Sustaining in a Time of Change
Monday, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 at 12:00-2:00 pm ET
Followup Workshops
Generating Opportunities: March 1
Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/aCRb5ZXGt0WkgEc20VBQzY5tpL4Ddz9u0UTc2vA0DNUPA-SLIFbVh2jft21ahc_a.oeO1GIIqeCoM-Gzf?startTime=1709308726000
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Generating Opportunities handout
Generating Opportunities slides
Revenue Streams: April 5
Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/K3OZrlcs8IfIU48jEU2FAbQJmPAteJ4Hozqs_J0q4dFoMV-tm_iOptrebz-A7qtd.bqdYlgX19EKfUKvI?startTime=1712331552000
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Revenue Streams slides
Not Doing It Alone: Hiring, outsourcing, volunteers, and barter
Friday, May 3, 12:00-2:00
Zoom link here (no registration needed)
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Session #1: Planning (Feb 5)
Feb 5 Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/ulL1omNnarLKUKFqPvYJCafq1OkUDOSduOhgUc5ooTaAQF4A7NK2flBa00cYxKTn.GW7VsKUAbkJ4zvlE?startTime=1707150673000
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Slides from session #1 are here
Prompt: Planning (i.e. Specifying Intentions) for Individual Artists, Workbook p.9-19:
1) Brainstorm: What do you want personally, artistically, and professionally in the next two years?
personal = everything that doesn’t have to do with working
artistic = your actual art making process: time, space, collaborators, skills, projects
professional = how your art is supported and how it goes out in the world
+ Dream bigger than you think you ought to.
+ Don’t censor.
+ Eliminate any “shoulds.”
+ If you can, put numbers on it: “16 hours per week in the studio” is a goal. “More time for my art” is a hope.
2) Leave it alone for a couple days, then get out your list. Choose your top three goals.
+ Choose three that will have the most positive impact on your world.
+ That means three goals total. And you don’t have to choose one from each category; they could all be from the same category.
+ Choosing three priorities turns your goals from a list (endless, diffuse) to a plan (concise, focused.)
+ 95% of your plan is the stuff you choose not to focus on, the things you will not devote attention to.
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Session #2: Money (Feb 12)
Feb 12 recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1sjUEg-Z6914fZArtgykfT92cinbU-HFYbc4alRqwUnwgnSIT1AaXryuJQtHcj-9.xD3TRDSaTd9dkZwK?startTime=1707755204000
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Slides from session #2 are here
Prompts for next week: Time Design
Notice the flows and rhythms of your attention, particularly the high level focus we bring to our artistic practice.
+ When does that attention show up in your week and for how long?
+ How do you use that attention?
+ What, if anything, lays the groundwork for it (sleep, rituals, meditation)?
+ What, if anything, gets in the way?
Track your time for one week (Workbook p. 57-64).
+ Be specific. Break it down.
+ No week is “normal.” Don’t worry about it, just do it.
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Session #3: Time Design (Feb 19)
Feb 19 recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/jPwBSV18rQhE_MH02faHoO4e2Qpm6TlyT_AZ_4ntCV_1m9Ar7Kk_9aZAvGqnYZZW.fxi4yKaFA6N29X3u
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Slides from session #3 are here
Prompt for next week: Your artist journey
by yourself or with a partner, do the interview in the Workbook p. 25-32
+ When and how did you decide to be an artist?
+ Describe an early artistic experience that inspired you.
+ Are there any teachers or mentors who were formative for you? How?
+ Name three artists whose work you admire. What is it about their work and process that you love?
+ Describe your process for a specific work. Where did the idea or inspiration originate? How exactly did you work on it? What is your refining or editing process?
+ What is the most meaningful project you’ve ever created?
+ What is the most meaningful connection with an audience/public you’ve ever had?
+ If the whole world saw your work, if it was everywhere and kids studied it in school and towns brought it to the village green, how would the world be different?
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Session #4: Artist Mission Statements (Feb 26)
Feb 26 recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/IInzEp0cP6bx-wBFy_jFvYphzhZIufGJc4COcTBJVeLoMfSIulDqN4Wa_lRMeF03.R8k2CMEaKudlOZC_?startTime=1708965063000
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