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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.
Valuing Your Personal Energy as a Resource
Tristan Hessing offers his perspective on the importance of considering your personal energy as a valuable, finite resource and carefully...
Creating a System for Time Management that Works for You
Azucena Trejo-Williams describes how she has learned to manage her time by creating a detailed day-to-day schedule including both her...
What Generosity Means To An Artist
by Jessica McCambly Generosity has been indivisible from my experience of being an artist. I cannot personally separate the two. I have...
Recharging Your Creative Batteries
Artist Linda Enfante-Lyons shares how she maintains balance in her practice by both protecting studio time and also getting out of the...
Giving Back by Creating Opportunities
Artist Meghan Sinclair describes how she practices generosity by coordinating pop up art shows that provide an outlet for many artists to...
Making Studio Time a Habit
Artist Samantha Fields shares how she has developed a routine that protects her studio time.
Learning Pricing Based on Artist Value
Elaine Grogan Luttrull, Department Head of Business & Entrepreneurship at the Columbus College of Art & Design, shares a story about...
Making Time for All of the Aspects of Life
Debs Webster describes her learning curve to find balance between time for her large family, the business side of art, and her studio...
Being Comfortable Saying No
Artist Keren Lowell shares a positive experience turning down an opportunity because it didn’t offer fair compensation.
A Game-changing Commission
Artist Princess Simpson Rashid shares how a commission for a business provided a shift in her career by showing her what might be...
Valuing What Matters to You
Artist Matthew Deleget explains how he sets goals that reflect his values as opposed to only looking at the traditional markers for an...
An Annual Tradition of Goal Setting
Artist Andre Lucero describes the power of getting goals down on a piece of paper and revisiting them weekly, monthly, and yearly to see...
Time Management for Artists
Take control of your time. Tips and tools from practicing artists on how to optimize your schedule to maximize your creativity from...
The Snowball Effect of Sharing
Ali Groves describes how small acts of generosity can snowball into more significant shifts in the ways artists work together, share...
Sharing Knowledge through a Community of Artists - Chris Parmelee relates how producing and sharing
Chris Parmelee relates how producing and sharing knowledge is one of the best things a community of artists can do to expand their...
Budgeting as a Tool for Empowerment
Elaine Grogan Luttrull, Department Head of Business & Entrepreneurship at the Columbus College of Art & Design, describes the experience...
Embracing the Act of Finding Balance
Artist Asia Freeman describes how she has learned to embrace the act of juggling all of the different things she needs to thrive.
Finding Balance with the Support of Partners
Artist Pat Shelton shares how she finds work life balance by having partners who believe in you and compliment your skills.
Balancing Being a Mom and an Artist
Artist Andrea Chung describes how essential it is to have a strong support system in order to have balance, especially as a mom and an...
Building a Network of Support
Artist Margie Livingston shares how she has intentionally cultivated a network of artists that she depends on for support.
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