What you'll hear:

• How to use artist residencies to travel and explore the world while exploring your own creativity
• How this duo created a remote lifestyle as a musical duo - saving money on rent, seeing the world and building a career all at once
• The motivation behind Chris and Nicoletta’s choice to opt for a non-traditional career… and the key component in your mindset necessary to do it
• What they do when they don’t have a residency on the calendar - this idea is so smart
• How they actually *built in* within the way they live through these residencies ways to create more opportunities for themselves - they share their tips on this podcast!
• A different point of view on handling student loans… and the truth about considering school in Europe - this one shocked me!
• The key to knowing if a traditional career or an unconventional one is right for you
• … and much more!

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Resources from the show:

https://www.transartists.org/activities/database

http://www.artistcommunities.org/

http://www.resartis.org/en/

 

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