Episode
Permission to be Bad: Jules Costa, Founder, Bad Art Club
- Podcast
- How We Connected
- Published
- Jun 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3761
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://www.chamberofconnection.org/
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-we-connected-7614718/episodes/permission-to-be-bad-jules-costa-founder-bad-art-club/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-we-connected-7614718/permission-to-be-bad-jules-costa-founder-bad-art-club.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
It's been a busy week for Charlotte Massey and Aaron Hurst at the US Chamber of Connection. Aaron joins from a San Francisco airport while touring with board.dev, his nonprofit board effort, as the two launch Welcome Week, a week built around one idea, inviting someone to do something. Charlotte shares her own bad art from a cabin in Colorado, made just for the process. This week's guest is Jules Costa, founder of Bad Art Club in San Francisco, where the bad is a trick to get people through the door who'd never call themselves creative. She traces the path from a decade in software to the afternoon in the Panhandle when she and a friend drew the worst portraits they could and a club was born. Jules recounts quitting tech, walking away from corporate work, and finding her footing in pro bono workshops for people in early recovery, where failing is impossible and everyone belongs. 00:00 Introduction 05:22 Welcome Week and the Culture of Inviting 10:20 How Many People Are Invite-Ready Tonight? 16:19 Welcoming Jules Costa, Bad Art Club 17:42 Leadership and the South Africa Trip 19:23 Origin of Bad Art Club 22:21 First Workshop, Going Full Time 26:07 Corporate Work and Pivoting to Nonprofit 29:10 Art in Addiction Recovery 33:20 Weekly Gatherings and the Fate Collective 38:33 Body Wisdom and Decision Making 51:33 Reflections --- How We Connected explores the conversations that power communities across the United States. Aaron Hurst and Charlotte Massey share what they’re building at the US Chamber of Connection and speak with leaders whose work strengthens local connection. Episodes offer human stories, practical insights, and ideas you can use in your own community. Aaron Hurst , Co-Founder of the US Chamber of Connection, is a longtime entrepreneur focused on purpose and c…