Join us for an essential conversation focused on financial empowerment, one of the most crucial yet often overlooked aspects of building a sustainable art career. Moderated by Senior Critic Dexter Wimberly, this event will feature Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller, hosts of the acclaimed Beyond The Studio podcast, who will share candid insights from their own experiences as working artists.
Amanda and Nicole will present an in-depth discussion about the realities of maintaining an art practice, including transparent conversations about income streams, budgeting strategies, and the financial decisions that shape an artist’s career. Drawing from their extensive experience helping artists navigate the business side of their practice, they’ll provide practical frameworks for thinking about money, sustainability, and long-term career planning.
This is a rare opportunity to hear two established artists speak openly about topics that are often considered taboo in art school settings, but are essential to your success as an artist.
Beyond The Studio co-hosts Nicole Mueller and Amanda Adams met while both attending the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. They became close friends and roommates while each navigating the start of their own creative careers post-art school. After realizing there was a gap in professional development for artists, and a lack of transparency in the art world, they started the podcast as a way to have honest conversations with artists, makers, and business experts on the business of being an artist, and dive deep into the work that happens “beyond the studio.”
Amanda Adams runs her fiber and illustration brand Close Call Studio full-time from Baltimore, and has been featured at Anthropologie, Etsy, and boutique shops around the country.
Nicole Mueller is based in San Francisco, CA where she maintains an active studio practice as a full-time painter and installation artist. Previously, she worked at California College of the Arts as the Assistant Director for Career Development (Fine Arts and Humanities).
https://beyondthe.studio/episodes
Dexter Wimberly is an American curator based in Japan who has organized exhibitions at institutions and galleries around the world including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; The Harvey B. Gantt Center in Charlotte, North Carolina; KOKI ARTS in Tokyo, Japan; BODE in Berlin, Germany; Lehmann Maupin in London, U.K.; SECCI in Milan, Italy; and Efie Gallery in Dubai, UAE. His exhibitions have been reviewed in The New York Times and Artforum, and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Wimberly is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art, and the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency in Japan.