The Working Artist Gatherings

Next call is April 13th, 2024

If you have a question, do call in and ask Crista yourself.

If you can’t make the call, write your question in the comment field below (scroll to the bottom of the page).

– All questions should be posted at least 2 hours before the call to give Crista time to prepare. Questions posted later risk not being answered.
– Please do not post a question you intend to ask on the call.
– If you cannot find your local time in Greenwich Meantime, Google is your friend!

After the call we will post a link to a recording of the conversation on the Recordings Page.

All Coaching Calls will now be on ZOOM!

Call Time

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Crista is here to help! If you’re unable to make the call, please post your question in the comment field below:

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Comments

  1. Crista Cloutier Post author

    This is the photo editing software are promised by Jeff Maresh:

    Free (non-trail version) basic photo editing software – all support TIF/TIFF and JPG files unless otherwise noted. I haven’t tried any of them but read reviews on them and confirmed file formats whenever possible. All have a free non-trial version and appear to be relatively easy to download, install, and user. Most of these will likely have YouTube videos on usage if you need help.

    Windows: paint.net
    https://www.getpaint.net/index.html

    Windows, iOS, Android: Photoshop Express
    https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-express.html

    macOS: Big Sur
    https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur/
    Camera RAW formats supported: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211241
    I was unable to confirm if Big Sur can edit/save TIF/TIFF files

    macOS, Windows: Photoscape X
    http://x.photoscape.org/

    Android, iOS: Photoscape Mobile
    https://fixthephoto.com/photoscape-review.html

  2. Michael Pierre Price

    Hi everyone! The number of AI text-to-image platforms keeps growing. If you are interested in experimenting with AI, here are a few of the platforms that are worth checking out:

    (1) Midjourney
    (2) Dall-E 2
    (3) Playground AI
    (4) Dream by WOMBO
    (5) NightCafe
    (6) Canva (this is integrated into their overall site)
    (7) Dream Studio (Stable Diffusion)

    There are a number of other platforms beyond this list, but I am most familiar with the ones I mentioned.
    Finally, remember that YouTube is your friend when it comes to tutorials. There are many good tutorials
    explaining the ins and outs of most of the major AI platforms, advice on how best to use prompts.
    Feel free to email me if you have any follow-up questions that might want to discuss. Good luck…..

  3. Linda Enger

    I just watched replay from Feb 2024 Change the World zoom meeting—–I am so sorry I was not able to join you in person, but must say I loved being able to stop and ponder my answers more than the real time allowed. I just wish I could have shared my answers and heard feed back. Thank you ALL for what you shared and Crista this was so wonderful !!! thank you. ok – question: I came up with 9 different golden threads for my work…. hmmmm what to do with that? Crista you said the golden threads were there all the time. I feel as if certain series have different golden threads. Just go with it?

  4. Lydia

    Looks like I missed your call this month. I will save the link and add the call to my April calendar schedule so that I can attend.

  5. Clyde D. Finlay

    Hi Crista.
    Just finished the Zoom Gathering. This was a very inspiring coaching call and I must say a lot of great conversations with the artists on Video. Excellent Coaching call with Questions and answers.
    I was finally able to catch up today and found the information interesting. I remember 2 or 3 of the artists in January, February and now March sessions.
    I got engaged with the total online information regarding the March session, especially regarding time, energy, sales – marketing section. I also loved the New Story and the Golen Thread theory and having me write down my Story! I ended up with 2 pages of notes. Beauty and Validation seems to be an important viewpoint for me going forward.
    I’m inspired by this session and being able to see all the other artists at the Gathering.
    Thank you so much, Crista.
    Clyde D. Finlay

  6. Lydia Watson

    I have a Solo Show scheduled for later this year. It is not my first one however, I am anxious about it and I’m afraid no one will come (I took a 10 year break away from the art scene).

    What steps can I take to be sure people will come out, that the quality of the work/show will be of an excellent presentation. How do I sell the work and do I sell smaller prints, a book or giveaways (what kind of giveaways?) It’s in a public library gallery – Do I serve food, drinks or music? What day and hours are better (the show will be September-December with an opening taking place in October 2024)?

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