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Women Imprint's "Portrait Series" archives the voice of female creatives through interviews. We chat with authors, artists, musicians, etc. about how they began their creative journey, about their inspiration, current projects, women in public spaces, and more. Make sure to follow! Women Imprint is an independent U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded by Jana Mader and Kaitlyn Allen. It documents the imprint of women whose lives and actions continue to inspire today. We do this by creating carefully curated walking tours of women's history, through a podcast, and by evaluating dedications to women in the public space. For more info visit our website: www.womenimprint.com Support Women Imprint's mission and become a member through patreon.com/womenimprint
Episodes

Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
21: Julie Crouse, Modern Witch & Library Supervisor | Greensboro, NC | Part 2
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
In part 2, we continue Jessie's interview with Julie Crouse, a library supervisor, and modern-day eclectic witch. Jessie and Julie deep dive into the villainization of witchcraft and Julie's personal practice as a witch. They also chat about witchcraft as an alternative therapy and how Julie unites yoga with the craft.
This episode is part 2 of 2.
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Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. Women Imprint’s core mission is fostering more excellent representation of women creatives in the public space. We appreciate the donations from our supporters. Without you, this wouldn’t be possible!
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Wednesday May 11, 2022
21: Julie Crouse, Modern Witch & Library Supervisor | Greensboro, NC | Part 1
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
In this episode, Jessie interviews Julie Crouse, a modern-day witch, and library supervisor who tells us how she came into her practice as a crystal & tarot reader and the difference between the two types of reading as a map to the questions that are asked, and what our higher self already knows in the universe. This episode is part 1 of 2.
Follow Julie Crouse:
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. Women Imprint’s core mission is fostering more excellent representation of women creatives in the public space. We appreciate the donations from our supporters. Without you, this wouldn’t be possible!
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Saturday Apr 09, 2022
20: Maggie Brown, singer, spoken word artist, actress & producer | Chicago
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Join Mia as she talks with Chicago singer, spoken word artist, actress, and producer Maggie Brown about growing up with creative luminaries as family members, and intersecting creative practices with teaching and activism.
Follow Maggie Brown:
Website: https://www.maggiebrown.com/about
Twitter: @legacycompany
LinkedIn: Maggie Brown
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space. We appreciate the donations from our supporters. Without you, this wouldn’t be possible!
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Monday Mar 07, 2022
19: Amy Wu, journalist in women’s agrifoodtech | Hudson Valley, NYC
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
In this episode, Lucille interviews Amy Wu, journalist & storyteller whose book and documentary titled ‘From Farms to Incubators’ spotlights more than 30 portraits of women in agrifoodtech. She chats to us about her drive to tell the stories of women who have created sustainable and socially responsible innovations today, despite obstacles of culture & lack of financial funding for women & women of color.
Amy’s book: From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown
Follow Amy Wu:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy8wu
Email: amy@farmstoincubators.com
Website: https://www.farmstoincubators.com/about
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space. We appreciate the donations from our supporters. Without you, this wouldn’t be possible!
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
18: Bianca Orellana, author & librarian | Winston Salem, NC
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Hello from Winston Salem! In this episode, Jessie interviews author and librarian Bianca Orellana about her writing journey, how she writes to live, and the ups and downs of publishing a book. She also shares her inspirations and goals with us and gives great insights to those new to writing.
Bianca’s book (shop independent): We Are Eternal
Follow Bianca:
Instagram: write.to.live_biancaorellana/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BJOwrites
Website: BiancaOrellana.com
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Monday Nov 29, 2021
17: Leigh Pettus & Martha Nelson, old-time musicians | Asheville, NC
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
A first, a chat between two creatives! In this episode, we welcome Leigh Pettus and Martha Nelson who are both old-time musicians from Western North Carolina. Leigh and Martha share with us their journey into playing stringed instruments and how old-time Appalachian music is a very strong community. They also talk about the spaces they feel creative in and how they connected with each other and music during covid-19.
Leigh & Martha’s book recommendations for creative journaling:
- ‘The Artist Way’ by Julia Cameron
- ‘The Listening Path’ by Julia Cameron
Feel free to contact Martha (MarthaRNelson@gmail.com) or Leigh (Pettus57@gmail.com) for more information about their music.
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Monday Oct 18, 2021
16: Hannah Bonecutter, actress, spoken word artist & filmmaker | Chicago, IL
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
In this episode, Mia talks with Chicago actress, spoken word artist, model, filmmaker, educator, and public health professional Hannah Bonecutter about how traveling the world influences her, about her faith, about being an agent of change in a range of different careers, and about the urgent problems we face in the world today.
Hannah Bonecutter's Instagram: @the_bonecutter
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Thursday Sep 30, 2021
15: Estefanía Morlette, cultural and artistic manager | Mexico City
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
This week on the Portrait Series' first episode from Latin America, Sara has a chat with Mexico City’s own Estefanía Morlette, an Art and Cultural Patrimony expert about what it means to her to be a creative, about how no matter what she does she just can’t get away from art and also some interesting places you might want to explore in Mexico City.
Estefanía Morlette's Instagram: @marion_morlett / @dezeroalarte
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
14: Dorian Sylvain, painter, curator, and educator | Chicago, IL
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Join Mia as she talks with Chicago native painter, muralist, curator, educator, and community planner Dorian Sylvain about her inspirations and her creative ties to the city, about all the different aspects of her life and career as an artist, educator, and creative Black woman, about the importance of giving back to our communities and the beautification of our spaces.
Dorian’s Website: doriansylvain.com
Instagram: @doriansylvain
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader, art historian Kaitlyn Allen, and our interns speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint

Monday Jul 26, 2021
13: Dr. Sarah Mannle, nurse practitioner & professor | Asheville, NC
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Join Kaitlyn as she talks with Dr. Sarah Mannle, an emergency medicine nurse practitioner in Asheville, North Carolina as she tells about her journey into medicine, creating a course in medical humanities for nurses as a way to bridge patient and medical staff connection, and her experience working in the ER during the Covid pandemic.
Sarah Mannle’s Instagram: @cinnaman77
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smannle77
Dr. Sarah Mannles Book Recommendations:
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman's
Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint’s core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space.
Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint
Website: www.womenimprint.com
Instagram: @WomenImprint