What if you had an art mentor, a library, and a community?

3 days ago
2 min read

Hi my friends,

Summer is here — and it's actually the perfect time to join Shoebox Arts.

I know that might sound backwards. Summer feels like a slow season. But that's exactly why it works. The fall art season is coming — openings, open calls, grant deadlines, shows — and the artists who hit the ground running in September are the ones who spent the summer getting grounded. Building community. Getting organized. Figuring out their next move.

We have several spots open for new members right now. And things are tough out there — I know that. I see it every week in the questions artists are bringing into our community conversations. So I want to make this as easy as possible to say yes to.

THE COLLECTED WISDOM LIBRARY IS HERE.

53 professional development guides covering everything you need to build a professional art career.

Pricing. Grants. Solo shows. Gallery outreach. Contracts. Taxes. Instagram. Mental health. Networking. Commission work. Estate planning. Studio practice. And so much more.

This is 15+ years of gathered wisdom — from workshops, mentors, hundreds of artists, and figuring it out the hard way — organized into guides you can go straight to when you need them.

Not someday. Right now. Tonight. When you're staring at a grant application or trying to figure out what to charge or wondering how to approach a gallery you love.

Individual bundles from $37. Complete Library $197.

Use code library20 for 20% off.

shoeboxarts.com/thelibrary

Go get it.

BUT IF YOU WANT MORE THAN GUIDES —

If you want mentorship, the library AND the community around it — the live programming, the accountability, the real people who will show up for your practice the way you show up for theirs — that's the membership.

And right now is genuinely the best time to join.

Not because of the discount — though 20% off is real and it expires. Because of what's happening in the world. Because isolation is at an all-time high. Because artists need each other more than ever and the Shoebox Arts community is one of the few places I know where that actually happens.

For $347 for 3 months you get:

📅 Live weekly Zoom programming — office hours, critique group, community conversations, speaker series, co-working

💬 A real community — artists who are serious, generous, and showing up

📚 The Complete Library — all 53 guides, yours to keep forever

🎥 200+ videos — workshops, speakers, how-tos, community conversations on demand

All on Zoom. Phone or computer. Anywhere in the world.

20% off with code Spring20 at checkout.

$347 → $277.60 for three months of everything.

shoeboxarts.com/membership

I'm going to say the thing I always say and mean every time:

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

So I'm asking. Come join us.