Advance Your Art: From Artist to Creative Entrepreneur

Shannon McNay is a writer, content strategist, and community builder. You can follow her on Twitter @shannonmcnay or her website at shannonmcnay.com BONUS: WealthFront Betterment https://www.acorns.com/ https://www.aspiration.com/ https://studentloanhero.com/ ————————————————————————————————– I WROTE A BOOK! This summer I co-authored, with a group of amazing entrepreneurs, a book called THE CHOICE...

Former musical theatre actress and Hackbright Academy graduate, Chloe Condon is now a Developer Evangelist at Sentry. Pre-Hackbright, she spent her nights and weekends performing in the Bay Area as a singer/actress and worked in tech by day. To support her theatre career, she started to learn to code on her own through online resources. Perhaps the only engineer you’ll meet who has been in “Hairsp...

Jade Leone Blackwater is a small business consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. Her purpose is to dig deep, get inspired, and bring back something awesome. Jade works side by side with business and product owners to whip operations, brands, marketing, and content into shape. She champions cross-team collaboration, strategic design thinking, and customer-focused innovation. Founder of Brainrip...

Meet Kopus Mellni Kopus Mellni is an author, rapper, filmmaker, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and modern day shaman. He currently practices his shaman work by helping people bridge the gap between their real and online lives, on the podcast “The Dot”. For all things Kopus Mellini visit kopusmellini.com CONTACT: www.kopusmellini.com ————————————————————————————————– I WROTE A BOOK! This summer I co-au...

Gary Sirak has been helping other people achieve their American Dream for the last 35 years. He is President of Sirak Financial Services in Canton, OH, a company founded by his father, Stan Sirak in 1957. The company will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year. Gary has written two books, the first, If Your Money Talked … What Secrets Would It Tell? This book is about personal finance and the mo...

MEET JEN LAFORTE: Being a professional actor for almost 20 years, I’ve performed on stage at IO (formerly Improv Olympic) and Second City. I’ve done a lot of theater and film in Chicago and even had a national commercial for 5 Hour Energy running a few years ago. My quirky, funny, girl next door personality, landed me a supporting role, on Logo’s TV Movie, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together. In 201...

Rachel Cossar began her performance career as a Rhythmic Gymnast, representing Canada in international competitions across the globe. She arrived in Boston in 2006 to join the Boston Ballet Ballet where she danced professionally for the next ten years. In 2017, she founded Choreography For Business, LLC. Combining her expertise in body awareness and nonverbal communication, Rachel leads workshops...

Meet Alex Okoroji: Currently ranked as One of the ‘Top 250 Most Influential Women Leaders’ in the World by Richtopia, Alex Okoroji is a Nigerian Actress & Multiple Award Winning Media Personality – Often referred to as the “Queen of Expression” for using different mediums of the Art to empower people using The NAKED Philosophy. She has reinvented herself at every stage of her career as an Actr...

Lisa Kastner Lisa Diane Kastner is the co-founder and executive editor of Running Wild Press. Lisa is a former correspondent for the Philadelphia Theatre Review and Features Editor for the Picolata Review, her short stories have appeared in magazines and journals such as StraightJackets Magazine and HESA Inprint. In 2007 Kastner was featured in the Fresh Lines @ Fresh Nine, a public reading hosted...

Recently featured on Entrepreneur.com, Michael Nova has developed a proven track record of overseeing multiple businesses & creative projects simultaneously, both as a creative artist and entrepreneur. As president of Nova Music Productions, Inc., Michael was featured in The New York Times as a pioneer in offering multiple services to independent artists in the music industry. Several years la...

Susanne Buckler began her art career as a sculptor but she soon found the immediacy of photography. For 25 years her photography studio, Foto Imagerie, was a major contributor in the world of jewelry, lifestyle, interiors, and food with clients including Saatchi, Unilever, Food & Wine magazine, and Avon. Her latest project, Talk to Me, is a mixed media installation of portraits of women. Buckl...

MEET ADRIANA GAVAZZONI: Adriana Gavazzoni is a Brazilian author. She has won The Golden Book Award 2017- Readers Choice for her first novel Behind the Door, Book Excellence Award 2017 (Canada), honorable mention at Reader’s Favorite, and an honorable mention at Paris Book Festival 2017. Adriana is a lawyer, a former professor of law and a writer of novels and legal books, but she is also a voracio...

