LIVING ARTS BLOG
Artists Strengthen and Heal Money Relationships
Work of Art is an annual event that addresses the real labor of working as an artist or creative in today's world. Living Arts invited Detroit-area teaching artists and 1099 contractors to attend the event.
Mary Jane of Cash Flow Tax and Administrative Services discussing resources for small business owners and contractors. All photos: Julie Howells for J. Lindsey Photos
Work of Art is an annual event that addresses the real labor of working as an artist or creative in today's world. Living Arts invited Detroit-area teaching artists and contractors to attend the event. Held on Friday, February 21 at the FREC, this workshop on financial literacy really got at the heart of what so many of us working multiple part-time jobs and contract gigs go through: organizing and managing finances can become a larger and more complicated process then our education may have prepared us for.
Rhiannon Chester-Bey (Undercurrent Healing Arts) kicked off the presentations by speaking to the deep healing we all deserve when it comes to our relationship to money. “You don’t need to be fixed; it’s not you that’s broken it’s systems that don’t work,” stated Chester-Bey. The next speaker, Mary Jane (Cash Flow Tax and Administrative Services) offered up great resources for contract employees and small business owners. Our final speaker, Gabriel Sloblosky (GreenPath Financial Wellness), provided budgeting and accountability tips. Each speaker led from the perspective of their own entrepreneurship and professional life.
The Living Arts programs team welcomed feedback from participants at the end of the event. This feedback will help Programming Team with selecting a theme for next year's Work Of Art Training.
