A Mighty Practice

The podcast discusses the 6th stage of the creative process: sharing your work. It explores the fear of being visible and destructive sharing practices. The motivations behind sharing work on Instagram and the disappointment that can arise are also discussed. The importance of reflecting on why and how to share your work is emphasized.

In this episode we talk about making money and making art with Canadian Painter, Lesley Anderson! Topics we cover in this conversation: The transition out of art school, using various creative skills to make a living, the possibility of satisfying day jobs, and why Lesley did not choose "the teaching path." Listen in to this episode to hear how Lesley makes her living as an artist and how she leans into the ebb and flow of her creative life.  +++ OUR COACHING PROGRAM IS ENROLLING UNTIL SEPT 23RD! Got questions about the program?   Sign up for a free 15 minute coaching call. ++++ Lesley Anderson is a Canadian artist currently based in Austin, TX. Originally from the west coast, she studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, 2009), and completed her Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University (Montreal, 2015). Her work is informed by materials and process, the formal properties of painting and the relationship between colour, mark making and form. She uses a variety of media and methods such as brushwork, drawing, cut outs, masking, airbrushing, projection, digital drawing and more, to create an inventory of compositional material. Her visual language continues to explore the organic nature of painterly materials, hard-edge and the subtleties of colour. Learn more about her work at: lesley-anderson.com or on IG: @lesley.anderson ++++

In this short and sweet episode, I talk about an important part of manifesting your most ambitious projects: sketching. Sketching is the process of gathering the raw material of your idea into its simplest most coherent form. The Sketch is the bridge between your play stage (experimentation) and your generate stage (making a bunch of stuff). Our sketches help other people understand the early stages of our ideas. I'll talk about the value of sketching and offer you some methods to try based on your practice. +++ There's still time to get our early bird discount for the fall program - Get on the list here to get the coaching program discount. Offer ends August 19th 2022.

In this episode we'll talk to three very different artists that have taken our 12-week coaching program. You'll hear about their struggles, their backgrounds (some who went to art school, and some who didn't) and what brought them to this program. You'll hear what they got out of this work, and how it transformed their practices. Tune into this episode if you want to learn what you can expect from this deep, intensive coaching program, and how it can help you overcome your roadblocks. There's still time to get our early bird discount for the fall program - Get on the list here to get the coaching program discount. Check out the work of today's artists: Cheyenne Weaver, Jon Cunningham, and Paula Heaphy.

In this episode, I'll talk about creative self-sabotage. Do you feel close to reaching a goal but something keeps getting in your way? Maybe you don't even realize it's happening. Self-sabotage looks different for everyone. I define creative self-sabotage as a habit or behavior that prevents you from creating the things you want to create. In this episode, I'll talk about 5 types of self-sabotage: Over-committing, Over-editing, Being a Prisoner to Your Formula, Re-inventing the Wheel, and Looking for Perfect. I'll describe the thought patterns and behaviors of these types and offer an exercise to help you work through it. Let's stop self-sabotaging! Fall Coaching Program ENROLLMENT is open! Get on the list to GET THE EARLY BIRD RATE HERE: https://www.amightypractice.com/coaching

Have you been thinking about joining A Mighty Practice School but not sure if it's for you? In this episode I'll talk more about the school - what kind of students join, what our coaching calls are like, and more. We're running a summer membership sale, so join the school by Sunday July 10th and you get a free 20 minute coaching call with Christine!  Ready to sign up? Go to www.amightypractice.com/members Questions? email info@amightypractice.com

It's a dark fucking time. I think many of us feel this way. And when you're making art during a dark period, it's easy to question why you're doing it. What is the value of this work? How is it having an impact? In this episode, I offer a different way to think about the importance of making art during times of darkness.

It's time to hear from some working artists in this Making Money + Making Art series! Today I chat with Detroit-based fibers artist, Katie Shulman. In our conversation we talk about Katie's trajectory as an artist and how she's dealt with the big questions of "How do I make a living? and how do I make my art?" She'll share the various ways she's answered these questions. She'll talk about her feelings on selling her work, her relationship to nine-to-fives, and the value of moving to an affordable city. Listen in for so much wisdom. Come take Katie's workshop at the school: All About Rope: Transforming Line to Form on May 19th, 2022. Bonus: Snag a 30-minute discounted coaching call with Katie if you sign up for the class!  ++++ About Katie Shulman Katie Shulman is an artist from Washington, DC who currently resides in Detroit, Michigan. She holds an MFA in Studio Art from Syracuse University and a BFA in Fine Art from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her work has been shown wildly in New York State including at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and The Strohl Art Gallery in Chautauqua, NY. In addition to her art practice, Katie has an over nine-year career as an arts administrator. She has worked in various institutions of higher learning and nonprofit art spaces in New York City like The 92nd Y, The Studio Institute and Hunter College. She currently teaches at College for Creative Studies and serves as a Pre-College Counselor at her alma mater, the Penny W. Stamps School Of Art & Design. Find her on instagram: @katie.shulman.

In the second episode of our money series, we're talking about your RULES. For most artists, their creative lives and their financial lives are tangled in a very messy way. In this episode we're asking a different set of questions: What does your creative life need to thrive? What does your financial life need to thrive? We'll talk about how you can separate these two areas of your life so it empowers you vs. holds you back from creating what you want. **Thanks for listening and sharing this podcast! We love ya! If you're feeling generous and enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks so much. <3**

Making money and making art. These two things have become intertwined for contemporary artists in such a messy way. In this mini series on money, I'm going to talk about our relationship to money as artists, specifically looking at MONEY AS A BLOCK. How do our core-negative beliefs around money prevent us from building a meaningful and financially sustainable creative life? How does our thinking around money limit vs. empower us? In this episode, I'll share common negative beliefs artists have around money and what those artists are really telling themselves when they have those thoughts. +++ Join our workshop membership + join our school-wide coaching call on April 24th!