Open Gym is a podcast that aims to help artists, creatives, and independent business owners gain more exposure to a different audience outside of their immediate community. By sharing their stories, struggles, and future plans. In return for the audience times Open Gym hopes the audience ends the episode feeling optimistic , knowledgeable, and inspired.
Open Gym proudly presents our first guest of season two Rebecca Ustrell of Curious Publishing. Rebecca was born and raised in the Inland Empire and founded Curious Publishing to assist her community and artists with limited resources. The episode discusses Rebecca's journey in creating Curious Publishing, as well as some of her ups and downs and an unfortunate fire. We are very grateful to have such an accomplished person share their story and we hope the audience finds it entertaining.
To keep up with Rebecca and Curious Publishing make sure you follow them on Instagram @rebecca_ustrell @curiouspublishing .
6 Nov 2020
With A Beginners Mind
Open Gym proudly presents our last guest of season one Matt Pham. Matt is the creator of With A Beginners Mind a clothing brand that is driven by that ethos. In this episode Matt shares his journey in creating the brand. We also ask him what those "With A Beginners Mind" me to him. Matt also decided to switch roles and he decided to ask our host Omar Blancarte some questions.
Make sure to check out his work @withabeginnersmind @phamma
Make sure to follow @opengympc to keep updated on season 2 and incoming videos.
23 Oct 2020
A Storyteller
Open Gym proudly presents Brian Nguyen. Brian is a UX Designer and 3D Artist out of Irvine, California. Brian is very passionate about art and technology, and he talks about being able to merge them both one day. He also talks about his life journey, school, and freelance work as a 3D artist. Brian also talks about the concept of his future art exhibit next year, assuming the world is back to normal. So let's cross our fingers.
Make sure to check out his work @opengympc and @blvsan on Instagram.
If your brand needs creative work or web design, make sure you reach out to him!
16 Oct 2020
Artist, Creator, Photographer
Open Gym proudly presents Ray Napoles (@raynapoless). Ray is an artist from La Puente, California. He focuses a lot on photography, but he doesn't shy away from other mediums. In this episode, Ray talks to us about his photography journey leading to publishing a book and his future projects. Ray is a talented individual and sees the world around us differently, which is a testament to his work. Ray will keep on creating, so here at Open Gym, we are glad to have been able to interview him.
Make sure you check out his work on our page @opengympc and his page @raynapoless on Instagram.
9 Oct 2020
Love and Intention
In this episode, Open Gym is proud to present Connie Hung (@conniehungry). Connie is the owner of Costante (@costante__) a fine jewelry shop. In this episode Connie talks about her journey leading up to Costante, tough times with covid, and future projects. Connie does things for Costante with "Love and Intention" and it shows through the episode. She wants to empower women and give back to the community with Costante.
Make sure you check out Costante and Connies page on instagram @conniehungry and @Costante__.
25 Sept 2020
A Community Center
In this episode, Open Gym is proud to present Nethaneal Zechariah (@nethanealzechariah). Nethaneal is the owner of Without Wax Studios print studio. In this episode Nethaneal talks about his lengthy journey, his list of clients, and finally coming back home and opening his print studio. This episode is filled with great advice. What stood out the most from this interview is that Nethaneal wants his business to be more than just a business. He wants his shop to uplift his community, the youth, and inspire creativity.
Make sure you check out Nethaneal page on Instagram @nethanealzechariah and his print studio @withoutwaxstudios.
18 Sept 2020
Santanero
In this episode, Open Gym is proud to present Alex Mascorro. Alex is a musician in every sense of the word he is a mariachi, teacher and much more. He talks about his struggles and what finally led him to choose the path of musician as a career. He also talks about a current documentary that he is working on. Alex also mentions what the audience can do to bring this documentary to life. Follow Alex to see his covers, his project and much more @mascorro_productions.
11 Sept 2020
Hands On
In this episode, Open Gym is proud to present Annais Morales. Annais is a textile artist and recent graduate from UC Santa Barbara. She talks about how she made the most out of her quarantine, accidentally starting a business and her passion for people. There is more to Annais story and business that she will have to go through, so we are lucky we got her on the show before she completely blows up. However, we will be making a video to show you her process, so stay tuned and follow @opengympc for more info.
Also, make sure you check out her page on Instagram @annnnaiiss to view her work or for a commissioned rug.
4 Sept 2020
The Mad Hatter
In this episode, Open Gym is proud to present Jorge Ornelas. Jorge is a creative, business owner, and model. He talks about his journey with his brand JONE @jonelosangeles, his projects, and his modeling career, and how he made it into Paris fashion week. Jorge also gives great advice throughout the episode. If you want to put a face to the voice, check out his Instagram @jorge.ao.
28 Aug 2020
Welcome To The Family
Today's episode, we have Martin San Juan welcoming us into his family at San Juan clothing. Martin talks about everything from inspiration, success, and failure. He drops excellent advice that anyone following a path similar to him can apply in their lives.
19 Aug 2020
Introduction
Open Gym is a personal journal podcast of creatives, artists, and independent business owners. The goal of this podcast is to help gain more exposure to the guest being interviewed. Interviews focus on the guest's journey, inspiration, and advice. The show features one-on-one zoom interviews with our guests. The first season will consist of 10 episodes with a new episode released each week.
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