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 with my laptop, a...

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 diversity of ways of...