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Taking a Leap Towards Your Dreams with Aggie Armstrong Mar 27, 2023

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In this episode, join Kat and Aggie Armstrong as they discuss the artist's journey of becoming a full-time artist and creative entrepreneur. Aggie shares the discomfort of taking the leap, leaving a corporate job, and following her dreams.

Aggie Armstrong is known for her multimedia work that explores various states of female consciousness. Through every piece, Aggie's work serves as a record of her feelings and memories of the intersectional female experience.

P.S. This episode includes some adult language

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Tips for Reviving Instagram From Kat Mar 24, 2023

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In this episode, Kat shares some tips for reviving our Instagram art accounts from the dead.

She talks about mindset shifts as well as practical steps for helping you get more engagement and action on the app we often have a complicated relationship with.

Keep showing up and sharing your art and connecting with other humans!

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Giving it All or Nothing with Cj Hendry Mar 20, 2023

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Cj Hendry is a hyperrealist artist who initially garnered worldwide attention on Instagram for her large-scale ink drawings of luxury objects. Always in black and white, these works would often take up to 200 hours to complete. Eventually, she branched out to work in full color with colored pencils and has since expanded her practice to include sculpture, prints and other media. Hendry is also known for coordinating and funding her own immersive and interactive solo exhibitions. The latest one, Plaid, will be on display in New York from April 14-23rd, 2023.

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Becoming the Most Successful Version of You With Master Coach Olga Blias Mar 09, 2023

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Join Ekaterina Popova and master coach Olga Blias!

Olga is a master transformative mindset and life coach. She shares her story and how she began her journey. We talk all about how to start making positive changes in our lives and how to create powerful and permanent shifts.

I ask Olga to share practical tips for artists beginning to embody the identity of the most successful, joyful version of themselves and it's way easier than you think!

We also cover:

Navigating imposter syndrome

Fear

Building confidence

Enjoy this episode!

Learn more about Olga:

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Shifting Studio Materials, Exploring Bats and Working with Museums: Featuring Rebecca Saylor Sack Mar 06, 2023

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Join Ekaterina Popova and Rebecca Saylor Sack on an inspiring episode where the artist shares how she started exploring bats in her work and shifted her painting materials over the past few years.

Rebecca is an artist and the the program director of the Fine Arts Program and Painting emphasis coordinator at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Listen to this episode to learn about:

How to shift your materials
Finding references and images for new work
Working with museums
And more!

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Upgrade Your Challenges | How to Create Positive Changes in Your Life and Art Career Feb 28, 2023

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How to create positive change and open yourself up to expansion and new exciting challenges!

Are you sick and tired of a recurring problem in your life? Is it finances? Lack of opportunities?

On this episode, Kat shares the early steps of how to create positive change in your life. Acknowledging the areas of struggle you no longer want to tolerate is a great place to start the transformation.

Start by reflecting on what changes you would like to make in your life and why. Once you have identified the changes you want to make, create a plan to help you work towards them. Never be afraid to take risks and take on new challenges - you never know what you may learn and the doors that may open!

Expand with us!

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Partnerships, Press & Art PR with Natasha Roberts Feb 23, 2023

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In this episode, Alicia Puig interviews Natasha Roberts, a New York-based art advisor, curator and founder of The Know.

Natasha works with creatives, arts organizations, brands, and nonprofits to build culturally-relevant experiences and collaborative campaigns. Through the production of thought-provoking branded digital content and implementation of modern PR strategies, she cultivates public engagement and organic buzz for client projects.

Before launching the KNOW, Natasha found herself drawn to the rapidly emerging start-up world in New York, and after stints in PR and luxury events, she honed in on creative leanings to develop an expertise in fine art. Natasha has completed post-graduate studies in curatorial practice and contemporary art at The School for Curatorial Studies (Venice, IT) and Christie's Education (New York, NY), as well as perfumery at Pratt Institute (New York, NY). Combining her professional skill set with a passion for advocacy and innovation, Natasha and her clients have garnered press in Artnet News, Vogue, PAPER, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, Juxtapoz and more.

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Building Relationships with Galleries with Dontae T. Muse Feb 15, 2023

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In this episode, Alicia interviews Dontae T. Muse, artrepreneur coach & gallery co-owner. He helps visual artists to monetize their creativity and increase their income using proven branding and creative marketing strategies. In his books, workshops, courses, and signature program "Pay The Artist", he covers everything from pricing your work, branding yourself, identifying your client avatar, composing your artist statements, crafting and submitting proposals, social media engagement, and more. During this conversation, Alicia and Dontae discuss the mistakes artists often make with regard to selling and marketing their work as well as the top reasons why gallery pitches are unsuccessful (& what to do about it!). Tune in for tried and true strategies on how to finally get a gallery to notice your work.

https://www.iamdmuse.com/

Transcendental Art & Healing Trauma with Laurén Magda Feb 07, 2023

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Laurén Magda is an American, multidisciplinary artist based in Ypsilanti, MI. She has been featured by major art publications such as Create! and All She Makes Magazines, and has participated in various group shows. Her first solo show is "Meditations on Transformation" at Stone & Spoon Gallery in Ypsilanti, MI, which runs through April 2023. She has a concentration in freehand, hard-edged painting.

The key themes Laurén explores are those of the transcendental, spiritual, and visionary realms. Her paintings are boldly colorful, with heavy linework that conveys a sense of wonder and tranquility. She is inspired by the calm and empowerment that comes from healing generational trauma, as well as her spiritual belief system in the mystical workings of the Universe.

Laurén pursued artmaking as a profession by attending Detroit's College for Creative Studies, earning her BFA in Illustration in 2011. She has over a decade of professional graphic design and commercial art experience. After taking a hiatus from pursuing her personal work after art school to commit to a healing journey, she re-established her focus in 2018 and has been creating collections for her personal practice and for exhibiting with galleries.

https://www.laurenmagda.com/

Follow Your Passions and Be Your Own Boss| Behind the Scenes of Our New Book With Kat and Alicia Feb 04, 2023

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We wrote a new book! Tune in and hear all about our publishing journey.

Alicia and Kat are so excited to share what to expect from The Creative Business Handbook, how it can support your goals as a creative entrepreneur, and the process of working with a publisher.

Please celebrate with us! Pre-order and join the party!

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