What are the 10 Steps to Working as an Artist and how can they guide your creative path?

The 10 Steps to Working as an Artist are a framework for navigating the creative path with faith, failure, money, and meaning. This isn’t a typical training or webinar; it’s a collection of true stories and insights designed to feel soft, gentle, and honest, like a late-night conversation between artists. It offers a place to pause, reflect, and remember you’re not alone, especially when the world feels heavy. The content delves deeper into the principles of the 10 Steps, moving beyond theory to offer real value and support for artists feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain. It emphasizes community and returning to these steps as a spiral for continuous growth and understanding.

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The Working Artist Academy is a 12-week, live, guided container.

It’s structure.

It’s support.

It’s real-time coaching.

It’s practical tools that actually move your work forward — inside a space that understands how vulnerable this path can be.

Everything is recorded. So if life happens — you don’t fall behind.

And yes — we include AI training. But as an assistant, not a replacement.

What artists tell me, over and over, isn’t: “Thanks, I needed more motivation.”

It’s:

“I finally know what to focus on.”

“I can talk about my work without freezing.”

“I understand pricing without shame.”

“I’m selling my work like never before.”

Because the hardest part of being an artist isn’t talent.

It’s carrying it.

Carrying your doubt.

Your pricing.

Your voice.

Your persistence when you’re tired.

The failures you’re still interpreting as proof.

The Academy holds that.

We recently held our Welcome Salon — and the moment really stayed with me.

I want to show you something.

The group already inside The Working Artist Academy consists of real artists from all over the world, with diverse backgrounds and voices. They all came for the same reason: to stay close to their work and to not walk this creative path alone. While the Welcome Salon has happened, it's not too late to join this gathering community. The Academy is built to meet you where you are, with everything recorded, ensuring you don't fall behind. Doors will close soon for this live, held container, so if you feel a whisper to follow this path, listen. You don't need to circle the same questions or carry it all by yourself; the work is ready to move, and you don't have to carry it alone.