Creative Structures

In 2016, I went to my first artist residency. After spending months preparing applications, nursing rejecction wounds, and celebrating a few victories, I accepted the invitation from Santa Fe Art Institute to be a part of their thematic ‘Water Rights’ cohort.   I was hot off the heels of Agile Rascal’s inaugural cross-country trip, and no longer stuttered or got weird when someone called me an artist. I was finally ready to take up residence!   I showed up in October of 2016

As the year comes nearer to the end, I’ve been taking some time to reflect on this first year of Creative Structures — and on the incredible variety of artists I’ve met, supported, and been inspired by along the way.   There’s still plenty to learn about running a business: how to get the word out, how to value my time, how to keep projects moving when clients get busy — but overall, I truly love this work. My experiences as a hustling artist, an attentive ghostwriter, and a.

It's been about five months since I soft-launched Creative Structures , and in this time, I've loved the sheer variety of creative folks I've gotten to work with.   Already, I’ve helped a Beatboxer land a $60,000 grant (more below!), built websites for several visual artists, supported a musician with time management as he works to complete a new album, and offered ongoing writing support to an activist working on his memoir.     It's been a real crash course in the divers