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How to stop doubting your creative executions. A creative role can be a complex one. Not knowing if what you truly have should be put in a museum or in the trash. It all starts with making some basic steps that we are all capable of. Check out a few that I have outlined here. What else would you add? What is your process? #creativeprocess #selfdoubt

My new Saltee Goodness post is called "Coming to Our Senses: How Artists' Joy Saves the World." It explores how remaining connected to embodied joy is what brings us all back to what is real, what is good, and what is true. The cover image is a beautiful photograph of my mother and sister circa 1972 - can't you just feel the joy in their interchange? Read the full post at: https://lnkd.in/dCaDW3xT

The most effective way to sell art is face-to-face. But you need a special occasion to do this - a gallery event, an art fair, a museum, etc. So the next best, and easiest way to sell art is via video! 🎦 Yes - we all hate it, but it has to be done, especially if you're a business owner. The good thing is, nobody expects documentary quality from you. You don't need your own studio or camera crew. All you have to do is go live and talk to your audience. As simple as that!

Want to show your work at galleries? You can't just set them free in oceans of art without any organization, presentation, instructions, or guidance on what they'll be looking at. You have to curate the work first. Limit what you show to your most significant subjects or series, current or recent work, ongoing projects, pieces that best represent your skills, and other noteworthy examples. Know what you're showing and why. Impressing with your best always beats overwhelming them with everything.

The City Series. Step 1: start with showing your art.✔️ Step 2: showcase your talent ✔️ Step3: define what you want to achieve with what you’re doing.✔️ Step 4: sale your art. Step 5: get featured in a gallery.

I just remembered I have this tumblr blog where I can collect multiple links in one post. So here are the links to all my Fall Arts Issue features in one spot: https://lnkd.in/eKFCSgzZ

Artistic murals have the incredible power to breathe life into communities, turning blank walls into vibrant canvases that tell stories, convey messages, and evoke emotions. Join us as we explore how these captivating works of public art are "Transforming Communities One Wall at a Time.” 😇 #ConnectToGrow growzilla.co #growzilla #community #communitybuilding #communitymanagement #communitydevelopment #communitygrowth #communityfirst #communitystrategy

I call it the scarcity mentality trap. It has spread in all museums at the speed of light since the pandemic. The logic of ‘There is no resources (i.e. money) for more’. With this, we have justified massive layoffs, overloading work teams to the point of making them sick or leaving them, and above all, it is seen as logical and natural to decide and act in ‘survival mode’ without any possibility of imagining, innovating, or thinking differently... to live with purpose and dignity instead of survive. This is the zombie big trap-tomb. One day we will know the true extent of this hamster wheel mentality we have got ourselves into. The priority seems to be able to keep going round and round for another day. At whatever human cost. Even all we know that the wheel will stop sooner or later. Last night I attended the session organized by MuseumExpert.org where Walter Staveloz, Laura Lott, Micah Parzen, and Anne W. Ackerson presented the provisional results of a survey conducted in the museum sector in the USA with 530 responses on the barriers that professionals encounter in order to carry out their work properly. The data are overwhelming. At all levels of the organization, there is a hegemony of the ‘Keep doing things in survival mode’ mentality. Cultural Inquiry was born in this context precisely to support museums that are caught in the trap of the survival mental model to get out of the Hamster wheel. A mental model based on scarcity and transactionalism that forces us to cannibalise each other, in a stupid struggle of all against all. It is doing so by facilitating new mental maps, tools, and capacity building based on abundance, on mutual care, on the joy of reconnecting with the inner child and from there with your co-workers and the community, creating a new language and a new storytelling. The recorded session will be available soon on MuseumExpert's YouTube channel and is highly recommended. https://lnkd.in/dyB4DRAa

As part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund project I'm delivering at Babylon ARTS the Young Associates have developed an Open Call for our up-and-coming exhibition Sensing Nature. Our open call challenges are: CHALLENGE 1 – LISTEN  Share an audio recording of your personal stories or experiences with nature, or record the sounds of the natural world around you (think wildlife, weather, the crunching of leaves). Maximum length – 2 minutes. CHALLENGE 2 – TOUCH Create a tactile artwork, made to be touched, inspired by the natural world. Think textiles, ceramic, or something made using natural materials.  Maximum height – 1 metre CHALLENGE 3 – LOOK Draw your experience of nature – it could be abstract or observational, or even a tree rubbing. You might use a range of materials - think charcoal, crayons, a mix of materials, or create something digitally using a smartphone or tablet. Maximum size – A3 Please share this with your networks in the East - or get in touch if you would like more details: https://lnkd.in/eKYM6UCz

INNOVATION Insights agrees with Anka Snider that play is important to creativity and innovation. Congratulations on completing your master's thesis and MFA program. We name you our INNOVATION Insights, "Innovator of the Week!" #INNOVATIONInsights #Play #BurnoutPrevention