Meet Frostine Shake: Frostine Shake graduated from The University of North Texas with a B.F.A. in Fashion Design. Obtaining skills such as industrial pattern making, industrial sewing, fashion illustration, textile knowledge and more. Frostine Shake obtained a cosmetology license issued by the state of Texas in 2008. She continues to provide makeup and hair styling for selected photo shoots and ev...

MEET CHRIS STEAD Writing has been a part of Chris Stead’s life since he was very young. In fact, he won the “creative writing” award way back in Year 3 at school as a seven-year-old. During his senior school years, Chris wrote constantly, be it stories while he was sitting at his desk in class not concentrating on the teacher, or writing up news reports on all the sports and experiences the kids i...

MEET ANGELA FERRARI: Angela Ferrari is an artist, children’s book author/ illustrator based in Portland Maine. She is the creator and host of the Story Spectacular podcast. Angela grew up in the mountains of western Maine. Living in a rural setting, she developed a talent for finding creative ways to play and captivate her imagination. After graduating with a BA in studio art from The University o...

MEET JEN MONKS: Jen Monks is the founder of Life Wise Lady, the business blog for women over forty. She is a mom, wife, writer, entrepreneur, and steadfast optimist devoted to helping women create and grow companies of their own. RESOURCES: The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey...

This is a sneak peek at a new cryptocurrency podcast call The Coin Chat that will be officially launching in a few weeks by my good friend Steve Good. I have been working behind the scenes on the podcast and another project he is working on called coinvestors.io We are recording the first episodes right now. Send me your cryptocurrency questions at yuri@advanceyourart.com MEET STEVE GOOD: Steve is...

MEET DAMION LUPO: Best Selling Author in personal finance and retirement planning, host of the Transformation Nation podcast, owner of 30+ companies and founder of his own martial art – Yokido ®. The only thing Damion really fears is REGRET. His formula for success AND a fulfilled life by making tons of mistakes as quickly as possible. This guy literally plays by a different set of rules, even buy...

ABOUT Jenny Cavanaugh-Bond Jenny Cavanaugh-Bond is a Mad Scientist, Mixed Media artist and Creative Mentor based in West Yorkshire, UK. She is the terrified creative’s secret weapon. Helping you to transform fear and overwhelm into tangible art that you love, what’s more; healing your mind, body and soul to boot! Together we will tackle the terror and rebuild your creative confidence so you can in...

ABOUT Jenny Cavanaugh-Bond Jenny Cavanaugh-Bond is a Mad Scientist, Mixed Media artist and Creative Mentor based in West Yorkshire, UK. She is the terrified creative’s secret weapon. Helping you to transform fear and overwhelm into tangible art that you love, what’s more; healing your mind, body and soul to boot! Together we will tackle the terror and rebuild your creative confidence so you can in...

MEET MICHELLE KHOURI Michelle Khouri is an arts and culture writer and the host of The Cultured Podcast , a weekly show that unearths intriguing perspectives in art, theatre, travel, design, and literature while digging at the roots of what inspires us. Aside from her work as a storyteller, Michelle helps businesses bring their narratives to life as a branding and content development consultant. E...

MEET TASHA REIGN A 2014 UCLA graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies, Reign has been outspoken about her support for women’s rights and women’s sexual freedom as well as an advocate for normalizing sexuality and advancing the rights of sex workers. She played a pivotal role in helping defeat the anti-porn Prop. 60 last year by campaigning vigorously and raising awareness through the m...

MEET RACHEL ARCHELAUS: Rachel Archelaus is the founder of the Intuitive Art Academy where she teaches people how to have a two-way conversation with their intuition. She is an internationally known spiritual teacher and business mentor to lightworkers. Her latest book, Intuitive Art: Have a Two Way Conversation with your Higher Self, released this year. Find more at http://intuitiveart.com http://...

MEET APRYL MILLER: Apryl Miller, daughter of a minister, was born in Chicago and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She credits her art career to being raised in a large, creative, DIY family and her work reflects the tradition she was taught as a child, that of making something your own, by making it yourself. A lifelong poet, she came to visual art later in life, when the apex of her background r...

MEET JULIE BROAD: Julie Broad is an Amazon Overall #1 Best Selling Author, an International Book Award Winner, and recipient of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Sales book. As an entrepreneur and successful real estate investor, she was also awarded the Top 20 under 40 Award. Her latest venture, Book Launchers, helps entrepreneurs and professionals build their brand and boost their business b...