Artist to Artist: Miwa Matreyek and Janie Geiser on Collaboration, Wonder and...
Janie Geiser (left) and Miwa Matreyek (right) As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, Miwa Matreyek (2013 Performing Arts) and Janie Geiser (2000 Performing Arts) sat down to discuss...
View ArticleArtist to Artist: Queen GodIs Interviews Tracie Morris about Poetry,...
Tracie Morris (left) and Queen GodIs (right) As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, Queen GodIs (2013 Performing Arts) and Tracie Morris (2000 Performing Arts) met up at the Brooklyn...
View ArticleArtist to Artist: Cory Arcangel and Julia Christensen on Media Fluidity and...
Cory Arcangel & Julia Christensen As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, Cory Arcangel (2006 Emerging Fields) and Julia Christensen (2013 Emerging Fields) connected over the phone to...
View ArticleArtist to Artist: Documentary Filmmakers Marshall Curry & Penny Lane
Penny Lane and Marshall Curry As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, Marshall Curry (2008 Film/Video) and Penny Lane (2012 Film/Video) connected over the phone to talk about their past and...
View ArticleArtist to Artist: Amy O'Neal and Degenerate Art Ensemble Discuss...
Haruko Nishimura in Degenerate Art Ensemble performance As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, Seattle-based artists Joshua Kohl and Haruko Nishimura of Degenerate Art Ensemble (2013...
View Article"Born to Fly" Filmmaker Catherine Gund Interviews Elizabeth Streb
STREB Extreme performing FORCES As part of our “Artist to Artist” interview series, filmmaker Catherine Gund spoke with choreographer Elizabeth Streb (2000 Performing Arts) about their new film “Born...
View ArticleArtist to Artist: eteam and Center for Land Use Interpretation
In our “Artist to Artist” series, we invite two Creative Capital artists whose art practices rhyme in some illuminating ways. Recently, we got the eteam (2009 Emerging Fields) duo and Matthew Coolidge...
View ArticleInternet for Artists: Ideas for Effective Blog Posts
A well curated artist blog can supplement your website, increase your audience’s understanding of your artistic practice and raise your online profile. But sometimes, just the idea of starting a blog...
View ArticleBe the Advocate Your Art Deserves: 4 Ways to Better Document Your Work
Documentation of On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Genocide and Slavery, a performance by Dread Scott, 2014. Produced by More Art. Photography by Mark Von Holden Photography (c)...
View ArticleCongratulations to Stacey Kirby on her ArtPrize 8 Win!
Excerpt from Stacey Kirby’s “The Declaration Project” What would you do with $200,000? That’s the question facing performance installation artist Stacey Kirby who recently won the $200,000 grand prize...
View ArticleDeveloping a Promotional Strategy
In your arts practice you will always have individuals and groups of people with whom you want to be connected. These connections could be related to an upcoming event, a search for new funding,...
View ArticleInternet for Artists: Best Practices for Effective Emails
This is an excerpt from our Internet for Artists (IFA) Handbook. The IFA handbook is a collaborative online resource given to participants of Creative Capital’s Internet for Artists workshops. On...
View ArticleTelling Our Stories on Our Terms — The Power of Strategic Marketing
The dangerous power of negative marketing, clockwise from top left: Detroit = miserable (photo by Rebecca Cook for Reuters); Occupy Wall Street = directionless (photo by Odell Payne); “A Fire In My...
View ArticleTips and Tools: Advice from a First-Time Grant Winner
“Assent” by Laine Nixon, Courtesy of Laine Nixon Abstract painter and Professional Development Program alumna Laine Nixon recently applied for and won her first major arts grant: the John Ringling...
View ArticleFinancial Literacy: A Cheat Sheet for Artists
Segregate Artistic and Personal Finances For artists, it is helpful to separate your personal and artistic finances. It’s important to use good bookkeeping practices for your self-employment, and it...
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