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Building an Artist Application Package: How to Set Up Your Artist CV and Statement So Applying Becomes Easy
This article explains how to create a professional artist application package for residencies, grants, and exhibitions by building a sustainable system for your artist CV, statement, bio, images, and documentation. It offers guidance on preparing, customizing, and maintaining materials that align with your evolving practice and institutional opportunities.
How Artists Can Best Harness the Energy of an Artist Residency: What to Do Before, During, and After
This article examines how artists can harness the full energy of an artist residency by approaching it intentionally before arrival, working strategically during the residency period, and integrating its outcomes afterward, with clear guidance on documentation, networking, and marketing as essential parts of the residency experience.
How to Decide If You Should Do an Artist Residency and How to Choose Which Ones to Apply To
This article explains how to decide if you should do an artist residency and how to choose artist residency programs that align with your practice, capacity, and long-term professional goals.
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At What Point Can You Call Yourself an Artist? Philosophies, Histories, and the Weight of a Title
The term “artist” is deeply charged, carrying centuries of cultural weight, social expectations, and philosophical contention. It is a...
Feb 23, 20256 min read
How to Identify Reputable Art Opportunities: Deciphering Value and Avoiding Exploitation
Opportunities for artists—exhibitions, residencies, grants, markets, and community projects—are often presented as pivotal steps toward...
Jan 12, 20256 min read
“Don’t Say Yes to Everything: How Artists Can Choose the Right Opportunities”
For artists navigating their careers, opportunities often seem like lifelines in a competitive and uncertain industry. Exhibitions, residencies, collaborations, and commissions appear at first glance as unequivocal “yes” moments. But not every opportunity is the right one. Saying yes to everything can dilute your energy, misalign your career trajectory, and even perpetuate a scarcity mindset, a deeply ingrained belief that every chance must be seized because another might not
Jan 5, 20255 min read
Breaking Down Gallery Contracts: What Every Artist Should Know
Gallery contracts are a critical foundation for professional relationships between artists and galleries, outlining expectations, rights,...
Jan 1, 20255 min read
Selling Out or Staying True? Authenticity in Art Under Consumer Capitalism
Learn how an artist can remain true to themselves in a consumer capitalist market!
Dec 31, 20245 min read
The Class System Within the Arts: How Late-Stage Capitalism and Hustle Culture Deepen Inequities
The art world has long been romanticized as a meritocracy, where talent and creativity transcend barriers to determine success. This...
Dec 31, 20246 min read
Knowledge as Power: Why We Must Talk About Systemic Issues in the Arts
The arts are often celebrated as a space of creativity, expression, and freedom. Yet, beneath this ideal lies a complex web of systemic...
Dec 31, 20244 min read
Fear of Success in the Arts: Navigating the Paradox of Achievement
Fear of success is a psychological phenomenon where individuals consciously or subconsciously resist achieving their goals due to the...
Dec 31, 20246 min read
Exploring Funding Structures in the Arts: Types, Value, and Impact
Funding in the arts is a critical component of sustaining creativity, enabling artists and organizations to produce work, engage...
Dec 31, 20246 min read
Arts Funding 101: Part 6: Individual Artist Grants
Origins, Types, Value, and the Consequences of Their Absence Individual artist grants are essential funding mechanisms that enable...
Dec 31, 20246 min read
Scarcity Mindset in the Arts: Psychological, Sociological, and Cultural Impacts
Supporting scarcity mindset in the arts
Dec 31, 20246 min read
Navigating Impostor Syndrome in the Arts: Battling Self-Doubt in a Creative Landscape
How to navigate Impostor Syndrome in the Arts
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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