I’m moving my studio out of my dining room of my house and into MINT. MINT is located on the southwest side of Atlanta in MET Atlanta. To learn more and find out how to schedule a studio visit, click the read more button/
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I was selected by the Latino Community Fund for their seed capital entrepreneurship grant for 2019. I really wanted this grant to help get me covered in the way of liability insurance and a lift certification so that I can continue to pursue ever larger mural opportunities. These grants are funded 100% by individual donors, all Latino business owners themselves, who believe in investing in the community.
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I painted a mural portrait of Nicole Vaunt for Forward Warrior 2019 in Cabbagetown, as a representation of the limbo phase of expansion in to a more fuller expression of who we want to be. She’s surrounded by a murky cloud of color and shape, while holding her hands together and up to her face in a a hopeful, anticipatory pose.
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Showing my recent figurative art and portraits in a two-person show with Krista M. Jones at Blue Mark Studios on June 21st, 2019. Support living artist and see what all the camera cannot capture by seeing the art in person.
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Living Melody Collective has been selected for one of the four 2019 artist residency program at Tempus Projects in Tampa, FL. Following their month in residence, Living Melody Collective will install a one-month solo exhibition hosted by Tempus Projects. An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 1., 2019
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Everytime I come across this quote, it feels like Jen Sincero wrote my artist statement for me, and it's just out there existing in the wild. Quote is from the book by Jen Sincero, “You are a Badass with Money.”
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At the beginning of December, my friend, fellow GSU alum & high school classmate Brandon Ellis commissioned me to paint a watercolor painting for his sister for Christmas. Brandon is a musician and when I got married, I walked down the aisle to an arrangement by him, an string version of Cloudbusting by Kate Bush, as set up by my husband. You can check out his music here.
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The faith that I can do this art thing, full-time is really based in that real life MBA course it was to open a restaurant, from scratch, with no franchise or corporate support. When I quit my job to go freelance, I went back to the pizza place and replaced that 6 year old chalkboard, that I had made many years ago with a fresh mural.
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In my recent conversation with other artists, that underlying struggle has been the sub-theme of the week, even while everything has been going incredibly well, trying to get out the hold of anxiety, dealing with rejection (real or perceived), and the undefined fears of scarcity mindset has been critical and difficult.
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When I read, “People are upset with me about what happened with Adam, but those same people aren't acknowledging what they did to create the situation,” I realized he didn’t care about us and I decided to quit. I just had the feeling that looking for a new job wasn’t the right next step.
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How do you wiggle your way out of a deep creative burnout. Being in a rut can feel like a never ending hole of bad art and blocked energy. After a conversation, Haylee Anne put together six strategies to try and take baby steps out of the darkness of burnout.
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