Blog

There is something that is very hard to get at: what it actually feels like to be an existential nomad. Ungrounded. Untethered. Disappointed. Disoriented. Not just knowing that the center isn’t holding, but experiencing the center as not holding. It feels something...

What a Worldwide Community of Artists Might Look Like [Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.] A worldwide community of artists would not be defined by geography so much as by shared intention....

Thank you to the many artists who came forward to share your stories of being an existential nomad. Does this subject interest you? If it does, drop me an email to ericmaisel@hotmail.com and let me know that this interests you. I'm curious to see if this topic has...

If you happen to be an existential nomad, I want your story! Many artists are! I’m gathering real-life stories for a new book exploring an increasingly common human experience: the life of the existential nomad. An existential nomad is not someone who travels the...

The Emotional Labor of Creative Life [Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.] Creative work is often imagined as a kind of effortless inspiration: the artist in a sunlit studio, brush in hand;...

If Artists Had a Strong Collective Voice, What Could Change? [Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.] Imagine a world where artists spoke with one clear, resonant voice—not to erase their...

Belonging Without Conformity [Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.] For many artists, the longing to belong is inseparable from the longing to create. Across continents, cultures, and...

The Quiet Crisis Facing Emerging and Mid-Career Artists  [Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.]  In the soft glow of her studio, Elaine adjusts the stretchers on a canvas that has sat...

[Get your free subscription to the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists newsletter here.] A worldwide community of artists would not be defined by geography so much as by shared intention. It would be less like a single organization with a...

Subscribe to the free newsletter of the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists. Subscribe here. ** Across Disciplines, the Same Struggles At first glance, a poet, a violinist, a ceramicist, and a theater director seem to inhabit entirely...