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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster discuss how to find or build an artist community. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. As artists, so much of our time is spent alone in the studio working by ourselves, which is why it's so important to get out and speak to other artists. Prof Lieu and Jordan discuss opportunities, both online and in real life to meet other artists and foster creative connections.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Lauryn Welch talk about the unique challenges of being an artist during the Covid-19 quarantine: the guilt that comes from not being extra productive during our time at home, the lack of motivation and more. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. 

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Alex Rowe discuss how to keep track of your own mental health as an artist, a complex challenge that most artists struggle with regularly. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. Prof Lieu and Alex talk about how to keep your art as a positive practice that can help you rather than hurt you. There are unfortunately so many situations where artists are facing an uphill battle: the constant rejection from galleries/exhibitions, how social media can impact you negatively, and more.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Eloise Sherrid discuss being jealous of other artists, something all artists experience at some point. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. They discuss being jealous of peers, friends who are artists, artists they do not know in real life, and why being jealous that artist who is just 1 or 2 years younger than you stings extra. Prof Lieu, Alex, and Eloise offer solutions for how to handle the mental challenges jealousy can bring.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch talk about academia's dirty secret: the shameless exploitation of adjunct faculty. (part-time faculty) Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. Speaking from their personal experiences, Prof Lieu and Lauryn talk about how the constant state of anxiety adjunct faculty live in: zero job security, the lack of health insurance, being at the mercy of your department head, bullying from senior faculty, and more.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Cat Huang discuss the importance of failure, risk taking, and fear as an artist. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. So many of us are afraid to fail as artists, and yet failure is actually a crucial part of an artist's development and progression. Taking a creative risk can be intimidating, and make us fearful because of the lack of predictability, but those risks can also be tremendously important and open up creative opportunities!

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster talk about the many negative stereotypes of visual artists and assumptions that are frequently made: artists are lazy, we are are starving, we do drugs and drink all day, and more! Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. 

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