Artist Grants & Opportunities

Learn a new creative skill or delve into art history and graphic design through online courses offered by Harvard, Yale, CalArts, and more.

Emotional intelligence isn't all about being sweet and chipper, says Harvard psychologist and researcher Daniel Goleman. Every moment is an opportunity to strengthen these overlooked skills that will lead you to greater success. So ask yourself: What are your strengths? Where could you use improvement?

How Valuable ART Businesses Are Built (...by real artists who didn't get lucky)Photographers and artists who sell $150k+ of ART annually do things VERY differently from the norm. chevron-down How Valuable ART Businesses are Built (...by real artists who didn't get lucky)Photographers and artists who sell $150k+ of ART annually do things VERY differently from …

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Corporate arts-based learning uses artistic process as a pathway for exploring non-art topics such as creativity, collaboration, leadership and innovation

Thanks to Lisa Cinelli for writing this wonderful post! Illustrated by Lisa CinelliWhat is a picture book? Traditionally 32 pages long, a picture book is a three-dimensional object meant to be held, often shared, while turning pages to reveal a story through picture sequences with a beginning, middle, and end in words and pictures. Even with a wordless picture book, the illustrations "tell" a story. A picture book needs to be "seen". A true picture book cannot be read over the radio and be…

Published illustrator Shadra Strickland guides you through the foundational techniques you need to create strong visual stories. Delve into various picture-book structures and select the best format for your work. Discover Shadra’s secrets for using simple shapes to build complex, expressive characters. Gain critical insight into book pacing, imagery, and text placement by creating a storyboard. Develop thematic boards and color studies to give your illustrations the depth they deserve…

Sondheim Artscape Prize

Sondheim Artscape Prize

She Gave Millions to Artists Without Credit. Until Now. - The New York Times

Arts-based learning for business provides the crucible for creativity, innovation and transformation that helps us thrive in a world of change.

Graduate Programs | MICA

This series of 8 lively lectures features expert thought-leaders and scholars in their respective fields. Register for a lecture online.

Workshops for children's authors and illustrators led by children's publishing professionals: editors, writers, art directors, publishers, agents and academics.

Our first Illustrator Gather was fabulous! Shadra Strickland and Kelly Light made us laugh and talked about: Their illustration practice, process, craft books and tools How important it is to find 15 minutes a day to write or draw right now--to keep things percolating Not getting "too precious" with early drafts--just get it out of your head How important it is, if you draw for children, to be in touch with the part of you that never grew up Feeding your creativity with corkboard on your…

We'd like to thank illustrator Anna Raff for this inspiring blog post! Anna is on the faculty for Master Class in Illustration: Narrative Picture-Making. Being a creative person means you will undoubtedly experience moments when you don't want to make anything. Whatever muse helped you put pen/paint/stylus to paper/screen in the past, might go missing. Ideas that used to flow freely are somehow out of reach. You feel disconnected from your world, like an existential crisis. Acknowledging the…