Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists

By Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller: Artists and Creative Entrepreneurs

What's Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists about?

Beyond the Studio is a podcast about the business of being an artist, brought to you by hosts Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller.

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Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists episodes:

04.11.2024
Teri Henderson talks Carving Out Space, Creating Platforms for Community, and Balancing Creative Energy
Hear more from Teri Henderson on allowing her career to develop organically while pivoting from law school to a career as an arts writer, curator, and now Arts and Culture Editor at the Baltimore Beat, overcoming imposter syndrome and carving...
03.28.2024
BTS x Creatives Rebuild New York - Guaranteed Income for Artists
Hear more from Sarah Calderon and Maura Cuffie-Peterson from Creatives Rebuild New York on how they’re building a movement around guaranteed income for artists, the value in regular, no-strings-attached cash payments, how this differs from other sources of funding like...
03.14.2024
Amanda and Nicole talk Financial Transparency in the Arts
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole as they get real about their own numbers, what it costs to sustain a full-time studio practice, the importance of financial transparency in the arts, and aligning your goals to your personal values. ...
02.29.2024
BTS x Inversion Art - Investing in the Future of Artists’ Careers
Hear more from Inversion Art co-founders Joey Flores and Jonathan Neil, along with artist John Houck, on how they’re combining the art and tech worlds to imagine new ways of investing in artists’ careers, applying a venture capital approach to...
02.15.2024
Alex Paik talks Growing a Network of Artist-Run Galleries, the Myth of Balance, and Prioritizing Relationships
Hear more from Alex Paik on the origins of Tiger Strikes Asteroid and how they’re growing a network of artist-run galleries around the country, building an alternative model centered on community, the myth of balance and letting go of control,...
02.01.2024
Christopher Martin talks the Importance of Environment, Power of Osmosis, and Rituals of Self-Care
Hear more from Christopher Martin on the importance of proximity and the power of showing up, finding the people and places that will lead to opportunities organically, the daily rituals and self-care routines that support his creative work, and learning...
01.18.2024
Griff Williams talks Building a Career vs. a Life in the Arts, Community Over Capital, and Treating Everything Like an Art Project
Hear more from Griff Williams on the process of making his documentary "Tell Them We Were Here," what the stories of artists in the Bay Area can tell us about the struggles of artists universally, why artists choose to stay...
01.04.2024
Amanda and Nicole talk Craft Shows: Selling Work at In-Person Events
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole as they dive into selling work at craft shows, maker fairs, and pop-ups through Amanda's 10 years of experience at over 100 events, her evolving criteria, red flags, how they fit into her overall...
12.21.2023
Amanda and Nicole talk Public Art: Fabrication and Installation
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole as they debrief on Nicole’s recently finished mosaic and glass project in Tempe, AZ, fabricating and installing large-scale public projects, choosing whether to fabricate a piece yourself vs. outsource, knowing when and how to...
12.07.2023
Return of the Podcast!
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on why they hit pause on the podcast, evolving as artists while experiencing good growing pains, continually redefining definitions of success, avoiding burnout and adapting your practice when life throws you curveballs, and...
07.20.2023
Paddy Johnson talks Art World Taboos, Internalized Beliefs, and the Myths that Might Be Holding You Back
Hear more from Paddy Johnson, founder of VVrkshop & Netvvrk, on why artists tend to underprice their work, how artistic production is supported, the emotional toll that systemic issues cause and how community can be the antidote to the...
06.15.2023
BTS x Serpentine - The Future of Art and Technology
Hear more from Serpentine Arts Technologies curators Tamar Clarke-Brown & Eva Jäger about their upcoming exhibition “Third World: The Bottom Dimension” featuring Gabriel Massan, how emerging technologies are changing the working conditions of artists and ideas of collective ownership,...
06.08.2023
Beyond the Studio Will Be Right Back!
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05.25.2023
Adam Holofcener talks Ethics of Copyright, Artist Rights Within Capitalism, and Collective Organizing
Hear more from Adam on why understanding the law is crucial to creating the more equitable future artists desire, viewing legal writing as a really strange form of poetry, his unique point of view on copyright as both a practicing...
05.11.2023
Natalie Baxter talks Embracing Uncertainty, Exhibiting Work, and How Being a Mother Changes Everything
Hear more from Natalie on pivoting from a background in video to building a studio practice around her soft sculpture, what she’s learned from her husband’s career as a freelance photographer about embracing uncertainty, her criteria for saying yes...
04.27.2023
Morel Doucet talks Community-Building, the Power of Storytelling, and Diversifying Your Skillsets
