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Strive to Thrive
June 10, 2026
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Documentation
If you are SILENCED....
If you are STRUGGLING...
If you are SURVIVING...
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ADEBUSOLA KING ADEBOYEJO
WAZO
Porto, Portugal
Tell us about yourself.
Adebusola is a Nigerian-American cinematographer, multimedia researcher, and founder based in Portugal whose work explores migration, identity, and interactive storytelling across film and digital platforms. Alongside documentary and visual storytelling work, he is building wazo.work, a relocation planning platform inspired by his own experience navigating international systems as a student and creative worker abroad. His practice exists at the intersection of media, technology, and cultural access.
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I thrive when I...
I thrive when I can turn lived experience into something useful for other people, especially through storytelling, collaboration, and systems that help people feel less alone navigating difficult transitions.
Where can we find your work?
Website: https://wazo.work
Instagram: @wazo.work @lightseekar
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MONTHLY ZOOM MEET-UP
3rd Tuesday of each month 3:00-4:00pm ET
First 30-minutes: prof. development | Second 30-minutes: sharing/networking
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next meet-up: June 16th 3:00-4:00pm ET
Topic: Understanding Your Value as an Artist and Creative
This presentation will focus on questioning strategies, and understanding the importance of budget and pricing in client discussions. A review of these key areas should provide attendees with more confidence, and next step strategies to create better business relationships with their clients.
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Scott is an illustrator and coach for artists and creatives. His work includes corporate clients and non-profits. Client projects includes Graphic Recording (visual summaries for conferences and keynote speakers), corporate illustration, beer label art, and requested commissions.
Scott spent over thirty years in sales and marketing in the Direct Marketing industry. During this time, he worked in both Corporate America and with small businesses, including advertising agencies and non-profits.
His coaching includes in person workshops, online webinars, Lunch and Learns and One on One coaching. Topics include: Understanding Business for Artists and Creatives, Sales and Marketing, Pricing Strategies, Networking, and Social Media/Websites.
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In her TED Talk, "Your Elusive Creative Genius,"Elizabeth Gilbert encourages artists to see creativity as a lifelong practice rather than a measure of their value or success. This perspective connects closely to documentation because keeping records of your work allows you to see your growth over time, not just the outcomes of individual projects. Gilbert's message reminds artists that showing up consistently matters, and documentation can serve as a meaningful way to honor that effort, recognize progress, and build a lasting record of a creative life.
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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. | | | Opportunity | Eligibility | Deadline | Amount | | The Hosting Grant | US-based curators or artistic directors presenting a contemporary visual art exhibition or project that originated elsewhere | 6/10/26 | up to $75,000 | | PEN America’s U.S. Writers Aid Initiative | Emergency Fund for fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, playwrights, translators, and journalists in addressing short-term financial emergencies | 6/15/26 | varies | | James Laughlin Award | Honors a poet whose second full-length print book of original poetry, in English, is forthcoming in the next calendar year | 6/15/26 | $5,000 | | The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award | For New York State-based playwright or screenwriter who self-identifies as LGBTQ+ | 6/16/26 | $8,000 | | Rural Regenerator Fellowship: Organizing for Care, Safety, and Solidarity | Supports artists who are organizing their rural places for care, safety and solidarity | 6/18/26 | $15,000 | | The Vanguard | Available to leaders of U.S.-based nonprofit visual and performing arts organizations with annual operating budgets greater than $1 million | 6/22/26 | $100,000 | | NEH - Media Projects | Film/TV/Video; Online Video; Podcast; Radio Broadcast | 6/25/26 | Up to $775,000 | | Living Traditions: Folk Art and Beyond Grant | Apprenticeships, consultations, field works, cultural events, and convenings that bring traditional artists, cultural specialists, and communities together | 6/30/26 | up to $1000 | | Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists | Self-identified Black trans women and trans femmes working in visual art and based in the United States | 7/2/26 | $10,000 | | Illinois Art Council - Creative Project Grants | Illinois artists, nonprofits, municipal entities, or colleges and universities can apply for professional development or art projects | Rolling | Up to $12,000 | | IDA Emergency Assistance | Emergency funding for documentary filmmakers | Rolling | $500 - $5,000 | | Indy Arts Council and Indianapolis Airport Authority Seek Proposals for Airport Exhibitions and Video | Must be located in central Indiana (Marion and adjacent counties, plus other counties and towns served by Indianapolis International Airport) | Rolling | $500 | | Access: An Accommodations Programs | Creative West region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming), accessibility, ASL | Rolling
Final Deadline: 6/30/26 | Up to $500 | | | |
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