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Thriving Stories
Below is a growing collection of stories from organizations and artists across the country that align with the self-assessment survey.


Starting your day off right
Artist Audrey Samantha Romero shares how she makes time to ground herself to make the most of her day.


Collaboration must benefit everyone
Vicente Yepez turned down an opportunity to write the script for an independent film because, even though there was some overlap with his...


Protecting time & finding words
Filmmaker Spade Robinson is extremely protective of the time and space it takes to concentrate on art, which requires making sacrifices....


Identify goals and find balance
Multi-disciplinary artist Traci Rae Manos has been using Julia Cameron’s book The Artists Way to identify core desires and dreams that...


Saying yes to ourselves
Sophia Ordaz encourages artists who are fighting isolation to surround themselves with things that make them feel like themselves,...


Goals and generosity create opportunities
Markeith Woods describes visiting his written long-term goals every day, morning and night, and using a vision board. He practices...


Communicating built confidence
Megha Rao, a bharatanatyam dancer, shares that learning to talk and write about herself and her work has helped her grow take her work to...


Alignment leads to clarity
Poet Lynette Thrower shares her practice of considering whether her mission and the project’s mission align before agreeing to unpaid...


Unpaid work and paying others
Musician Bernice Hembree suggests evaluating opportunities that don’t pay based on whether it’s a good fit for the artist and a cause...
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