Do It For the Process: For The Artists by Emily Jeffords

What Makes an Effective Website? SHARE the WORK Day 2

This episode is FULL and detailed. I highly highly recommend downloading the accompanying workbook. It's THOROUGH and beautiful. And join the next LIVE workshop too! 

 

In this episode, we talk about what makes an artist's website effective -- leading to higher sales and more thoughtful engagement by your visitor, audience, and buyers.

 

A Creative person's website has the chance to tell a story, take the visitor on a journey, but most importantly, ELEVATE YOUR WORK. 

 

Because you are connecting with your collectors online through a series of shiny screens and images, it is so important to connect with your audience. The passion and heart that come naturally from the artist may not translate as effortlessly online. Find a way to bring that extra passion and sincerity to your digital platforms.

 

Ready for more? DOORS TO MAKING ART WORK open on Thursday! Are you joining us? 

 

Are you a Creative looking to grow a profitable career?
If so, you are in the right place.

Let’s dismantle the idea of the “Starving Artist.” Join me in my 9-week masterclass, where I teach you everything I know about running a sustainable, professional art business.

It's time to make a living with your art.

Learn more about MAKING art WORK here.

And visit my artist website to see how I put these things in play HERE.

Can Artists Sell Art Online? Share the Work Day 1

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And be sure to download the workbook that accompanies this 5-day event.

 

As an artist, we often hear that creativity isn't a real job -- it's not safe, it's not dependable, it's not lucrative... These thoughts are outdated and limiting at best. 

 

The world is thirsty for beauty and connection. We, as artists, are in the business of creating beauty and connection within our art and within communities. 

Your work deserves to be shared, seen, and appreciated. LET IT TAKE UP SPACE - especially online where it's voice can spread far and wide.

 

over the next 5 days, we're going to get very nerdy and practical as we begin to more boldly share our artwork online -- and GROW OUR ONLINE SALES!

 

Ready for this? 

 

Learn more about Making Art Work if you are truly ready to grow your studio into a profitable and sustainable business.

This 9-week masterclass will guide you through every single aspect of running a thriving studio in 2023 and will set you up for success for years to come. Read the stories of our many alumni here! Their stories are EVERYTHING. 

 

Listening to this episode while MAKING art WORK is closed? Be sure to sign up for the waitlist so you can be the first to know when the doors open up again! 

Can Artists Depend on Themselves?

SHARE THE WORK begins next week! A Free 5-day workshop designed to help you sell more artwork online!

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Even more exciting!! MAKING ART WORK opens on August 24th-31st! This 9-week masterclass is going to transform and evolve the way you run and grow your business. I can't wait to get a front-row seat!

 

Listening to this episode while MAKING art WORK is closed? Be sure to sign up for the waitlist so you can be the first to know when the doors open up again! 

 

Let’s dismantle the idea of the “Starving Artist.” Join me in my 9-week masterclass, where I teach you everything I know about running a sustainable, professional Creative Studio.

 

In this episode -- 

Artists often get told that they are pursuing a job, a career, a craft, or a lifestyle... FULL of instability. But is there anything more dependable and sustainable than the generous, rich well of creativity and energy we can draw from within our own bodies and minds? 

In this episode, we talk about tapping into that deep well of inspiration and knowing that, because of that deep, rich well, your creativity and energetic reserves are GOOD.

 

The birthday email I mentioned is here. It's full and BEAUTIFUL. 

I read a poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer at the end of this episode, and I want to share it here so you can read along. These words are powerful and sweet

The Invitation

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon.

I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true

I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.

If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, ‘Yes.’

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.

I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

How Do You ”Diversify Your Business” as an Artist?

Get the free workbook  that goes along with this episode! It's beautiful and full of practical advice.

With your inspiration, brand, and highest work in mind, listen to this episode, go through the FREE workbook that accompanies this episode, and listen closely to your inspiration and intuition.

When an idea piques your interest, invest in it! Consider it! In this episode, we talk about assessing and deciding which ideas are worth your precious, valuable energy, which ones your audience is most excited about, and which to let go of. Diversifying your business is wonderful because you have the opportunity to
A) delight your customers
B) find inspiration in a fresh place.

 

DOWNLOAD THE WORKBOOK.
I created a beautiful and super practical guide that accompanies this episode. It's very practical and even more clarifying.

JOIN SHARE THE WORK -- a free 5 day workshop designed to help you begin sharing and SELLING your work online!

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT MAKING ART WORK!

This 9-week Masterclass is designed to help you grow your studio, profit, and creative reach. It's time to start making a living with your art. Let’s dismantle the idea of the “Starving Artist.” Join me in my 9-week masterclass, where I teach you everything I know about running a sustainable, professional art business.

Want to see my very sweet new bunny? We're rather obsessed. 

Get the Affirmation Deck -- each card is thoughtfully crafted with an affirmation and beautiful artwork to start you on your creative journey.

But Can You Have Fun AND Make Money?

A thoughtful listener sent in a question that resonated deeply with this community: "How have you handled the different seasons of your life while maintaining your business?"

 

As we talk about play and creative freedom, paying attention to sustainability is also incredibly important. There’s a delicate balance that most artists need to find between creative freedom and emotional safety (which also includes financial security).

 

Listed to my five tips for growing a profitable business while also ENJOYING all of it!

 

• Making Art Work opens soon! JOIN US
  
  
• Check out the Artist Path to Success to learn about your unique creative journey and business growth
  
  
• Come see the art that's making me happiest on Instagram (the videos are BEAUTIFUL!)
  
