Artist Academy

This week's episode features Belgium based painter Anastasia Trusova. My artist friend Shannon Joy referred Anastasia to me, who prefaced her introduction as "This is the artist I most admire. Her style, way of life, everything. This is what I want to accomplish too". When I reached out, I had no clue that Anastasia couldn't speak English, which made this interview very interesting. She volunteere...

Which stage are you in? 1. The Scaredy Cat 2. The Hustler 3. The Spoiled One 4. It’s Time to Pivot www. ArtistAcademy.co

This week’s episode features Nashville-based wallpaper and textile artist, Sarah Walden of Peacoquette. I personally sought out Sarah and invited her onto the podcast to selfishly pick her brain about wallpaper. There is so much more to it than I thought (isn’t everything?) and I’m currently weighing the options of diving into my own wallpaper/textile collection. Sarah makes it seem so fun and giv...

I took a customer to court. Listen to hear how you can protect yourself from legal situations like this one. www. ArtistAcademy.co

This week’s episode features Dallas based digital artist Allo. He is an award winning artist who creates minimal, abstract, and interactive art using AR. In this chat we talk about all things NFTs and aim to keep it super simple for anyone wondering if the digital world could be right for your art business. Let me know what you think about this week’s episode all about NFTs with Allo. https://www....

If every millionaire has 7 different streams of income, how many should an artist have? In this episode, Andrea shares how she’s currently diversifying her income and talks about a number of different options for you to consider. The question of how to diversify your income really comes down to this: Does this new avenue align with your core values enough to make putting in the extra effort worth...

This week’s episode features Michigan based artist Austin Fabinski. Austin is my go-getter in the Academy since joining almost 2 years ago. He’s always up for a challenge and trying anything and everything to make this art career thing work. From books to art prints, shows, and going viral on TikTok, he’s done it all. I think this is a great look at the effort needed to go full time and I hope it...

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This week’s episode features Missouri based muralist Samantha Cox, who just happens to be one of my best friends. Samantha’s journey is going to be very relatable to a lot of the mom listeners. She shares how she went from the stay at home mom role to boss babe business owner with a lot of tough mental shifts in between. I’ve personally gotten to witness this because I’ve coached her from day 1 un...

Let’s chat about ways to spend money in order to make more of it. Andrea goes through, line by line, the different ways she has spent money this past year in order to make more of it. Whether it’s for an immediate return or playing the long game, there are a variety of ways to spend in order to increase cash flow. www. ArtistAcademy.co www. MuralMoney.com

This week’s episode features Canadian wildlife artist Sarah McComb-Turbitt. Sarah is the perfect example of someone who takes things one step at a time, and has a very methodical approach to building her art business. She learns a new skill by pouring her everything into it then moves on to the next task. This makes sense considering her background is in science. She’s a biologist turned artist, a...

What went right last year for your art business? What lessons did you learn? What are your goals for the coming year? Andrea shares her tough 2021 lessons learned and BIG 2022 goals to help inspire you to dream big too! www. ArtistAcademy.co

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Today we have another episode of the Quit Your Day Job series where I interview members of the Artist Academy Advanced, our private group mentoring membership program geared to helping artists thrive. I’m interviewing Shannon Joy who is from where I am, Springfield, Missouri but is currently on vacation in Hawaii. She carved away some time to chat with me about her dive into full-time art. I’ve me...

The 31 Day Challenge is coming up. Listen to hear why you should start your year off with a bang and produce 31 paintings in the month of January.

Today we have another episode of the Quit Your Day Job series where I interview members of the Artist Academy Advanced, our private group mentoring membership program geared to helping artists thrive. I’m interviewing Jodi Trujillo who is based in Hawaii and has been a member of the Academy for over 2 years! The main thing I took from Jodi’s interview can be put into one word: diversification. She...

Today we are highlighting Hibaaq Ibrahim, a Minnesota based muralist who joined the Academy not long after I opened the doors over 2 years ago. She’s attended both mural meetups and I’ve had the privilege of watching her grow from a beginner artist to now a full-time muralist. www.moonjuicemurals.com

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This week’s episode features Ontario, Canada art educator Brenda LaRose. We are taking a dive into Instagram Reels today as I chat with Brenda about her strategies for making video. I first found her scrolling through IG and after seeing a couple of her quirky Reels I thought, “alright, I’ll follow.” Then after seeing many more pop up and the engagement she was getting with this strategy I thought...

My first book Mural Money is out for preorder on Amazon and Audible! Listen to this quick introduction and the behind the scenes of writing it to get a feel of what it’s all about. www. ArtistAcademy.co

Steps to thinking bigger and making bigger money: Envision and say it out loud. Present yourself in a way that attracts those higher paying customers. Meet and hang around people who are doing bigger things than you. Give back. www. ArtistAcademy.co

Today we are highlighting Lyssa Wyn, a Florida based artist who joined the Academy when I first opened the doors over 2 years ago! I have a special place in my heart for Lyssa because we’ve grown together and I’ve watched her transform her life through building an art business. I think you’re really going to love this episode so that’s all the introduction I think it needs. Let me know what you th...

I’m going to be reading you some of the hate comments I’ve been getting online to showcase how with every 100 positive/loving/encouraging comments you can expect 1 bad apple, but it doesn’t have to slow you down! Receiving hate is never a great experience but we can control how much it bothers us or doesn’t bother us. www. ArtistAcademy.co