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Rejection as an Artist

Art Prof Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Deepti Menon discusses the challenges of experiencing rejection as a visual artist. Rejection is everywhere there is an opportunity for artists: applying for a job, for an artist grant, from an art gallery, a juried art exhibition, and much more. Being rejected as an artist can take a mental toll on your practice as an artist and cause you to question your direction and creative decisions. Deepti and Lauryn explains how rejection is an inherent part of being an artist, and offers actions and strategies you can employ to deal with this part of an artist's life.

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Advice for New Art School Students

Art Prof Teaching Artists Eloise Sherrid and Cat Huang provide advice for incoming art school students. Starting art school is an exciting time, but it's also full of questions: what art supplies should I pack? How do I navigate my school work and social life? What should I expect from my professors? Cat and Eloise provide practical advice about how to get ready for art school.

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How To Get Art Commissions

Art Prof Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Alex Rowe talk about the process of how to get art commissions, going in depth about the logistics of seeing a commission through from beginning to end. Topics include pricing, working with clients, shipping, and more.

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Your Toughest Art Critic: Yourself!

Art Prof Teaching Artists Eloise Sherrid and Deepti Menon discuss that our toughest critics of our artwork is actually ourselves! Why do we give ourselves such a difficult time when seeing our artwork, why are we get so hard on ourselves in the process of making our artwork? Deepti and Eloise dig into our reasons, and provide practical, straightforward actions that can be potential solutions.

Chasing Success as an Artist: Patience!

Art Prof Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Alex Rowe discuss the importance of patience when being an artist. Being an artist is a marathon, not a sprint, you have to be in it for the long haul. Jordan and Alex provide ways to stay on track as an artist long term.

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How Do I Find My Art Style?

Art Prof Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Alex Rowe discuss how an artist can find their own style. Artistic style is important in that it is what distinguishes an artist from the crowd, and yet forcing a style on yourself prematurely can often times be harmful to your artistic development. Cat and Alex talk about strategies you can employ to find your art style in a manner that will hone your skills in a healthy way.

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Balancing a Day Job & Your Art

Art Prof Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Lauryn Welch discuss how to balance a day job to pay the bills while sustaining a lively artistic practice at the same time. There are many challenges!

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Is Drawing a Talent, or a Skill?

Art Prof Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Alex Rowe discuss whether drawing is an innate talent, or a skill that can be learned. People often times refer to drawing as a talent, and yet can developing drawing skills simply be a matter of hard work and practice?

How Art Schools Fail at Career Prep

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Lauryn Welch discuss how toxic ideas and misconceptions about the professional world that are pushed onto students by professors at art school. These concepts can become misleading and harmful to students when they enter the professional world after graduation

Art School Tea: Social Life Tips for Art Students

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Deepti Menon talk about what social life is like for students in art school. Topics addressed include how academic life and social life intersect (and when they don't) and the importance of fostering strong connections with other students.