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Home / Advice / Get ahead: Create more art that seems more timely, ahead of time / MLK Isadora Gracel

Posted on January 21, 2021 January 22, 2021

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As spring streams in and we recruit and hire more young artists for our creative summer jobs, we want to share this collective painting made by the 2020 Mint Creative Workers. The background was painted by Mint worker Natasha Guest. It reminds us of the importance of a creative community. Enjoy!

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We are seeking a few amazingly talented and hard working youth artists to join us this summer. If you are ages 14 to 21 and live in Detroit, please apply now - first to GDYT, then to Mint Artists Guild. If you're a parent or grandparent or teacher, please share this with your creative youth.
If hired, youth could earn up to $1,000 and create art for local nonprofits. Details: https://www.mintartistsguild.org/programs/summer-creative-jobs/

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We love to give original art to other nonprofits.

We love to give original art to other nonprofits. And Mint will donate this beautiful Paint Detroit with Generosity painting to Detroit Horse Power. It was painted by Mint summer worker Oluwaseyi Akintoroye last year. If you are a Detroit artist ages 14-21 and you want to improve your painting skills and give back in Detroit, apply to a Mint summer job this week.

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We celebrate the women of Mint Artists Guild and the women who inspire them this month. Pictured is author, poet, writer, entrepreneur, leader of Timepieces Personal Biographies, and Mint supporter Stephanie Kadel Taras. She is greatly inspired by @Gwen Frostic, stating "When I think about the life I’m trying to build for myself, I often think of Gwen Frostic, a northern Michigan block print artist and author who combined an entrepreneurial sensibility with her love of nature to build a successful business. She lived where she worked, surrounded by woods and water. She created jobs for others as she developed a worldwide audience for her beautiful cards and stationery. She was also active in her community. Frostic managed lifelong physical disabilities after a childhood illness, and she kept working into her 90s, living a simple life. She left millions to her alma mater, @Western Michigan University when she died in 2001. ... I’m inspired by Gwen Frostic’s life and work and spirit." @gwenfrostic

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