You know what they say… it’s all about who you know. Networking can feel awkward most of the time. That’s why this week we’re giving you practical ways to build relationships with other creative people.

Artrepreneur from the Creative City Project

Growing your creative network

It’s easy to stuff ourselves full of junk food (literally and figuratively — looking at you endless TikTok feed). When we’re stuffed, we don’t have an appetite for good food. The same is true for our creativity. This week, we talk about how to develop our creative appetite so we can create amazing work.

Cultivating your creative appetite

Our fears can sometimes stop us in our tracks. This can become a huge hurdle in seeing our creative dreams come to life. This week, we talk about fear and how to press through it.

Overcoming fear to do what you love

We talk about being a full time artist on this podcast a lot. This week, we talk about the practicalities of getting to that place. Some things to do… and not do.

How to quit your day job

Some stress is unavoidable. But some stress is completely avoidable. This week, we talk about some stress that is avoidable and the things we can do to eliminate those sources of stress.

Eliminating stress so you can create

Different people play different roles in our lives. This week, we talk about 3 different types of relationships that can be really helpful in helping us live and thrive creatively.

3 branches to your creative support system

We can develop a deep, meaningful, healthy relationship with our creativity. This week, we discuss 5 habits that can help us develop a deep connection to our creative selves.

5 habits for a creative 2022

The new year is an opportunity to introduce a new level of resolve to our life and our creativity. This week, Cole and Adam talk about some of their expectations for 2022 in hopes it might inspire you to have a creative year.

Approaching 2022 with resolve

Inspiration is all around us. This week, Adam and Cole discuss things that brought meaning and inspiration in 2021.

What inspired you in 2021?

We can fall into habits that sometimes prevent us from maximizing our creative opportunities. This week, we talk about some practical ways to generate more revenue from our art.

Selling more art by getting outside the box

We all create and wear masks. Eventually, it becomes an exhausting process of managing our false identity in an attempt to control how others see and perceive us. That can be a killer in the creative process. This week, we talk about the power of removing the masks and opening up as an authentic artist.

Removing the mask and creating authentically

We talk a lot on this podcast about getting along in collaboration. But sometimes we gotta stand up for things. This week, we talk about when it might be productive to lean into conflict.

Arguing in Art

Being creative can be a joyful process. But there are some things that get in the way of finding joy in our art. This week, we identify some of those and talk about how to re-capture joy!

Finding joy in your artistry

Sometimes, in our insecurity we try to hide things about ourselves and our work. But we don’t have to. This week, we talk about how to open up and begin enjoying our creative process more.

3 things you ain't gotta hide

We have a personal and cultural tendency toward sameness. And the artist interrupts this tendency. This week, we talk about the important role artists play in the lives of people and in culture at large… and some of the ways we can stoke change.

How you - as an artist - are saving the world

Helping you make your creativity a career. Creativity and entrepreneurship are both integral to seeing that happen. In each episode, we hone our skills to win the day.

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Artrepreneur from the Creative City Project

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