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4/ Sign up to learn more about the program:
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3/ Visiting artists talks, guest speakers from the museum and gallery world, and hands-on mentorship in a small cohort setting, all there to help artists round out their skillset and give their art practice the chance it deserves.

2/ The answers I heard most often: actionable feedback on their work, mentorship, advice about how to navigate the business of art, what opportunities to apply to, and how to get their work seen by more people

I created the @artistcommons.bsky.social development program to give artists exactly that

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1/ What do you need as an artist?

That's the question I kept asking the artists I curate. I wanted to find a way to serve the digital art community in a new and meaningful way.

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How can you give your art the year it deserves?

Come hear Jonooo and I talk at 1pm ET about @artistcommons.bsky.social, a new artist development program designed to help you level up your art practice through mentorship and hands-on support.

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Curious what @artist_commons can do for artists?

Tomorrow at 1pm ET I’ll be live with a great curator, Jonooo, to walk through what it is, why I built a year-long program instead of a quick course, and how it can serve the artists in your community.

Watch live here:
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How would you answer this question?

The text "What would a year of in-depth, honest support do for your practice?" set against a close-up photograph of an abstract painting.

A year and a half ago, I started asking artists, "What do you need?" @artistcommons.bsky.social is what came out of it.

- Small Cohorts
- Dedicated Mentors
- Feedback Sessions
- One-on-One Crits
- Weekly Lectures
- Craft Workshops
- Visiting Artists
- Portfolio Reviews
- Reading Discussions

Artist Commons

Here is the website where you can learn more about the program: www.artistcommons.art

Follow @artistcommons.bsky.social on socials (or
@ artist_commons on other platforms). And sign up for the email list to be the first to know when applications open next week.

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If you’d like to go into next year with a clear sense of purpose for your art practice, we’d love to have you.

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Developing this has been so inspiring and I’m so excited to build the community I wish I’d had when I was coming up. I can’t wait to tell you about all the amazing guests we have lined up.

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You’ll build deep community with your fellow members through online meetups including regular reading groups, close looking exercises, and forum discussions, as well as quarterly IRL meetups in select cities.

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Then tune in every month to lectures on the business of art, craft workshops from visiting artists, talks on various modern and contemporary art movements, and guest speakers working across the art world.

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If you’ve been looking for a way to level up your art practice without spending an arm and a leg to get an MFA, Artist Commons is for you.

Artists accepted into the program are paired with a mentor and a small cohort of peers at their level for weekly feedback sessions.

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➤ Do you want to learn more about how to navigate the business of art?
➤ Do you want an artist community invested in your longterm growth?
➤ Do you want real feedback on your work instead of just some kind words from your friends?

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I’m excited to introduce Artist Commons, a year-long, online development program for early- and mid-career artists. Applications open next week, and the program starts in mid-January.

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The logo for Artist Commons

Two words to whet your appetite for what's coming. Here's the full logo:

Since stepping back from Alba, I've been building something new — a home for artists that's unlike anything else we have in this space.

More this week. For today, I'll just say it's all about the:

It's a really good, illuminating, and compelling read. I couldn't put it down. You can learn more about the book on her site here: https://www.alissawilkinson.com/didion-we-tell-ourselves-stories
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I did quite a bit of line editing on it with a red pen in hand (just another one of my side hustles). It was a joy to contribute what I could to her brilliant thinking. Plus, you can see a headshot I took on the dust jacket.
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A graphic celebrating the book We Tell Ourselves Stories by Alissa Wilkinson being appointed to the 2026 longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

Alissa's (my wife's) book on Joan Didion, Hollywood, and the shaping of modern politics was just named to the longlist of the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction. I couldn’t be more proud of her =)
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Package scanned as delivered in Marfa, TX

Now we’re ready! Excited to unveil what I’ve been putting together this year with a soft launch in Marfa.

The last year was incredibly hard, so I’m really looking forward to making something for the physical/digital hybrid space that starts with my hands.

Friends, I'm looking for a Fuji GFX medium format digital camera to do some macro photography with over the next month for an art project.

If you have a camera body or know someone who does I'd love to work out a trade or deal to borrow it for a bit. DMs are open =)

Wild seeing Garden Monoliths #0 plotted and in person at Bitforms last night.

Meeting both Eve Sussman and Kate Micucci at Spring/Break made for a fun, weird fair day

Taking a break from social media this month meant I really got into the NYT crossword

“Everybody has an opinion about art and most of it is ignorance.” - Dan Flavin

Looking at Web3, I wonder what Flavin would make of betting on art and what names will succeed (in the longrun) based largely on highly opinionated data.

The BUSY plots by James Merrill look incredible in person.

They’re like tiny, complex cityscapes nested as tightly as Rube Goldberg machines.

Shout out to @jamesmerrill.bsky.social @artblocks.bsky.social @bantamtools.bsky.social

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