Between 2019-2021, I blogged about the creative process and the business of being an artist. I did my best to cram-jam my posts filled with useful tools, tips and hacks and straight-up honesty from my own point of view.
My focus was figuring out how we can overcome our creative blocks, actually finish our projects and earn money from our art. I also shared the work of Black and Global Majority artists.
Take a look around or see the posts by categories: creative process, self-producing, artist life hacks, artist series. I hope you find something useful here.
Since I started teaching artists in my Solo Show Lab about 2 years ago, I've been meditating on what is essential in order for artists to be able to make headway with their work in a way that feels good.
I’ve been working on a theory: The Creative Power Triad. I believe that there are three symbiotic elements necessary for artists to have a healthy and productive creative practice.
As lockdown is eased, it’s fun to think about what things you’d like to shed so you can move into this next period a little lighter, a little freer.
What clunk (physical, mental or relational) can you clear out?
A great, but sometimes easier said than done, way to make space, is to begin saying NO.
Autobiographical work is on my mind these days. I’m in the middle of writing a book based on my autobiographical solo show, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.
I’ve also taught many artists through my Solo Show Creation Lab who were creating their own autobiographical work. These artists often express fear that their autobiographical work is self-indulgent — That it’s not worthy of a platform. They worry that it’s therapy not art, or a diary rather than a show and therefore won’t have relevance or value.*
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