This week I’m welcoming Common Shapes’ very first guest, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo.Lukaza (they/them/Lukaza) an artist, abolitionist, educator, storyteller, cultural worker and person of multitudes. Through a practice based in the printed multiple, community-based work and installation building, they invite the viewer to recall and share their own lived narratives, offering power and weight to the creation of a larger dialogue around the telling of B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. (Black, Indigenous, queer, trans, people of color) stories.Listen in to hear us discuss—The web shape for creative workHow to craft a studio practiceClaiming our work as our main income streamHow to weave your values and your activism into your sharing practicesThe radical history of newslettersLinksGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayFind all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapesMore from LukazaVisit Lukaza’s websiteFollow Lukaza on InstagramSubscribe to ROOTS WEBS NETS BRANCHES BULLETIN BOARDS.🔺 Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.

This week’s episode of Common Shapes is about the fact (yes, it’s a fact) that your art is of service, no matter what you create.I also share my four containers for connecting with the why behind your work. And I offer many, many ideas for how to market your art in creative, fun, meaningful ways.Listen in to learn—Why all art is of serviceHow to figure out who your art is forMy favorite creative marketing practicesPractices for visioning our work in the worldA spell for hitting sendAfter you listen, go get my free Creative Ideation Portal, and join me in sharing your work with the world!LinksGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayJoin Flexible Office, my digital co-working spaceTake my Newsletter classSam Slupski’s I LOVE TO FAILFind all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapes.🔺 Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.

Today’s episode of Common Shapes is about why I love newsletters and why you (yes, you) should have one.Together we’ll explore the marketing side and the creative side of newsletters. I’ll also share—My journey starting my newsletterHow to choose your email service providerThe newsletter tech I recommendWhat to put in your newsletterExamples from my favorite newslettersHow to decide if your newsletter should be paid or freeAfter you listen, go get my free Creative Ideation Portal, and get ready to hit send on your first (or next) newsletter today.LinksGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayJoin Flexible Office, my digital co-working spaceTake my Newsletter classUse the code MARLEEGRACE to get 50% off your first year of FlodeskNewsletters I mentioned in this episode: Fariha Roisin’s Substack How to Cure a Ghost, Liz Migliorelli’s Sister Spinster newsletter, Kevin Morby’s SubstackOff the Grid episode, “To Substack or Not to Substack”Find all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapes.🔺 Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.

Today’s episode of Common Shapes is about creating creative containers for our work and convening the spiritual committees that help us make and share our art.Tune in to hear me share—The many shapes my work has takenHow I select and gather my spiritual committee for each creative projectWhy you need an email listAll kinds of containers your work can takeThe importance of being in community with other artistsThen grab my free Creative Ideation Portal and start gathering your committee and outlining your first project today.LinksGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayJoin Flexible Office, my digital co-working spaceTake my Newsletter classTeachers I shared: Bear Hebert of Marketing for Weirdos & Amelia Hruby of Off the GridFind all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapes.🔺 Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.

Welcome to Common Shapes! This week’s episode is about the art of beginning AKA the moment just before the sunrise of our projects when anything and everything is possible.Tune in to hear me share—Stories of my many creative beginningsMy favorite visioning processReflections on imposter syndromeThe magic of starting smallThen grab my free Creative Ideation Portal and start dreaming up your own beginnings today.LinksGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondaySign up for my class, The Art of BeginningTake my Newsletter classFind all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapes.🔺 Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.