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The importance of drawing and multiple works at once: Shirley Woodson’s advice

The importance of drawing and multiple works at once: Shirley Woodson’s advice

by Vickie Elmer on June 10, 2019 with No Comments

Artist Shirley Woodson shares her career and lessons, and the importance of drawing to artists.

Advice, Arts education, Blog, Creative Careers, Meet the Artist, Success artists of color, barriers, Detroit artist, goals, painting, Shirley Woodson, Shirley Woodson Reid, success

Quotable: entrepreneur Pamela Hilliard Owens

by Mint Staff on March 14, 2017 with No Comments

  “It does help if you have a Plan B… but work hard on Plan A.” – Pamela Hilliard Owens, a Detroit entrepreneur who owns three creative businesses, at a Mint workshop on goal setting.

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7 ways to go toward your goals

by Mint Staff on January 10, 2017 with No Comments

Setting goals – or resolutions or intentions – give you a road map to where you want to go. Getting there, though, requires many more steps, and fuel and even a second driver. At Mint’s Creative Goals workshop in December, … Read More

Blog creative, deadline, emergingartist, goals, pomodoro, vision board

by Mint Staff on December 14, 2016 with No Comments

Judy Bowman believes in setting one big goal – and using that to guide your choices. Hers  is to create a good body of work, professional presented. “Leave a legacy for my children” as an artist and a person who … Read More

Blog advice, artist, creative career, goal setting, goals, legacy

by Mint Staff on December 13, 2016 with No Comments

If I don’t have a deadline, I’m an artist and my artist brain is all over the place. Detroit artist Marvalisa Coley, creator of the Happy Heads doll and brand, on why she writes down goals with deadlines – and … Read More

Blog achieve, advice, calendar, creative, deadline, goals, quote

by Mint Staff on December 1, 2016 with No Comments

Artists, paint a path or a plan to achieve your goals. Or create a visual representation of your goals, a vision board or something else. Artists, set goals for new skills, for galleries in your favorite city carrying your work, … Read More

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