Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women

Teresa Loveless

New Mexico's Teresa Loveless was born into a family of artists. When she was 4, Teresa's grandmother, Rachel Brown, known for her work creating and promoting weaving and textile arts, gave her a loom and taught her to weave. In 1980 Brown began Weaving Southwest, a gallery and yarn-dyeing business outside Taos. Teresa currently runs the business - carrying on Rachel's legacy. She hand dyes an array of weaving and knitting yarns, teaches contemporary tapestry weaving and represents several local artists in the gallery. Her's is a true labor of love.

Moira Sedgwick

Moira Sedgwick is a food and wine event professional who's worked as a private chef/caterer and with other New York chefs and restaurateurs producing press events and media campaigns including Share Our Strength - the nationwide organization that works to end childhood hunger in the U.S. In 2009 she started Rum and Blackbird Tasting Tours.

Karen Malpede

Karen Malpede is the author/director of 19 plays produced in the US, Europe and Australia... a body of work that focuses on critical issues of the day - war, human rights and social change. She and husband, actor/producer George Bartenieff are the co-founders and co-artistic directors of Theater Three Collaborative in New York.

Ora Shtull

Even the most successful senior executives hit roadblocks.  That's where Ora Shtull comes in. An Executive Coach for more than 15 years, she's been working with professionals in leading New York companies, helping them to enhance their leadership presence - their ability to engage, connect and influence in the workplace. She's also the author of The Glass Elevator: A Guide to Leadership Presence for Women on The Rise.

Vivian Sessoms

From singing jingles as a child...to providing backup vocals for the likes of Joe Cocker, Cher, Pink and Patti Austin, to featured vocalist with jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, (among others), to successful solo artist, Vivian Sessoms is one dynamic, soulful and sexy singer.

Dorothy Kalins

Dorothy Kalins is a mover and shaker. The founding editor-in-chief of Metropolitan Home, she was also the driving force behind Saveur magazine. Kalins was also Executive Editor of Newsweek where she helped direct its National Magazine Award-winning coverage of 9/11. In 2006 she launched Dorothy Kalins Ink - a magazine consulting and book publishing company.

Eva Leon

Violinist Eva Leon has been making beautiful music ever since she was a little girl growing up in the Canary Islands. She is one of the most successful Spanish violinists of her generation having won the major Spanish violin competitions and several international ones.  Her performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician takes her all over the world.

Marione Ingram

Marione Ingram lived in Hamburg, Germany in the late 1930s/early 1940s. In her memoir, The Hands of War, she shares her harrowing, yet fascinating account of growing up Jewish under Hitler,and surviving Operation Gomorrah, 10 days and nights of relentless bombings by US and British Air Forces. As a teenager Marione emigrated to the US and having experienced racial discrimination in Europe became very active in the civil rights movement.

Kate Clinton

Kate Clinton is nothing short of hilarious, in fact, she's been described as the most talented lesbian comedienne ever, but her audience extends well beyond the gay community. Her humor is irreverent, liberating and 'on the money.' In addition to performing, Clinton's worked extensively with social justice and non-profit groups.

Valerie Steele, PhD

Valerie Steele, PhD. has been described as one of the fashion industry's most influential women. Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), she has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies as well as raise public awareness of fashion's cultural and social significance.