  
• Visit my studio (virtually) :)
  
  
• The Poem I read by Mary Oliver can be found in this book 

 

The Only Goal You Need This Summer: PLAY

The summer months are full of extra light, energy, joy, and warmth -- they are the perfect months to focus on creativity, but more than that, creative PLAY. 

In this episode, we discuss the importance of creating inspiration and energy overflow so that you can give from abundance and create work that is fulfilling in a deep and lasting way. 

Creativity thrives when we give ourselves the freedom to play. The studio is your haven, your playground. Let go of expectations, rules, and limitations. Experiment with different techniques, materials, and styles. 

Tip this same experimental, free-flowing, playful energy into your business as well! The most impactful offers and products I've created in my business came about because of PLAY. The ideas excited me, the challenge felt new and alive, and I found a joyful energy that made the work fully delightful. 

 

I can't wait to see what you create in this season! 

 

>> In this episode, I shared that Making Art Work is coming back this autumn! Doors open in late August. Let’s dismantle the idea of the “Starving Artist.” Join me in my 9-week signature class, where I teach you everything I know about running a successful creative business.

 

I also stayed in a beautiful Airbnb, The Forestry House, in Travelers Rest. Definitely a beautiful getaway!

 

The poem(s) I read in this episode came from the book "Inward" by Yung Pueblo 

 

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Want to see the artwork I was talking about in this episode? I shared it on Instagram! Come on over and join the IG Community! 

 

Getting Back Into Abundance In the Studio

There’s this thing about “big magic” that I love – but also dislike – magic (inspiration) can come to you and change your whole life and work in the most powerful and beautiful of ways, but it can also leave if you are not prepared to honor it and use it. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it feels true right now, and it’s adding a bit of scarcity to my mindset that doesn’t need to be present. 

 

As I choose to step into more abundance in my studio practice, there are some words of affirmation that have proven to be POWERFUL. Let me share those with you here: 

• I will create good work today.
• Inspiration lives inside of me. I can tap into it whenever and wherever. 
• It’s ok to create bad work. 
• Creative flow is easy for me to access.
• It’s ok to rest and come back to this idea.
  

I know these words are simple, and that is their magic. The simplicity of these mindset shifts means they are EFFECTIVE.

 

If this podcast has impacted you, please rate and review this show. I would be SO thankful!

 

Also, please screenshot and share this episode to enter to receive a book of poetry by my new favorite author and poet, Andrea Gibson. Do so by JULY 1ST, please! 🥰 

Welcome Back to Do It For The Process

It's been a while. Let's catch back up. Many things in my life have changed, and many are still the same. One thing that has remained the same is that creativity is deeply generous, art has the power to HEAL, and empowering other artists is deeply meaningful and powerful. 

 

I read a poem by my new favorite poet, Andrea Gibson. Check out their work here. And read the poem I read in this podcast on their Instagram.

 

It is an honor to be back in this space with you!

If you're aching for a little more creative community and super valuable education and resources for running your business, join The Collective when the doors open! It's $34 and completely FULL of insight and value. 

 

Xox

Emily Jeffords

 

Love Your Creativity Enough to VALUE IT -- My Sabbatical Year

I'm doing something brave - scary - generous - loving - needed - luxurious - important - countercultural... 

I'm RESTING. Not yet -- right now I'm diving headfirst into Making Art Work and I'm SO excited to nurture and empower the Creative Community in this way. My sabbatical will begin in 2023 and will be focused on creativity, inspiration, rest, writing, and nurturing the parts of my that have been patiently waiting for attention.

 

I'm so excited. 

 

If you're feeling thirsty for inspiration and creativity, maybe this is your nudge to think about prioritizing those things just a bit. 

You don't have to have a sabbatical year -- you could start by carving out 2 hours a week to nourish that part of you. Create a terrarium around your inspiration and walk in it as often as you can. 

This big dream is living in you for a reason. Creativity is blooming inside of you because it has found a home there. That's an honor. Elizabeth Gilbert has a theory about inspiration being a living thing that is looking for a receptive home to give it form – YOU are that form. 

You are that home. 
You have that ability. 
And Creativity will never take from you more than it gives.

It may give you joy, connection, purpose, money, impact, or a vehicle for change – I think it will give you ALL of the above. Trust it. Honor it. Empower it. 

 

My inbox and DM's have been spilling over with big-hearted creatives eager and nervous about taking the next step in their creative journey – trusting me to walk alongside them. What an honor! Making Art Work is open for enrollment through TOMORROW!

 

If you're feeling those same nerves, eagerness, readiness, but also a bit of uncertainty, please take some of my confidence. This work is GOOD. YOU can do it. I will help you accomplish big, beautiful things. 

 

xo

Emily

 

@Emily_Jeffords

emilyjeffords.com 

Practical Tips to Grow Your Dream Career + Move Past the Lies

Practical Tips to Grow Your Dream Career + Move Past the Lies

Welcome to the final episode in the Share the Work series! You can watch all the video trainings + access the workbooks + community here.

The more you value the deep creative work you offer, the more your audience will value your work as well.

As you progress through your journey, you might find a few “lies” creep onto your path — let’s talk about them and very practically move past them!

• Learn more about Making Art Work
  
  
• Go to the Share the Work Videos
  
  
• Join our private Share the Work Community
  
  
• Follow @Emily_Jeffords on Instagram 
  
  
• Visit Emily Jeffords' fine art website