Learn about running a live events company as Amy D Lux interviews Cindy Lo of RED VELVET.

Topics:

⭐️ The future of events in a post covid era

⭐️ Keeping the business alive during the pandemic

⭐️ Starting a successful experiential agency in Austin TX

Quicklinks:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

RED VELVET:

https://weareredvelvet.com/

Strong Events:

https://www.strongevents.com/

LDI Artistic Finance Recording:

https://sched.co/1SnxM

Monarch:

https://www.monarchmoney.com/

Empower - formerly Personal Capital:

https://www.empower.com/

Carl Faber - Used Nissan Leaf Blog Post:

https://typefully.com/cxfaber/UOp2kz6

Utopia Dreamscape:

https://utopiadreamscape.com/

A hodge podge of what's on my mind this week.

Topics:

⭐️ War & peace

⭐️ Broadway grosses

⭐️ Divorce & ROTH IRAs

⭐️ Robert Green Ingersoll

⭐️ Steven Lutvak & A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Quicklinks:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Broadway Grosses:

https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-grosses-analysis-merrily-opens-to-sold-out-houses-as-overall-attendance-sees-uptick

Robert Green Ingersoll:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll

ROTH IRA - Married Filing Separately Rules:

https://www.investopedia.com/married-filing-separately-ira-4772024

Behind The Scenes at LDI:

https://wp.behindthescenescharity.org/2023/09/30/bts-wellness-lounge-at-ldi/

Steven Lutvak:

https://playbill.com/article/steven-lutvak-composer-behind-the-tony-winning-musical-a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder-dies-at-64

Gutenberg:

https://gutenbergbway.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwm66pBhDQARIsALIR2zBe1m0TFbc1vL8-NzuOvoHYpHHsTI7JgMLot6Wtq4U43H8JLCrxLcEaApXkEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

A discussion about Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap hosted by Amy D Lux and Amy Pett. 

Topics:

⭐️ Negotiation tips

⭐️ Your financial health prioritization

⭐️ Your values versus society's values

⭐️ Statistics of pay for women and men

Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.

Quicklinks:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love - Affiliate Link

https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780063260269

Tori Dunlap:

https://herfirst100k.com/

LDI Session:

https://www.ldishow.com/ldishowcom/ldi-schedule

Amy Pett:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-pett-1583a91b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:

https://utopiadreamscape.com/

https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/

Ethan Steimel:

https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html

https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en

Instagram Handles:

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@utopiadreamscape

An interview by Theatre.Art.Life with lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Topics:

⭐️ Jeanette’s background in business & puppetry

⭐️ Finding the financial balance in your arts career

⭐️ Working as an electrician versus a designer and how Jeannette is too disorganized with paperwork to make a living be an assistant designer

⭐️ Industry inclusion including paying for unskilled labor so that people are not working for free

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Theatre.Art.Life:

https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew:

https://www.jeanetteyew.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanetteyew/

https://www.instagram.com/jeanette_yew/

Kimberly Akimbo:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/kimberly-akimbo-534754

LDI:

https://www.ldishow.com/

Kat Landry:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlandry/

Anna Robb:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/

Instagram Handles:

@theatreartlife

@ethansteimel

@jeanette_yew

@artisticfinance

@anna_lorraine_robb

We return from summer break!

An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. A panel composed of a bond investment CEO and two lighting designer review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/S4_JmxQck8c

Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/

https://www.liquidificorp.com/

Ebony Madry:

https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139/

Amy D Lux:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-d-lux-953a7318a/

https://utopiadreamscape.com/author/luvlogica/

Ethan Steimel

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/

https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en

Affiliate links:

M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - no sign up incentive:

m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg

Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin:

https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0

Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:

https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3

Robinhood:

https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21

We Bull:

https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main

ETF:

IVV - iShares Core S&P 500

Stocks:

VST - Vistra Corp

LAC - Lithium Americas

TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)

SKLZ- Skillz

Cryptocurrency:

Bitcoin

Wine:

Vinovest

Real Estate - REITS:

REG - Regency Centers Corp -Previously UBA

SRG - Seritage Growth Properties

VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties

STAG - STAG Industrial

Art:

Bret Slater - Artist

https://www.bretslater.com/

Photos of our Painting:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618

Full story of commissioning the piece:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832

Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows:

https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor

...

Become a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance

Interview by Ethan Steimel

A discussion of the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, presented by Natasha Joy De Souza.