Hear more from Morel on the impact of diversifying his skills & network as an artist, self-funding projects early in his career leading to collaborations with big brands and gallery representation, using every project to further support his friends and...
04.13.2023
Bean Gilsdorf talks Staying Nimble, the Importance of Language, and the Working Conditions of Artists
Hear more from Bean on balancing a practice as both an arts writer and visual artist, building and rebuilding community when moving from San Francisco to Poland to Portland, the existential nature of defining success in the arts, using...
03.30.2023
Sarah Thibault talks Patrons, Power Dynamics, and Valuing Your Work
Hear more from Sarah as we unpack an email exchange with a potential collector that leads to a larger conversation about power dynamics in the art world, the hidden dangers of giving up control over your own market, retaining agency...
03.16.2023
Ruby Lerner talks Founding Creative Capital, Building an Infrastructure of Support for Artists, and Reflections on a Career of Advocating for the Arts
Hear more from Ruby Lerner, founding Executive Director of Creative Capital, as she reflects back on her 40 year career advocating for the arts and artists, her advice for emerging arts leaders today, the importance of archiving and personal...
03.02.2023
Christine Wang talks Teaching as Political Action, the Unspoken Rules of the Art World, and Financial Exhibitionism
Hear more from Christine on the realities of running a studio collective fresh out of art school, her motivations for going to grad school, navigating the unspoken rules of the art world, teaching as as an extension of her political...
02.16.2023
Jocelyn Tsaih talks Personal Style, the Emotional Ups and Downs of Being a Freelancer, and Feeding Your Creativity
Hear more from Jocelyn Tsaih on using day jobs at WeWork and Nickelodeon to launch her career as a freelance artist, navigating the emotional ups and downs of working for herself, honing her personal style to get bigger clients...
02.02.2023
Amanda and Nicole Talk Visualizing Your Finances as an Artist
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on why it’s important for artists to talk about money, their various income streams as artists, how they gain clarity on their finances through various charts, and the visualization tools they use that...
01.19.2023
Amanda and Nicole talk Public Art: Proposals and Project Budgets
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole as they shed light into the public art process, discuss Nicole’s largest permanent public project to date in Tempe, AZ, how to craft a competitive proposal, streamlining applications, and building a budget that...
01.05.2023
Beyond the Studio is Back!
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on what they’ve been up to since taking a break from the podcast last year, how each of their careers have grown, stepping into new disciplines while achieving better work/life balance, and what’s ahead...
05.19.2022
Amanda and Nicole talk Boundaries, Burnout, and Shifting Expectations
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on Beyond the Studio’s “summer break,” resisting the urge to self-sacrifice for their creative work, the real effects of burnout on artists, prioritizing care over hustle, how to be flexible with yourself and your...
05.12.2022
Taili Wu talks Personal Projects, Collaborating with Others, and Choosing Work That Makes You Happy
Hear more from Taili Wu on discovering stop-motion animation, building her portfolio through personal projects, allowing work to come to her by focusing on the work that brings her happiness, collaborating with other independent animators, and the importance of open...
05.05.2022
Jen Hewett talks Pivoting Your Business, Staying Small and Sustainable, and Setting Boundaries
Hear more from Jen Hewett on aligning her business with her personal values, the willingness to pivot and make big career changes, resisting the hustle mindset and prioritizing care, slow and consistent growth over time as the key to her...
04.28.2022
Ash Keating talks Being Resourceful, Making Massive Work, and Creating Art for Public Spaces
Hear more from Ash Keating on making massive, environmentally scaled paintings, being resourceful early on in his career, using storytelling to gain community support while working with limited resources, leveraging small opportunities and budgets to create larger ones, and balancing personal...
04.21.2022
Spring Break
We're taking the week off but asking for listener questions and feedback! [email protected] Listener Spotlight @beyondthestudio beyondthe.studio Intro and Ad Music...
04.14.2022
Marie Watt talks Expanding Your Team, Running Your Practice Like a Business, and Navigating Life as a Mid-Career Artist
Hear more from Marie Watt on leaving the safety net of teaching to pursue her artistic practice full-time, what she learned about professional practices by teaching it to her students, expanding her team, navigating life as a mid-career artist, the...
04.07.2022
BTS x The Side Woo - Balancing the Spiritual and Practical Sides of a Creative Career
Hear more from Amanda & Nicole, along with Sarah Thibault & Liz Bernstein, co-hosts of The Side Woo, in our first podcaster roundtable, on cultivating our inner voice to make better decisions, manifesting money, using tarot and astrology to better...
03.31.2022
Laura Baisden talks Discovering Printmaking, Making Art Fun, and Finding Belonging
Hear more from Laura Baisden on not fitting in at art school, caught between the pressure to make serious conceptual art and a desire to make art for pure fun and a love of craft, discovering letterpress on first moving...
