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Strive to Thrive
August 27, 2025
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Money Management
If you are SILENCED....
If you are STRUGGLING...
If you are SURVIVING...
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TONYA CROSS
Salisbury, North Carolina
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Tell us about yourself.
I’m a fashion accessory designer whose specialty is handcrafted (by me) cowrie shell and African print designs. My pieces include hair accessories, jewelry, and handbags. No look is complete without great accessories!
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WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER?
We’d love to showcase YOU (or your arts organization) in our newsletter! Whether you're an artist or part of an arts organization, we want to highlight your work and impact. Interested?
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Webinar: U.S. Taxes on Income Earned Abroad
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
This webinar will be recorded and made available on YouTube.
Whether you’re winning prizes or awards, participating in residencies, or earning income from gigs outside the U.S., there are important tax rules to keep in mind. In this session, we’ll cover:
- General tax rules that apply to non-U.S. income
- Tax treaty provisions that may benefit you
- Foreign tax credits and how they reduce your income tax
- Key records to maintain for your taxes
Bring your questions and stories—there will be plenty of time for both.
Register Here
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NEXT MEET-UP
Sept. 15 at 4pm EST
Topic: Tips on running online workshops
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Join Our Monthly Community Meet-Up!
Looking to connect with fellow artists & administrators? Join us for our monthly informal meet-up, held every 3rd Monday of the month!
This is your chance to share your questions, celebrate successes, and discuss challenges with like-minded individuals in a supportive environment. It’s a fantastic opportunity to build your network, gain new perspectives, and find solutions.
Sign-up Here
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Some artists are turning therapy into a second practice and discovering surprising ways it shapes their art. From psychoanalysis to Jungian psychology, creatives like Max Maslansky, Rachelle Mozman Solano, Nancy de Holl, and Yamini Nayar explore how working with the psyche transforms their creativity, offers stability, and deepens self understanding. Could bridging art and therapy be the future of artistic practice?
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Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from Pratt Institute and is free & open to all.
Sign Up for a Session
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A few featured grants, residencies, creative job postings, and more. | | | Grant Opportunity | Eligibility | Deadline | Grant Amount | | Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund | Professional portfolio, Video, Photography, Graphic design,
Illustration,
Product/interface design | Rolling | $10,000 | | IFCC Artist Grant & Residency Program | US residents, emerging artists only, individuals only, New York metro area resident | 9/12/25 | $6,000 - $10,000 | | LMCC - Manhattan Arts Grants | Manhattan NYC, Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, UMEZ Arts Engagement | 9/16/25 | $4,000 - $16,000 | | Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant | Artists’ book publishers, “independent spirit”, small in scale without major, ongoing, distribution support | 9/21/25 | $10,000 | | 2026 Edgar Heap of Birds Family Artist Residency | For artists whose work is primarily focused on the history and lived experience of North American federally recognized tribal citizens and who exemplifies the art and activism of the artist Edgar Heap of Birds in bringing attention to the lives, struggles and triumphs of Native Americans | 9/22/25 | Stipend - $3,500
Materials - $1,500 | | 2026–2027 QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists | Emerging Artists, New York City, has not had solo exhibitions at commercial galleries or public institutions or yet received major grants | 9/22/25 | $20,000 | | Foundwork Artist Prize | Must maintain a published artist profile on their website, with at least six published artworks and an artist statement on your profile page, continuously throughout the 2025 selection period, no residents of Arizona | 9/26/25 | $10,000 | | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants: Cancellation Funds | Disciplines of dance, music, sound, performance art, theater, poetry, and/or visual arts, individual artists, or an artist representing a collective, ensemble, or group, US tax ID | Rolling | $3,000 | | KFW's Feminist Artist Career Development Mini Grant | Kentucky feminist artists | Rolling | up to $500 | | Emergency Relief Grants | Craft artists, US based artists, recent emergency or disaster | Rolling | $3,000 | | | |
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