I Began Making Money Out of Desperation -- My Artist Origin Story

Episode 125 of the Do It For the Process: For The Artists by Emily Jeffords podcast, hosted by Emily Jeffords, titled "I Began Making Money Out of Desperation -- My Artist Origin Story" was published on March 31, 2026 and runs 23 minutes.

March 31, 2026 ·23m · Do It For the Process: For The Artists by Emily Jeffords

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Summary

To be clear, I did not step into a sustainable and profitable studio. No, no, no. Far from it. Welcome to a bit of my origin story. The season in my life when I was quite literally without options, I chose to rely on my art. And it worked. I've been talking quite a lot recently with people online about the notion that artists are starving and how that, quite literally, does not make sense. We're all out here making it and doing our best, and many of us are doing quite well! Part of the work I get to do is encourage and empower other artists to grow their studios through Making Art Work. Doors are open now! Making Art Work is your companion to growing your own studio and undoing SO MANY of the limiting beliefs we are handed as artists. Painters can make money. Poets can make money. Photographers can make money. Designers and ceramicists and dancers and writers and weavers and… CREATIVITY IS INCREDIBLY abundant (when you know how to grow your studio).

Episode Description

I've been talking quite a lot recently with people online about the notion that artists are starving and how that, quite literally, does not make sense. We're all out here making it and doing our best, and many of us are doing quite well!

Part of the work I get to do is encourage and empower other artists to grow their studios through Making Art Work. Doors are open now!

Making Art Work is your companion to growing your own studio and undoing SO MANY of the limiting beliefs we are handed as artists. Painters can make money. Poets can make money. Photographers can make money. Designers and ceramicists and dancers and writers and weavers and… CREATIVITY IS INCREDIBLY abundant (when you know how to grow your studio).