Shoebox Arts
Shoebox Arts on Substack offers practical guidance for artists navigating career challenges, networking anxiety, and professional development through community-driven content and real-world advice.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 229 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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How to Get on a Curator’s Radar
So many artists I work with have the same goal sitting quietly underneath everything else they’re doing.
So many artists I work with have the same goal sitting quietly underneath everything else they’re doing. They want to be invited into...
Finding Your Place In The Art World
The art world is confusing on purpose.
Not intentionally, not maliciously, but structurally. It’s not one world with one set of rules. It’s a bunch of different worlds that barely talk to each other. Each one has different people, differen...
Things I Want You to Actually Believe
I have complicated feelings about affirmations.
Not because they’re wrong, but because most of them are so vague they slide right off. “You are enough.” Okay, enough for what? “Trust the process.” Which process? The one where I stared at a...
Everyone Sounds Certain. Nobody Agrees. Welcome to the Post-Truth Art World.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.
Ask 10 artists how to price your work. You’ll get 10 different answers. Ask 10 people about gallery representation. Same thing. Social media strategy, grants, what to submit to, how to show up —...
I Didn't Have a Plan. I Had a Feeling.
I’ve been saving posts for weeks. Screenshots of manifestos, essays about endowments, artists talking about breakdowns, researchers tracing how the cultural commons got enclosed the same way land did in pre-capitalist England. All of it poi...
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LA arts org supporting artists through community building, professional development & creative collaboration. From "Call & Response" projects to artist surveys, we create inclusive spaces where artists thrive. Building bridges in the art world.
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