{"id":11308,"date":"2012-05-25T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=11308"},"modified":"2012-06-05T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T05:42:16","slug":"a-quick-word-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/25\/a-quick-word-on\/","title":{"rendered":"a quick word on…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy weekend<\/em>! I just wanted to pop in to say a few things about the GIRL CRUSH workshops<\/a>… that you may not know:<\/p>\n

1. You do not have to be an artist to come! I didn’t realize that a bunch of people thought that… nope, you don’t have to be an artist to attend. You just have to be someone who is creative, wants to be creative, wants to recharge those creative batteries, has occasional doubts about creativity, and wants to reach out & meet some other amazing women in your city who are feeling exactly the same way!<\/p>\n

2. I make a pretty big deal about the cupcakes, pastries, striped straws and fancy sandwiches… all lovely Pinterest-worthy perks, of course, but not the reason for coming to GIRL CRUSH. Even the afternoon of art making {which again, is a lovely\/fun\/creative perk}<\/em> is not the main goal of this day. Granted, I wasn’t even sure what to expect going in, but after seeing and hearing what happened in San Francisco {with Lisa Congdon}<\/em><\/a>, and Seattle {with Tif Fussell}<\/em><\/a>, even I’ve realized it really is so much more than cupcakes and art. The conversations we’ve had, the transparency, the willingness to open up and share doubts and insecurities is beyond moving. That’s what I had hoped<\/em> it would be about – creative breakthroughs, support from like-minded people, and a new group of creative friends to share success {and fears}<\/em> with… and I can’t believe it’s really happening. It’s a dream come true to be perfectly honest. I am in awe of the first two groups, and cannot wait to see who arrives in doorways of the other artists’ studios over the coming months!<\/p>\n

3. Every penny is used to run the event {we have to pay for those cupcakes and striped straws, right!}<\/em> I don’t see GIRL CRUSH as a revenue stream for myself, I see these workshops as an amazing opportunity to meet interesting, creative people all over the world… and hopefully be a catalyst to a new perspective, for all of us. I have been working on getting more corporate sponsors so that I can bring the fee down even further… stay tuned! {or if you know of anyone I should talk to, please let me know!}<\/em><\/p>\n

Ok, I think that’s all. If you have any questions, let me know! There are still a few spaces left in the 2012 workshops:<\/p>\n

Portland with Lisa Golightly – June 9th<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Minneapolis with Jennifer Davis – June 23rd <\/a>[SOLD OUT]<\/em><\/p>\n

Austin with Alyson Fox – September 29th<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Philly with Shauna Alterio – October 13th<\/a> [SOLD OUT]<\/em><\/p>\n

{Boston, Chicago, Chattanooga, Toronto, LA, Vancouver… and hopefully Hawaii… are tentatively on the schedule for 2013}<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos above by: Melanie Biehle<\/a> and Taylor Rae<\/a>; Hand-lettering artwork found in Lisa Congdon’s studio by Mary Kate McDevitt<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy weekend! I just wanted to pop in to say a few things about the GIRL CRUSH workshops… that you may not know: 1. You do not have to be an artist to come! I didn’t realize that a bunch of people thought that… nope, you don’t have to be an artist to attend. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11308"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11320,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308\/revisions\/11320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}