03.24.2022
Artists Over Institutions: LIVE! from Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
Hear more from Beyond the Studio’s first live and in-person podcast recording at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, titled “Artists Over Institutions: How Can Arts Organizations Support the Needs of Living, Working Artists?” featuring a lineup of panelists...
03.17.2022
Maria Brito talks Keys to Creativity, Embracing Risk-Taking, and the Patterns of Successful Artists
Hear more from Maria Brito, author of “How Creativity Rules the World,” on the overlap between successful artists and entrepreneurs, what we can learn from art history about what it takes for artists to succeed, cultivating a spirit of...
03.10.2022
Kiana Honarmand talks Adaptability, Making Big Moves, and Finding Space for Your Work
Hear more from Kiana Honarmand on growing up in Iran with limited access to art as a woman, making big moves from Iran to the United States and from the east to west coast, adjusting to living and working...
03.03.2022
Amanda and Nicole talk Expectations vs. Realities of Being a Full-Time Artist
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on debunking the myths around expectations vs. realities of being a full-time artist, how the boring work is the work, how to adopt the 80/20 rule when it comes to time management, and...
02.24.2022
Beyond the Studio’s 100th Episode!
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole as they celebrate their 100th episode of the podcast, announce a giveaway for listeners in partnership with Art World Learning, and share listener insights on the future of the art world. [email protected] Listener...
02.17.2022
Amanda and Nicole talk Creativity and Growth Mindsets with their Partners Mike and Dave
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole and their partners Mike and Dave on allowing your creative impulses to shape your life choices, adopting a growth mindset at every stage of your career, how to accelerate learning by taking risks,...
02.10.2022
What do Artists Envision for the Future of the Art World?
Hear more from Amanda and Nicole on the end of Season 3, their first live in person event in collaboration with ICA SF, and upcoming 100th episode. For our 100th episode of the podcast, we’re asking listeners to...
02.03.2022
Josh Cochran talks Self-Discovery, Pushing Creative Within Client Work, and Using Routine to Stay Grounded
Hear more from Josh on how being in touch with his past informs his work and sense of self, balancing work as a freelance illustrator, teacher, and muralist, how he continually introduces variety and experimentation into professional projects, and the...
01.27.2022
Marcus Maddox talks Materializing Your Inner Vision, Staying Curious, and Supporting a Creative Practice
Hear more from Marcus on getting his start photographing musicians in Nashville, normalizing day jobs on the road to becoming a full-time freelance photographer, chronicling different chapters of youth with moves to Philadelphia and New York, how he remains curious,...
01.20.2022
Katty Huertas talks Freelance Illustration, the Importance of Professionalism, and Carving out Space for Rest and Creative Outlets
Hear more from Katty on getting started as a freelance illustrator, practical advice learned from working on the other side as an art director and editorial designer, why she’s holding onto her day job, and how to make space for...
01.13.2022
Se Jong Cho talks Art and Science, Embracing All Aspects of Identity, and Pursuing Your Curiosities
Hear more from Se Jong on rediscovering painting while pursuing her PhD in environmental engineering, discovering the unique intersections between art and science, embracing all her interests as a core part of her identity, and the need for more cross-disciplinary...
01.06.2022
Katie Pumphrey talks Connecting with Collectors, Experimenting In and Out of the Studio, and Diving in Head First
Hear more from Katie on balancing both the business and artistic sides of career growth simultaneously, navigating the roller coaster of being a full-time artist, making it easy for people to collect her work while forming genuine connections with collectors...
12.30.2021
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Hear more from Amanda & Nicole on where the podcast is headed in 2022, takeaways from our current season, and redefining what it means to have conversations "beyond the studio" when work and life are so intertwined for artists. ...
12.23.2021
Nicole Mueller talks Managing Large-Scale Projects, Pricing Commissions, and Leaving Behind a Day Job
Hear more from co-host Nicole Mueller on pricing strategies for commissioned work, managing the logistics of large-scale projects, making the transition to becoming a full-time painter, and the importance of financial transparency in the arts. Listener Spotlight ...
12.16.2021
Amanda Adams talks Mental Health, Setting Healthier Boundaries, and Aligning Your Business with Personal Values
Hear more from co-host Amanda on learning to prioritize mental health as a creative small business owner, how she’s shifting the business model of Close Call Studio to create better work-life boundaries, setting new expectations for customers, and injecting more...
12.09.2021
... And We're Back!
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12.09.2021
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03.11.2021
We'll Be Right Back
We're taking a brief break to try to restore some balance in our own lives but we'll be back soon! @beyondthestudio ...

