Meet three exceptional female artists for Women’s History Month.
Meet these female arts for Women’s History Month
Category: Blog
We are creating a beautiful partnership with Arts & Scraps
We are excited about the art supplies, youth jobs and creative activities at a three-month pop up with Arts & Scraps.
Five ways to make more time for your creative work
Some weeks fly by and at the end of them, we wonder why we never took time to sketch, to paint, to write or edit a poem. Tests and college admissions essays, volunteer work and family commitments distract us from our creative work. Bosses ask us to work an extra day on the weekend, the day we …
Mint Summer Jobs: What you need to know to land a job with us
Updated Feb. 23, 2024 Mint Artists Guild looks forward to meeting many new artists each spring, as we hold an Open House and Open Interviews for our Creative Summer Jobs program. This year we will hire up to 25 youth visual artists and filmmakers. We strive to be open to all and transparent about how we run Mint. And we …
Mint’s big beautiful success by the numbers for 2019
We count on many supporters to achieve our success by the numbers. Learn some of our measures of success – and generosity.
Grow your “Frugal February,” emerging artists
Five ways for emerging artists to save money during Frugal February.
Meet Mint Artists jeweler and board member Trinity
Trinity Brown learned wire wrapping herself while on a break from dancing, following tips on a YouTube video. She had had surgery on her back for scoliosis. She started doing shows at 13 and soon joined Mint, the youngest artist to start in our Learn and Earn program. She is a senior at University High School Academy in Southfield, …
Success! De’Shaia lands in pro shows with Mint
De’Shaia Ventour, a senior at Cass Tech, started making more elaborate duct tape painting after she joined Mint and sold her work at the Palmer Park Art Fair and other Mint events. She still creates beautiful duct tape flower pens and wallets, but her work has gotten bigger, more elaborate and in more venues. Her duct tape painting Black Roses …
Creating connections and more sales: Valuable add ons for emerging artists
Artists need more than paint and canvas to make an exceptional impression when they hand over their art to a buyer. A business card won’t do it, and bubble wrap or a protective sleeve is just an appetizer for really showing you care for your art and your art collectors. That said, really beautiful wrapping of your art …
Mint’s successes and miracles: A yearend letter from our director
Dear friends of Mint, Mint Artists Guild is finishing a year of successes and firsts. We are proud of these – and we see how many more opportunities and challenges we could tackle in 2020 and 2021, with your support and donations from individuals, businesses and foundations. Some of our successes have names: Seyi, a photographer, learned to paint with …
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