s website (https://www.susanhayden.com/), where you can find all these treasures and more! For essays and excerpts, follow her SUBSTACK page. (https://susanhayden.substack.com/) And if you prefer to watch, here’s the video version of our conversation. It’s a good one! ************************************************************************* And now, a little news from my studio. I’m so excited to share my latest creation, the 2027 Groundbreaking Girls wall calendar! Every month brings an original portrait of a remarkable woman who paved the way for us, carry their inspiration with you every day, all year long. It makes a beautiful gift for yourself or someone you love, just in time for the giving season and the year ahead. Purchase it in MY SHOP : (https://www.groundbreakinggirls.com/new-products-1/calendar) (https://www.groundbreakinggirls.com/new-products-1/calendar) Every day, we see anew that the creative arts are nothing less than revolutionary. Viva la resistance! As always, your support for myself (and other artists) is appreciated. In gratitude and friendship, Allison PS: BONUS ARTWORK and DISCOUNT! I just found a post that Susan mentioned when we were discussing how we met. Here’s proof to the story. Check out this link on my currently up-dating website, and get a fine art print of Patti Smith for yourself. For anyone who has got this far on this page, you earn a discounted $10 OFF just for reading. Use discount code patti26 at checkout. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe (https://artandalchemylab.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Who has been a guest on Art and Alchemy Lab Intro/Mission

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• Mathew Grabstein
• Lucy Norris
• Brina Palencia
• Alison Dale
• Stuart Semple

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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78

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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