What does it mean to build a fulfilling career in the arts while continuing to prioritize your own creative practice? Victoria sits down with Indira Cesarine, multidisciplinary artist, curator, and founder of The Untitled Space, The Untitled Magazine, and Art for Equality, for an inspiring conversation about creative experimentation, career evolution, and making space for your art.

Indira shares her journey from fashion photography to founding a contemporary art gallery dedicated to championing women artists and underrepresented voices. Together, Victoria and Indira explore the freedom of working across multiple mediums, overcoming creative limitations, and finding balance while navigating a multifaceted career in the arts.

Here’s what we discuss:

• Embracing experimentation and breaking free from a single artistic style
• Indira's journey as an artist, curator, and gallery director
• Building confidence and navigating comparison on social media
• Protecting your studio time while supporting other artists
• Creating sustainable routines and redefining success
• The importance of community, mentorship, and meaningful connections

This conversation is a reminder that your creative journey doesn't have to follow a single path, and that prioritizing your own artistic practice is essential to building a fulfilling and sustainable career.

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Victoria opens up about navigating self-doubt, releasing perfectionism, and learning to move forward even when confidence feels out of reach. Drawing from recent experiences in her own life and career, she reflects on the pressure to have it all figured out, why confidence isn't always linear, and the importance of recognizing when to push forward and when to give yourself permission to rest. A candid reminder that you don't have to feel fearless or have everything figured out to keep growing.

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Victoria J. Fry is a New York City–based painter, educator, curator, and founder of Visionary Art Collective, New Visionary Magazine, and Warnes Contemporary. She has supported thousands of artists through exhibitions, publications, and mentorship.

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In this thoughtful conversation, multimedia artist Stella Chang shares how creativity became a powerful tool for healing, self-reflection, and reconnecting with herself after a lupus diagnosis changed the course of her life. Stella reflects on her journey from a nearly two-decade career in fashion back to fine art, and how mindfulness, meditation, and creative practice have helped her navigate chronic illness and build greater resilience.

Here’s what we discuss:

1. Using art as a tool for healing, self-reflection, and processing difficult experiences
2. Letting go of productivity and embracing the creative process without attachment to the outcome
3. Cultivating mindfulness, resilience, and self-trust through a consistent creative practice
4. Stella’s Through the Looking Glass series and the role of imagination in navigating challenging experiences
5. Bringing meditation principles into art-making and helping others reconnect with their innate creativity

Stella Chang is a multimedia artist based in Jersey City whose work explores healing, mindfulness, memory, and the transformative potential of creativity. After earning her BFA from NYU, Stella spent nearly two decades working in the fashion industry before a lupus diagnosis led her to return to her fine art practice. Drawing from her own experiences with chronic illness and childhood trauma, she uses painting, drawing, and mindful creative practices to explore imagination, resilience, and our ability to reconnect with ourselves through art. Her current work also incorporates principles of meditation, encouraging others to use creativity as an accessible pathway toward mindfulness and self-reflection.

Website: artbystellachang.com
IG: @artbystellachang

Learn More about Stella's Work -

One Breath, One Line: Mindful Practices
Stella’s YouTube playlist featuring mindful art practices designed to support healing and self-reflection, including practices for trauma survivors.
Explore the playlist on YouTube

Newark Arts Festival | October 7–11
Stella’s painting Unknown Face 16 will debut at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark as part of the Newark Arts Festival.
Learn more about the Newark Arts Festival

GlassRoots Teaching Artist Residency
Stella will be teaching at GlassRoots Newark Glass Art Center as part of its Teaching Artist Residency Program from September 10–December 17. High school–age students can learn more about participating through the YES Program.
Learn more about the GlassRoots YES Program

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