In this episode of Women United ART PODCAST, Mona sits down with multidisciplinary artist Claudia Fuentealba, whose powerful fiber-based works explore cultural identity, displacement, resilience, and the invisible structures that shape our lives.

Born into a Chilean family and raised in Puerto Rico, Claudia brings a deeply personal perspective to her artistic practice, drawing from experiences of migration, belonging, motherhood, grief, and transformation. Through her acclaimed series Escala, she transforms humble materials such as wool, cotton rope, yarn, leather, and metal into sculptural landscapes that balance softness with strength, tension with healing, and vulnerability with resilience.

In this inspiring conversation, Claudia shares her journey from a successful fifteen-year career in global trade to building a full-time creative practice under the name The Yin to My Yarn. Together, we explore how ancestral craft traditions can become a language for emotional storytelling, how art can help us navigate life's imbalances, and why softness may be one of the most powerful forms of strength.

This episode is a thoughtful reflection on reinvention, creative courage, and the transformative potential of making something meaningful from life's unraveling threads.

Whether you're an artist navigating change, someone exploring questions of identity and belonging, or simply fascinated by the power of material storytelling, Claudia's journey offers wisdom, encouragement, and a beautiful reminder that healing often happens one thread at a time.

CLAUDIA FUENTEALBA

www.theyintomyyarn.design

IG: @theyintomyyarn

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What does it mean to belong—to a place, to a memory, to yourself?

In this deeply thoughtful episode of Women United ART PODCAST, Mona Lerch sits down with artist Eleftheria Easley, whose work explores the emotional terrain of memory, identity, and belonging. Drawing from her multicultural background and lived experience across different geographies, Eleftheria creates poetic visual narratives that examine what it means to exist between worlds—culturally, emotionally, and physically.

Together, they explore how personal history, inherited narratives, and fragments of memory become artistic material; how displacement can shape not only identity but creative language; and how art can help us navigate the invisible threads connecting past and present. Eleftheria also reflects on her journey through the Women United ART MOVEMENT Residency, sharing how the experience supported her evolving practice and deepened her confidence as an artist.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down and reflect on your own emotional geography—the spaces you come from, the ones you inhabit, and the ways we continuously become who we are.

Tune in for a moving conversation about identity, vulnerability, and the transformative power of art.

ELEFTHERIA EASLEY

www.eleftheriaeasley.com

IG: @eleftheriaeasleycreativeexp

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In this episode of Women United ART PODCAST, we are joined by Kathy Cornwell, a Northern Virginia–based artist whose vibrant and intricate works combine monotype printmaking, collage, and paper cutting into richly layered compositions.

Kathy’s practice is rooted in intuition, repetition, and the exploration of shape as a visual language. Through her distinctive process, she creates dynamic works that invite the viewer to slow down and engage more deeply—discovering hidden relationships, unexpected details, and moments of quiet curiosity within each piece.

With a career spanning decades, Kathy has exhibited widely across the United States and has been recognized through numerous awards, including being a multiple-time finalist and recipient in the Women United ART PRIZE.

In this conversation, we explore Kathy’s artistic journey, her evolution into mixed media, and how she balances structure with spontaneity in her work. We also dive into the role of play, experimentation, and persistence in sustaining a long-term creative practice.

This episode is a reminder that art doesn’t always begin with certainty—but with curiosity, movement, and trust in the process.

Tune in and step into Kathy’s world of rhythm, texture, and intuitive discovery.

KATHY CORNWELL

www.kathycornwell.com

IG: @kathy.cornwell.art

This show is brought to you by Women United ART MOVEMENT, a global platform highlighting women in the arts through a wide range of opportunities such as solo and group exhibits, annual art prize for women artists, and quarterly publication.

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