{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"I Love Your Stories- Conversations with Artists and Creatives with Hava Gurevich","title":"Episode #24 Seth! Leary on Curiosity, Creativity, and Building Something from Nothing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2933,"description":"In this episode of I Love Your Stories, Hava Gurevich sits down with Seth! Leary, a multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, educator, and the creative force behind Gallery 1624.\nSeth!’s path has been anything but linear. From launching a print shop at 21, to starting a private school for gifted children, to creating large-scale travelling museum exhibitions, his career has been shaped by curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to build things before all the answers are clear.\nThe conversation explores Seth!’s early life in a creative household, the lessons he learned from entrepreneurship, the challenge of building museum exhibitions, and the inspiration behind Gallery 1624, a tiny front-yard art gallery with a growing presence.\nHava and Seth! also talk about art education, helping students find an entry point into creativity, the importance of understanding your audience, and why Seth defines success as waking up in the morning and wanting to keep going.\nAnd yes, they also get into the story behind the exclamation point in his name.\nWebsite: https://1624.gallery/\nInsta: @gallery1624_springfield/\n*Shownotes*\nSeth!’s childhood growing up around science, museums, tools, materials, and creativity\nHow he developed a “no barrier to entry” mindset around making things\nLaunching a print shop in downtown Springfield at 21\nThe lessons learned from starting a business with enthusiasm, limited capital, and a rented Xerox machine\nMoving to the Seattle area and starting a private school for gifted children\nHow Seth! built a one-room schoolhouse model from his home\nWhy designing museum exhibitions became a natural next step\nThe story behind his traveling museum exhibition company\nHow the idea for a treasure-themed exhibition came together\nThe reality of building large-scale traveling exhibitions\nWhy the travelling exhibition marketplace became harder over time\nReturning to Springfield and finding a new creative direction\nThe inspiration behind Gallery 1624\nSeth!’s approach to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BzVr4HUpBAARweHVFCWb1fF9reodKaJYUPicJmCMya8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGY1/ODMyNTU0OThkYzQw/MGFlMGYwMWNmYmU5/ZjVjMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}