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.
Theatre animals, performers, creators of live performance I’m talking to YOU.
Do you feel frustrated because while you’ve got the artistic skills, ideas and desire to share your work with audiences and earn money for your art, you find yourself totally flummoxed as to how to make it happen?
I hate asking for help. I get tense and uncomfortable. Not only do I not like to admit my own fallibility, I struggle to trust anyone else to do what I want, how I want.
This mindset makes life (ostensibly) more in my control, but getting sh*t done is slow, arduous and overwhelming.
In lieu of being able to build relationships out there IRL, I’ve been meditating on how best to use our current situation to your advantage. I’ve written before about reaching out to your dream collaborators.
Today I want to focus on another method of building your professional contacts in the face of a global pandemic.
That is to FOCUS ON YOUR PEERS.
Read MoreIf you’re an artist who creates your own projects and takes on the lion’s share of the tasks when it comes to raising the funds, writing the funding applications, promoting and sharing your projects with audiences…
… you’re like me. And admin is bane of your existence.
You know the sinking feeling that comes with putting it off. You’re familiar with the rage at losing days to its boring details. Oof.
To help you complete your necessary admin efficiently, so you can get on with your art, here are 8 tools I use regularly.
