Congratulations to Kim for getting accepted into a residency, to Robyn for being pursued by past collectors for more work, and to Deb for breaking through limiting beliefs about self worth into a phase of freedom and empowerment! And thank you for listening to my own commission situation mid-processing, that was vulnerable for me and a very good exercise. I realize I don't like to share until I have figured out the answers. That being in community is difficult for me. It's hard to show up messy, but I am working on holding myself in the discomfort of being seen in the fullness of being human. And you are providing me with a safe space. Thanks to all who came to the meeting! If you listen later feel free to share any insights or questions. -FF

Art school. MFAs. The academic system. I was just chatting with Robyn about it. About how a friend of mine just got hired as a sculpture professor though they are a photographer..... but they are alumni. I have some frustration about this. Over the years I have been parallel on my path to friends who chose the academic route for their artist journey. I have cultivated my curiosity about the differences in our paths, believing that there are many ways to be an artist (human really). I have come to see the systems in the art world, academia being a big one- as doing something other than art. I think artists survive within and throughout the systems but that it breeds other creatures as well. Anyhow. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Here's a blog article featuring my work from a few years back.

Basically the apex of my existence thus far. Hope it’s ok to share here, I am immensely, immensely proud (and immensely, immensely exhausted!). I have big feelings I can’t name and I can’t stop crying! Even this last year has been inordinately challenging and to still have achieved this is taking a lot of processing. (My phone’s camera likes to be “helpful” so the temperatures are all over, but I hope you can get the gist of it.)

I now have one membership level and you are all in it! Whatever your membership fee is now is grandfathered in as long as your subscription is current. I will be adding a new benefit in the summer and the price for new members will go up to match that value when I do. Learn what you have access to now and what's coming in my edit of our about page below. Let me know if you have any questions! ----- Felicia hosts a supportive community where artists develop their skill, explore their style and voice, and master their inner world to build satisfying creative lives. The heart of this membership is community through the clubs: https://www.feliciaforte.com/critique-club-creativity-club Membership is suitable for artists of all levels of experience. Read more: https://www.skool.com/creative-coaching-5506/classroom/3dd20e69 ⭐️What you get with your membership - Monthly Creativity Club meeting - Monthly Critique Club meeting - Recordings of club meetings if you miss one - Monthly painting challenge - Access to a library of step by step written lessons and video demos - Felicia's process and demo video library - Community Tab - our social hub - Calendar Tab for all scheduled events with reminders and links Next upgrade: monthly live classes -lock in at current price now More about Felicia: https://www.feliciaforte.com/felicia-forte-about ---- Note: I've eliminated the second Critique Club monthly meeting as we don't have enough attendance to warrant it currently. If attendance goes up I'll add more back in. Check the calendar.

I just had a vision: I'm in a school, there's a double door open to a stairwell with a red handrail. Stairs going down. Then the Skool logo flashed. Also the red handrail seems like the logo. I think it's "go deeper here" Interesting. I'll have to feel out how