Martha Gil + Sara Mora
Activism and Influence through Art

We conclude our third season of Create Change celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth with a new episode featuring Activist, Storyteller, & Founder of @PopulationMIC, Sara Mora, and Illustrator/Owner of Gilded Nopal, Martha Gil. Sara joins Martha in a conversation around how their heritage and culture influence their art, activism, and how they move in the world around them. They discuss the power of self-expression and how they use art forms like poetry and illustration to make their voices heard and to inspire positive change.

Stephanie Beatriz + Broobs

Expanding Artistic Boundaries

The #HispanicHeritageMonth celebration continues in a new episode of Create Change. Actor, Producer, and Director Stephanie Beatriz joins Artist Broobs to discuss how their creative expression and artistry is shaped by their heritage, intersectionality, and upbringing. They also dive into the importance of representation and artistic legacy and their hopes to inspire the next generation of Hispanic creators.

Alaina Castillo + Jesus Morales
Creativity In the Age of Social Media

Mexican-American Music Artist Alaina Castillo and TikTok Creator/Philanthropist Jesus Morales reflect on how their respective upbringings and Hispanic heritage inspires their work and creativity in this new episode of Create Change: Celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth. As two Gen Z creators, they discuss how social media has created platforms where they can share their passions, voices, stories, and culture more than ever before and that serve as places where people can make a difference in the world.

Michaela Jaé + Jillian Mercado

Intersectionality & Authentic Representation

Singer, Actress, Activist, and Emmy Nominee Michaela Jaé sits down with Model, Actress, and Founder of Black Disabled Creatives Jillian Mercado for an honest conversation that reveals the complexities of intersectionality and its impact on the way we think, feel, and see ourselves and the world around us in this new season of Create Change: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Hear first-hand insights on how authentic representation across the Hispanic, Black, Queer, Disabled, and other communities is pivotal in fostering an innovative and vibrant creative industry for everyone.

Wanda Sykes + Maurice Harris
Channeling Authenticity

In this episode of Create Change, join Comedian and Actor Wanda Sykes and Artist, Florist, Entrepreneur and Owner at Bloom&Plume, Maurice Harris in a conversation around the importance of Black and queer representation in the arts and entertainment industries. Learn more about their experiences, what drives their creativity and their advice for others to channel their authenticity and live their truth.

Christian Cowan + Viviana Matsuda

Embrace Your Weird

In this episode of Create Change, we host Ceramic Artist and Founder of ‘Mud Witch’ Viviana Matsuda and Creative Director Christian Cowan in a conversation around embracing and celebrating the unique differences in us all. They discuss their love of art and fashion, the importance of diverse representation — from body positivity to queer intersectionality — and how pushing the limits and standing out has fueled their creativity and success.

Hunter Schafer + Gogo Graham
Self Creation

This Pride, Adobe is bringing LGBTQ+ creators together for a special edition of Create Change. The four episodes will cover themes around the pressing issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, the role creativity plays in their lives, and what Pride really means to them. The premiere episode of Adobe’s Create Change: Pride Edition features a stirring conversation between two pioneer trans creators, Hunter Schafer (actress and artist) and Gogo Graham (fashion designer). Hunter and Gogo discuss trans representation in the fashion and entertainment industry, share their experiences as trans creators, and how they are using creativity to make an impact in today’s world.

Bob the Drag Queen + Cheyne Gallarde

The Power of Creative Expression

In this episode of Create Change, we host non-binary Comic and Actor, Bob the Drag Queen, and Artist and Illustrator, Cheyne Gallarde, for a conversation about Queer representation and how their intersectionality inspires and influences their creativity and work. The two reflect on the impact of those who have come before them and the importance of Queer representation in culture today to help empower the next generation.

Lena Waithe + Zerina Akers 
Episode 1: Create Legacy

The premiere episode of Create Change features a stirring conversation between two pioneer women creators, Lena Waithe and Zerina Akers. Waithe (Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and actor for The Chi, Queen & Slim, Twenties, and Master of None) and Akers (costume designer for projects including Beyonce’s Black is King and founder of Black Owned Everything) sit down to discuss Black representation in the fashion industry, and share their experiences as Black female creators and how they are using creativity to make an impact in today’s world. Working in different disciplines, these two artists come together in their shared purpose to create art that is real, honest, and representative.

Cleo Wade + Destinee Ross-Sutton
Episode 2: Create Community

Cleo Wade, poet and author (Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life and Where to Begin: A Small Book about Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World) and Destinee Ross-Sutton, an art curator, advisor, and artist advocate (Christie's selling art exhibition "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)") meet for an intimate conversation on the importance of creativity in their daily lives, their hunger to use it to affect change, and how art is used to connect and communicate shared values. Through their conversation, they find inspiration in both their commonalities and differences, encouraging one another to use their voices and push art forward.

America Ferrera + Petra Collins  
Episode 3: Create Impact

Hear from Emmy Award– and Golden Globe Award–winning actress America Ferrera and artist/director Petra Collins, as they discuss the impact that quarantine has had on their creative processes, how they’ve used creativity and their personal voice to address important issues, and how the paths forged by those before them have made an impact on their individual lives, their creative disciplines, and their communities. Through their talk, Collins and Ferrera find inspiration in their commonalities, their differences, and how each uses their platform and craft to make an impact beyond the four corners of the frame or screen.

Sandesh Kadur + Xiuhtezcatl
Episode 4: Create Your Future

Hear from award-winning filmmaker, photographer and author Sandesh Kadur, and musician, activist, and Times Next 100 leader, Xiuhtezcatl, as they discuss how their creative journeys led them to activism for the natural world. Over the course of their discussion, X and Sandesh discuss how they find creative inspiration from the environment and use their creative disciplines to remind us of how all living things are interconnected.

Gregory Porter + Eddie Huang
Episode 5: Create Culture

Listen to two-time Grammy-winning Jazz & Soul Singer Songwriter Gregory Porter and Writer & Director Eddie Huang as they discuss how they’ve used creativity to overcome cultural stereotypes and trauma and now use their creative voices to heal and inspire their communities and the world. Gregory and Eddie discuss their creative process, background, and culture, which they both use as the foundation to manifest deeply introspective creative work that connects with so many.

Yara Shahidi + Melody Ehsani

Episode 6: Create Opportunity

Join the conversation between Actress, Producer and Change Agent Yara Shahidi and Designer and Entrepreneur Melody Ehsani as they discuss the power that intergenerational exchange plays in creativity, using community building to empower and inspire each other, and building a network of support to create more opportunity. Over the course of the conversation, Yara and Melody discuss how they’ve shifted their creative processes in the ‘year of the pivot’, the importance of having your voice heard no matter your age, and using creativity to not just reform but reimagine that world around us to move forward.

Miguel + Jessica Hische

Episode 7: Create Harmony

For the seventh installment of Create Change, we hear from GRAMMY-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Miguel, and lettering artist and author Jessica Hische, on the healing powers of the creative process. Miguel and Jessica discuss how letting go of control when creating opens up moments of surprise and ingenuity, and how creativity is a powerful way to communicate emotions, bring about self-balance, and support connection in this digital-first world.