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Arts To Hearts Podcast

Arts To Hearts Podcast

Charuka Arora 268 Episodes Jul 7, 2026

The Arts To Hearts Podcast explores what it takes to be a successful artist, overcome creative blocks, and build a thriving art business. Host Charuka Arora interviews artists about their creative processes, studio practices, and success mindsets. The show offers inspiration and encouragement for living a heartfelt creative life.

Episodes

The other side of fear is freedom | S6E8
The other side of fear is freedom | S6E8 Jul 7, 2026 00:40:17 Some people live more life in one lifetime than most of us live in three. Mikki Hoogendijk is one of them. She survived a bomb attack. She lost people she loved. She built things and watched them fall apart, lived in cities she had to leave, and carried grief that would have stopped most people. And every single time, she didn't move away from the pain — she moved through it, and turned it into so
What If Healing Doesn't Mean Moving On? | Season 6 Episode 8 Coming Soon
What If Healing Doesn't Mean Moving On? | Season 6 Episode 8 Coming Soon Jul 5, 2026 00:00:34 What happens when life changes in ways you never imagined and you're left to rebuild from the pieces?In this episode of Season 6, Charuka Arora is joined by Micky Hoogendijk for one of our most moving conversations yet. Together, they explore grief, trauma, resilience, and the quiet strength it takes to keep living after profound loss.From surviving unimaginable experiences to navigating the lasti
What Does Creative Burnout Actually Feel Like? Here’s the Honest Answer | S6E7
What Does Creative Burnout Actually Feel Like? Here’s the Honest Answer | S6E7 Jun 30, 2026 00:11:04 Creative burnout doesn't arrive in one moment. There's no single day you wake up and know. It starts so small you don't even notice, one yes, then another yes, then another. Until the things you love get quieter and quieter, the things that feel heavy get louder, and one day you realize you've been running on empty far longer than you'd like to admit.In this solo episode, Charuka Arora Founder of
I Built My Dream and Lost the Artist I Started As | New Episode Coming Soon
I Built My Dream and Lost the Artist I Started As | New Episode Coming Soon Jun 28, 2026 00:00:46 Success is often measured by what we build. Rarely do we talk about what it costs to build it.In Episode 7 of Season 6 of the Arts to Hearts Podcast, Founder Charuka Arora shares one of her most personal conversations yet. After six years of building Arts to Hearts, she reflects on burnout, the quiet pressure of always showing up, and the realization that, somewhere along the way, she had lost tou
The $10 Trillion Art Economy Artists Never See | S6E6
The $10 Trillion Art Economy Artists Never See | S6E6 Jun 23, 2026 00:39:57 The creative economy is worth nearly $10 trillion. So why do most artists never see a cent of it?That's the question Charuka Arora, founder of Arts to Hearts Project, brings to Nina Orm in Episode 6 of Season 6. Nina, founder of Creativity Meets Capital, has spent her career across finance, entrepreneurship, and politics and is now building the financial infrastructure the art world never gave its
Who really profits from art?  | Episode 6 Coming Soon
Who really profits from art? | Episode 6 Coming Soon Jun 21, 2026 00:00:51 Artists create the work. But do they really understand the business behind it?In Episode 6 of Season 6, Arts to Hearts founder Charuka Arora is joined by Nina Orm, founder of Creativity Meets Capital, for a powerful conversation about the side of the art world many creatives are never taught to navigate: contracts, copyrights, ownership, licensing, negotiations, and the decisions that can shape a
Will I ever make it as an artist? | S6E5
Will I ever make it as an artist? | S6E5 Jun 16, 2026 00:17:32 There's a question that follows almost every artist. Some days you barely notice it. Other days it's the loudest thing in the room. But it's always there: Will I ever make it?Will anyone see my work? Will I ever become the artist I imagine myself to be? And the hardest part there's no report card, no promotion, no guaranteed timeline. Just you, your work, and a lot of uncertainty.In this solo epis
I used to think creative success was for other people. I was wrong │S6E4
I used to think creative success was for other people. I was wrong │S6E4 Jun 9, 2026 00:09:37 For most of her creative life, Charuka Arora Founder of Arts to Hearts Project believed creative success belonged to a certain kind of person people from the right city, the right family, the right circles. She did not see herself in that picture. A decade of building Arts to Hearts Project changed her mind.After six years of building Arts to Hearts Project and interviewing more than 200 artists,
I Thought Creative Success Wasn’t for People Like Me. I Was Wrong | Season 6 Episode 4 Coming Soon
I Thought Creative Success Wasn’t for People Like Me. I Was Wrong | Season 6 Episode 4 Coming Soon Jun 7, 2026 00:00:33 What if creative success has nothing to do with being born in the “right” place, having connections, money, or belonging in certain rooms?In Episode 4 of Season 6, founder of Arts to Hearts Project, Charuka Arora, will talk about the difficult realities behind building a creative life rejection, grief, uncertainty, showing up with no results, and continuing anyway.From growing Arts to Hearts from
Ryan Stanier Built the Other Art Fair. Now He's Doing Fair Play, But Why | S6E03
Ryan Stanier Built the Other Art Fair. Now He's Doing Fair Play, But Why | S6E03 Jun 2, 2026 00:45:32 Fifteen years ago, Ryan Stanier started cold-calling estate agents across London asking if he could borrow their empty shops for free.Most ignored him. One handed him the keys.That tiny pop-up became ArtBeat, then The Other Art Fair, one of the world’s biggest artist-led fair movements, spanning London, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Sydney, Chicago, Melbourne, and beyond.But after more than a decade work
From The Other Art Fair to Fair Play | Episode 3 Coming Soon
From The Other Art Fair to Fair Play | Episode 3 Coming Soon Jun 1, 2026 00:01:31 For Episode 3 of Season 6, Charuka Arora, founder of Arts to Hearts Project, had a deeply meaningful conversation with none other than Ryan Stanier the founder behind The Other Art Fair and Fair Play. For years, Ryan has been working towards one powerful idea: making the art world feel more accessible, supportive, and human for artists. From starting with small pop-up exhibitions in empty London s
Every Arts to Hearts Book. Including the One That Went Wrong ┃S6E2
Every Arts to Hearts Book. Including the One That Went Wrong ┃S6E2 May 26, 2026 00:11:23 In this solo episode of the Arts to Hearts Podcast, Charuka Arora, Founder of the Arts to Hearts Project pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to make an Arts to Hearts book.From the six-month timeline behind every release, to running open calls, jury processes, and curating both emerging and established artists, Charuka walks through the full publishing journey. She also gets honest ab

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