Zines
This zine could change your life
An appreciation for a time-tested format
Creative practices
We're not for everyone — and that's the truth
Behind the scenes from the thick of it
Release strategies
Sell out without selling out
A '90s and '20s counterculture clash
Q&As
Q&A: Artist Zarina Nares on making limited run artwork
“Hey. Honestly, I’m just… I don’t know.” By Zarina Nares Art Book 8 x 10, 132 pages 10 editions Hey. Honestly, I'm just...I don't know. is a small-run book by the artist Zarina Nares that sequences still images from the reality TV show
Creative practices
Practices and cathedrals
Exploring modes of creative effort
Release strategies
How to use New Media to revive existing work
Embed the past in the present and the present in the past
Q&As
Q&A: YACHT on what it means to release
A beloved indie dance-rock duo changes the game again
Creative practices
Small is more meaningful than big
Imagine it’s your birthday party. It’s the start of the night. You and your closest friends are there. It’s great, but you’re hoping more people will come. Your mind races with the list of all the people who haven’t shown up yet. As the minutes
Creative practices
How to talk about your creative work at a party
Plus a charming new artist book from Japan
Creative practices
The artist and the inner retreat
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come to better understand the pressure many of us feel. We’re stuck between modern ways and ancient wisdom. The modern world tells us to get out there and promote ourselves.
Creative practices
Promotional principles for creative people
Plus the Creative Independent reissues “On making a living as an artist”
Creative practices
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed. Before the internet being an artist meant operating in a very specific area where the gatekeepers, critics, and ways of doing things were well-structured and defined. You as the artist plugged into this system if