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December 31, 2025

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I Am an Artists: Planning & Preparing for the Future

Planning and preparing for the future is a critical part of sustaining a creative practice. This reflection invites you to consider how you engage with what lies ahead, from avoiding long-term planning to building a flexible, living strategy. Where you fall on this spectrum shapes your resilience, your ability to respond to uncertainty, and how confidently you move toward growth, adaptation, and long-term sustainability.

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Planning & Preparing for the Future



If you are SILENCED....


If you are STRUGGLING...


If you are SURVIVING...

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

SCOTT REMPE

Scott Ink Illustration

Kernersville, NC

Tell us about yourself.

I am a freelance illustrator who also coaches artists and creatives about the often challenging business side of art. I spent 35+ years in Corporate Sales and Marketing. I also provide Graphic Recording "live illustrations" that summarize conference speaker content for corporations and non-profits.

I thrive when I...

see a line of people waiting to ask me more questions after one of my workshops because I know that what I talked about was impactful. At the age of 62, this energizes me!


Where can we find your work?

Website: https://scooterinkillustration.com

Instagram: @scooterink

LinkedIn: Scott Rempe

SELF-CARE CORNER

Video: Art programs give hope to veterans facing PTSD

What if healing from PTSD didn’t start with a pill, but with a song, a paintbrush, or a shared creative space? This powerful PBS segment follows veterans in Seattle who are reclaiming their voices through free arts programs. Their stories reveal how creativity, community, and science intersect to transform trauma into connection, resilience, and hope.

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Mindfulness Activities

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.

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SELECT OPPORTUNITIES

A few featured grants, residencies, creative job postings, and more.

Grant Opportunity

Eligibility

Deadline

Grant Amount

ECRAC Resiliency Grant for Individuals

artists, culture bearers, and arts organizations, emergency funding, central Minnesota

Rolling

Up to $600

Virginia A. Groot Foundation

ceramic sculpture artists or sculptors of diverse mediums, development of artist's own work

1/10/26

1st Place: $60,000

2nd Place: $30,000

3rd Place: $20,000

Lenfest News Creator Collaborative Grant

news organizations collaborating with local creatives

1/12/26

up to $100,000

Lighton International Artists Exchange Program

artists who benefit from international exchange with peers

1/15/26

up to $7,000

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

New York State, Craft, Sculpture, Digital, Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry,

Printmaking, Drawing, Book Arts

1/27/26

$8,000

Money for Women - Barbara Deming Memorial Fund

visual art, fiction, projects that are well underway, feminist identifying women

1/31/26

$500 - $2,000

Application Fee: $25

New America Fellows

book, film, podcast, longform article, or multimedia project

2/5/26

$15,000 - $30,000

South Arts: Artist Creative Practice

South Arts region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee), individual professional-caliber working artist

Rolling

$500 - $3,000

Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund

Professional portfolio, Video, Photography, Graphic design,

Illustration,

Product/interface design

Rolling

$10,000

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