If I had to choose my favourite thing about my job, one of them would definitely be getting to talk to some of my favourite artists and makers and learn more about who they are, what they’re passionate about, and how they’ve gotten to where they are now.

Something about talking to creative people about the thing the love is just my happy place. Whether that's with you helping you brand your passion, or with artists who are already smashing branding their passion - it lights me up like nothing else. (Except maybe creating myself 😉)

Every time I reach out to one of these creatives who are, IMO, kicking absolute ASS, and they say yes, not gonna lie, I lose my shit a little.

And then when I’m actually talking to them, hearing their stories, and getting to share everything they’ve learnt with you so that you can not only see that its possible to brand your passion but how it can be done too, I honestly have to pinch myself that this is my job.

So, it’s my absolute honour to introduce to you one of these creatives who I know you’re going to love learning from just as much as I have loved following their journey, and I can’t WAIT to do one of the best parts of my job and hear from them IN REAL LIFE next month!

The first speaker we have the joy of hearing from at Brand Your Passion Live is…

✨ Emma Smith, A.K.A. Steer Illustrations! ✨

When Emma’s not avoiding hot glue burns while making larger than life ice cream sundaes to adorn the windows with, you’ll find her as part of lots of exciting projects, from art markets to painted murals, to large scale creative installations around the beautiful city of Pōneke.

She’s built an amazing community around her creative work (just check out her 33.1K strong TikTok following!) and does such a great job sharing her final work and the process behind it, and showing all of the different kinds of work she does.

So if you wanna learn how a multi-passionate artist with many talents and a range of creative outlets markets their business, Emma’s the gal to hear from!

Got a question for Emma? Submit it here to be asked live and go in the draw to win a year’s membership in the Brand Your Passion Collective + more amazing prizes!

Or if you happen to be in Wellington on November 20th, you can grab your free ticket to join us IRL here!​

Can’t wait to hear the questions you have for Emma and maybe see you IRL in Wellington with 100 of Pōneke's coolest creatives, Reader!!!

– Hollie 🙂

P.S. Love events, Q&As, Artist AMAs, and opportunities to connect with other creatives like this? You’re gonna love my new membership, the Brand Your Passion Collective.
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