EP 186: Carla Costamagna shares her story of starting the FLIPSIDE Vinyl store in France!

I was born in Peru but grew up in several countries throughout Europe and South America including Italy, Spain, Germany, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, etc. Throughout my life I had 3 constant dreams/ passions: that of becoming an artist or working in the Art world, cooking and moving to Paris. in 2002 I moved to NYC and met my husband Mike, we lived in NYC and then San Francisco where we both had a chance to develop careers in our passions (Mike with music as a sound engineer mixing and mastering albums and me in a creative environment as an event and floral designer)I worked on many high profile events designing wonderful tablescapes for weddings, birthdays, and galas but my true love really was with visual arts. When we left San Francisco and I started my own company I vowed to use my workshop space  and notoriety to sponsor young emerging local artists. I started producing and curating art exhibits whenever I had a chance, organizing cool openings with my event planning knowledge. Meanwhile Mike was accumulating a very large collection of vinyl records so he would come spin at my art openings and this when our "Vinyl Meets Art" adventure began.  As time went by and the country fell into a political climate we did not like, we decided that it might be the perfect time to finally make that dream of living in Paris come true. So in the summer of 2019 we packed our belongings, our massive album collection, books and whatever could fit in 4 suitcases, sold the rest and moved to the City of Light. Little did we know things would not work out as planned. Between the greve of 2019 and the Covid Pandemic we were not able to advance career wise and we were spending too much money in Paris. The kids were not happy trapped in a 50sq. m apartment either. This is when we decided to move to the countryside and invest our savings in something that combined both our passions: Vinyl and Art by opening The Flipside Vinyl Disquaire and Art Space in Toucy. We've been open for 1 month and have been very well received and we plan to exhibit young artist in our small gallery space "La Galerie" and in the fall we'll start music/art workshops for children, as well as monthly music events. www.costamagnadesign.comwww.theflipsidevinyl.com@theflipsidevinyl@theflipside_lagalerieEvents/ weddings websitewww.costamagnadesign.com Kickstarter https://kickstarter.com/projects/theflipidevinyl/the-flipside-vinyl-is-expandingSupport the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laviecreativepodcast.substack.com