I've been working on something... What's new right?
- 13 hours ago
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Hi Everyone,
I've been working on something for a long time and it's finally ready.
The Shoebox Arts Collected Wisdom Library is here.
53 professional development guides covering everything you need to build a professional art career. Written in plain language. Organized so you can go straight to what you need, right when you need it.
This is 30+ years of gathered wisdom — from workshops, mentors, community conversations, critique groups, and first-hand experience working alongside hundreds of artists. Everything I wish had existed when I was figuring this out.
WHAT'S IN IT
The library covers 8 topic areas:
— Starting Your Practice
— Your Professional Identity
— Getting Your Work Seen
— Your Solo Show
— Money, Business and Legal
— Visibility and Marketing
— Community, Practice and Accountability
— Advanced Career
Topics include: artist statements, pricing, taxes, contracts, grants, solo shows, gallery outreach, gallery cold outreach, working with galleries, residencies, Instagram, newsletters, social media, press, mental health, networking, studio visits, critique groups, commission work, teaching as income, art and AI, estate planning, and so much more.
Every bundle includes the Collected Wisdom Introduction — the Shoebox Arts manifesto and the full list of wisdom I've been building for over 30 years.
PRICING
Individual bundles: $37–$67
Complete Library (all 53 guides): $197
Right now: 20% off everything with code library20 at checkout.
THE MEMBERSHIP
If you want the library AND the community — the live programming, 200+ videos, weekly office hours, critique groups, speaker series, and accountability — the Shoebox Arts 3-month membership includes everything.
$378 for 3 months. The complete library is included at no extra cost.
I built this because artists shouldn't have to figure it out alone. The questions you're carrying — about pricing, about approaching galleries, about how to keep making work when everything feels hard — other artists are carrying those same questions right now.
These guides are for you.
Go get them.
Kristine
Instagram: @shoeboxarts.la
P.S. Use code library20 at checkout for 20% off any collected wisdom bundles— available for a limited time.