What's Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists about?

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Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists episodes:

Teri Henderson talks Carving Out Space, Creating Platforms for Community, and Balancing Creative Energy

BTS x Creatives Rebuild New York - Guaranteed Income for Artists

Amanda and Nicole talk Financial Transparency in the Arts

BTS x Inversion Art - Investing in the Future of Artists’ Careers

Alex Paik talks Growing a Network of Artist-Run Galleries, the Myth of Balance, and Prioritizing Relationships

Christopher Martin talks the Importance of Environment, Power of Osmosis, and Rituals of Self-Care

Griff Williams talks Building a Career vs. a Life in the Arts, Community Over Capital, and Treating Everything Like an Art Project

Amanda and Nicole talk Craft Shows: Selling Work at In-Person Events

Amanda and Nicole talk Public Art: Fabrication and Installation

Return of the Podcast!

Paddy Johnson talks Art World Taboos, Internalized Beliefs, and the Myths that Might Be Holding You Back

BTS x Serpentine - The Future of Art and Technology

Beyond the Studio Will Be Right Back!

Adam Holofcener talks Ethics of Copyright, Artist Rights Within Capitalism, and Collective Organizing

Natalie Baxter talks Embracing Uncertainty, Exhibiting Work, and How Being a Mother Changes Everything

Morel Doucet talks Community-Building, the Power of Storytelling, and Diversifying Your Skillsets

Bean Gilsdorf talks Staying Nimble, the Importance of Language, and the Working Conditions of Artists

Sarah Thibault talks Patrons, Power Dynamics, and Valuing Your Work

Ruby Lerner talks Founding Creative Capital, Building an Infrastructure of Support for Artists, and Reflections on a Career of Advocating for the Arts

Christine Wang talks Teaching as Political Action, the Unspoken Rules of the Art World, and Financial Exhibitionism

Jocelyn Tsaih talks Personal Style, the Emotional Ups and Downs of Being a Freelancer, and Feeding Your Creativity

Amanda and Nicole Talk Visualizing Your Finances as an Artist

Amanda and Nicole talk Public Art: Proposals and Project Budgets

Beyond the Studio is Back!

Amanda and Nicole talk Boundaries, Burnout, and Shifting Expectations

Taili Wu talks Personal Projects, Collaborating with Others, and Choosing Work That Makes You Happy

Jen Hewett talks Pivoting Your Business, Staying Small and Sustainable, and Setting Boundaries

Ash Keating talks Being Resourceful, Making Massive Work, and Creating Art for Public Spaces

Spring Break

Marie Watt talks Expanding Your Team, Running Your Practice Like a Business, and Navigating Life as a Mid-Career Artist

BTS x The Side Woo - Balancing the Spiritual and Practical Sides of a Creative Career

Laura Baisden talks Discovering Printmaking, Making Art Fun, and Finding Belonging

Artists Over Institutions: LIVE! from Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco

Maria Brito talks Keys to Creativity, Embracing Risk-Taking, and the Patterns of Successful Artists

Kiana Honarmand talks Adaptability, Making Big Moves, and Finding Space for Your Work

Amanda and Nicole talk Expectations vs. Realities of Being a Full-Time Artist

Beyond the Studio’s 100th Episode!

Amanda and Nicole talk Creativity and Growth Mindsets with their Partners Mike and Dave

What do Artists Envision for the Future of the Art World?

Josh Cochran talks Self-Discovery, Pushing Creative Within Client Work, and Using Routine to Stay Grounded

Marcus Maddox talks Materializing Your Inner Vision, Staying Curious, and Supporting a Creative Practice

Katty Huertas talks Freelance Illustration, the Importance of Professionalism, and Carving out Space for Rest and Creative Outlets

Se Jong Cho talks Art and Science, Embracing All Aspects of Identity, and Pursuing Your Curiosities

Katie Pumphrey talks Connecting with Collectors, Experimenting In and Out of the Studio, and Diving in Head First

Looking Back and Looking Forward

Nicole Mueller talks Managing Large-Scale Projects, Pricing Commissions, and Leaving Behind a Day Job

Amanda Adams talks Mental Health, Setting Healthier Boundaries, and Aligning Your Business with Personal Values

... And We're Back!

Beyond the Studio Trailer

We'll Be Right Back