Topics:

⭐️ The Colonizer Virus

⭐️ Money as medicine

⭐️ The 7 Steps To Healing

Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.

Quicklinks:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Decolonizing Wealth - Book Affiliate Link:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/decolonizing-wealth-second-edition-indigenous-wisdom-to-heal-divides-and-restore-balance-edgar-villanueva/10784512?aid=86693&ean=9781523091416&listref=artistic-finance-books

Decolonizing Wealth Toolkit:

https://decolonizingwealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DWP_Toolkit_fnl2.pdf

Natasha Joy De Souza:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-joy-de-souza-7127161a/

https://www.instagram.com/natashadjoy/?hl=en

Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:

https://utopiadreamscape.com/

https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/

Ethan Steimel:

https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html

https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en

Instagram Handles:

@natashadjoy

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@utopiadreamscape

Two interviews by director John Lampe. The first with actor Fredi Walker Brown about avoiding debt. The second with mortgage expert Chavi Kahan about the ins and outs of mortgages. 

Fredi's Topics:

⭐️ Debt is the devil for arts workers

⭐️ Purchasing property without a mortgage

⭐️ Fredi’s money mindset gleaned from Rich Dad Poor Dad and Jackass III.

Chavi's Topics:

⭐️ Mortgages

⭐️ Mortgage rates

⭐️ Preapproval & how much you can afford

⭐️ The advantages of mortgages, even if you have the cash to purchase a property outright.

⭐️ Mortgage requirements for freelancers, including non traditional mortgages

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Fredi Walker-Browne:

https://www.instagram.com/missyfrediot/?hl=en

https://bigspoonproductions.com/contact-us/link-tree/

Chavi Kahan:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chavi-kahan-bb465329/

https://crosscountrymortgage.com/chavi-kahan/

John Lampe:

https://www.johnlampe.com/?page_id=17

Lowe Lighting Templates:

https://lowe.lighting/pages/free-lighting-list-template

Instagrams:

@missyfrediot

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

A review of The Dirtbag's Guide To Life by Tim Mathis, presented by the author himself. 

Topics:

⭐️ Simplicity

⭐️ Cool Begets Cool 

⭐️ Living on the bare minimum 

⭐️ Taking a gap month off of work

⭐️ The obligation for Dirtbag’s to travel and explore

⭐️ Social norms that you are not obligated to uphold - like reaching a certain financial status or being tied to one place for your entire lifetime

Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. 

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Financial Independence Club:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub

Tim Mathis:

https://www.timmathiswrites.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dirtbagguide/?hl=en

Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:

https://utopiadreamscape.com/

https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/

Ethan Steimel:

https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html

https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en

Instagram Handles:

@dirtbagguide

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@utopiadreamscape

A conversation between Dennis Size and Sheryl Wisniewski of The Lighting Design Group about what goes into creating budgets for lighting television.

Topics:

⭐️ How projects “walk in the door”

⭐️ Thought process in estimating

⭐️ Hidden costs we don’t want to miss

⭐️ How Designers and Project Managers collaborate in the budgeting process

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Sheryl Wisniewski:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherylwisniewski/

Instagram - @swhiz321

https://www.instagram.com/swhiz321/

Dennis Size:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-size-0108234/

LDG - The Lighting Design Group:

https://ldg.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ldg_lightingdesigngroup/?ref=5rqdmdyz0usvw&hl=am-et

Sheryl Bio:

Sheryl joined LDG in 2002 as an Assistant Lighting Designer/Project Coordinator and has since warmed almost every chair in the Production Department.  She has earned 8 Emmys for her work on projects including CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, NBC’s Coverage of 10 Olympic Games, 5 Presidential Election Cycles, and 2 Royal Weddings.  When she takes off her LDG hat, she spends her time learning to raise compassionate young humans.

Dennis Bio:

Bio - In his 40+ year career Dennis has designed lighting for shows on every major television Broadcast and cable Network.

His international design repertoire includes theatre, dance, live events, soap operas, talk shows, news magazines, government projects, corporate events/facilities, concerts, sporting events, political conventions, Presidential debates, award shows, and has lit every U.S. President since Ronald Reagan.

He has written for trade journals and taught design at several Universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and the University of Scranton.   He has been nominated for the EMMY Award 13 times, and has won five.

For an extended list of his, and LDG’s credits, log on to: www.ldg.com

Instagram Handles:

@swhiz321

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@ldg_lightingdesigngroup