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I've just finished writing a book called "Tales of the Creative Life" that is comprised of 75 short parables on the wonders and hardships of the creative life. The book will likely be illustrated and I'm looking for an illustrator. If you'd like to learn more, drop me...

Please enjoy the following fictionalized parable. And join me this coming week for a free webinar on the next generation of helping professional, the human experience specialist. Get registered for free here.  The beautiful failure Nina painted alone. She entered the...

Many artists are obliged to complement and supplement their art income with other sources of income. One interesting possibility is becoming a new sort of helping professional, a human experience specialist. Never heard of that? Come learn more at the free webinar...

10 Tips for Running a Successful Open Studio Event Give People a Reason to Come Don't simply announce, "My studio is open." Create an invitation around a theme, new body of work, demonstration, special project, or behind-the-scenes experience. People are drawn to...

Here are ten strong resources that help you stay connected to the contemporary art world internationally—covering exhibitions, trends, markets, opportunities, criticism, and artist communities. Artforum One of the most influential contemporary art magazines in the...

[My next round of creativity coach trainings begins June 1 online. There’s an introduction to creativity coaching training and an advanced creativity coaching training and they can be taken together (many people do). Maybe I’ll see you aboard!) Why might an artist...

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...