Action Creates Information

In this episode, we talk about the practical tactics we actually use to sell our art and make money as artists.This is not a mindset episode. We briefly acknowledge the shame, fear and awkwardness artists often carry around selling, but then we go all in on what we are doing righ ...  Show more

Is the problem systemic, or individual?In this episode, we sit with the messy middle. Creative industries are full of scarcity, gatekeeping, bad incentives, exploitation, and cooked economics. But if we only talk about the broken system, artists are left feeling powerless. And if ...  Show more

This week on How To Be an Actor with Sean Whalen, Sean explains how going to acting class is just one piece of learning the craft of acting. With his Co-host Roxy Striar, Sean will show how you can fill your time outside of class educating yourself on the craft and business of ac ...  Show more

For this week's mini episode, I am sharing something from The Works, my comprehensive professional practice course designed to equip artists with the skills and knowledge to create materials, effectively utilize social media, build their website, and more! In this episode I ta ...

Where to go from here? What are the next steps? How can you learn more? Want to join Patrick for a live webinar? He hosts one every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Register here: asf.today/webinar All the latest and greatest can be found here (we are constantly updating this thing ...  Show more

This week, we're talking about the long journey from initial idea to fully fledged reality. So often people give up at the very first hurdle, but we have both learned the value of persistence in our art and our businesses. In this episode, we share what we've learned, including " ...  Show more