Often we don’t have to reinvent the wheel to learn something new – we can just ask experts in the field who can draw on their experience to enlighten us. Below, we’ve shared insights insiders from various industries have shared with us.

Chris Beaven

I don’t think I ever had a choice, art chose me. From the time I was five years old, I felt its pull. I remember sitting with Garfield comic books, copying the characters line by line, completely absorbed. Soon after, I was drawing my brother and myself, and my mom saw something in me that led her to put me in art classes. Read More>>

Gannon Ruby

Since I was little I have been so picky and opinionated about foods I thought that food just wasn’t very good in general. However one day I went on a trip to California to see my uncle Peter Jacobsen, owner of Jacobsen orchards in Napa Valley. He made me realize the beauty of food and how much happiness could come from it. It lit a fire in me to begin my journey with culinary, and it’s been my passion since then. Read More>>

Alexandrea Crain

I didn’t plan on following an artistic career path. My grandmother took great pride in teaching me drawing, painting and crafts but I had other influences telling me that drawing wouldn’t amount to anything or that I would never get a job drawing. So I went to school for biology and my last job before I started tattooing was building and repairing wind turbine blades and training people on how to complete those processes. I feel like I stumbled back to art and was given an opportunity based on chance and I just happened to find where I was supposed to be. Read More>>