What I learned at #IADF24, as I'm fresh off the plane after two weeks of intense art learning and making.

What you'll hear:

• a whole bunch of what it's like for me as a teacher
• The amazingness that is the annual meetup for the alumni of The Audacity Project who are at the festival (you can hop on the waitlist for the next cycle here)
• Lessons learned from the festival
  • You gotta use what you have available to you that day.
  • Cyr wheel is the shit
  • You have to be ok with sucking if you ever wanna be great
  • Chantal McCormick is a force of nature (this is not news)
  • There is magic being in the room
• Some rooms you can get into:
  • Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat with Jenny Tufts at Sweet Retreats in Mexico, two retreats to choose from baby
  • BOSSUP2024! October 10-11 in Redondo Beach, CA. Hosted by Jill Coleman and Dr. Shante Cofield, it's gonna light a fire under your ass.
• Also, I have to quit vaping again. Once more into the breach, dear friends. Wish me luck.

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What you'll hear:

• BIG NEWS I'm hosting artist Lexa Walsh to bring her amazing workshop How'd you get that awesome residency?
  • Click here to learn more about the workshop and to save your place
  • No idea what a residency is? Listen to Episode 31 here and Episode 37 about it!
  • Workshop is 2-4pm EST and is available on a sliding scale, from $33-47, made by working artists for working artists
• Why I love summer, and why on earth I would move from San Francisco to the deep south 4:00
• Taking a moment to acknowledge the call of the land to a place, and not just the culture 10:00
• Why I didn't move to LA in 2013 even though it would have made a lot of sense professionally 11:30
• my necessary summer activities that make me feel I have honored summer 17:00
• Swimply! Thanks to Vanessa Sirois for this resource 19:00
• If you are local to the low country or surrounding areas (basically driving distance) and want to be on my local list for local happenings, PLEEEEEASE join this list! https://poser.ck.page/d604e26530 20:00

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A buffet episode! In which I tackle as many questions/requests from you as I can in 20 minutes.

What you'll hear:

• How to protect yourself from overworking/overtraining when you're committed to a program that encourages that behavior?
• If you want to ask for an amended program and want to back that up with data, here's something you can do 4:40
• On navigating your ego and sitting at the big kid's table 6:20
• Listen here to the episode of The Movement Maestro that I reference! 10:49
• 11:28 Next question is from wonderful Emma, go follow her! Why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we get in our own way all the time?
• A question about how to create a semblance of structure for yourself, especially if you have ADHD 16:32
• I reference this episode on seasonality if you'd like more thoughts on how it looks in practice

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On Artistic Hoarding and what to do about it. This is super similar to the "Use the Good China" axiom that I'll always champion, but it's a little more subtle and subversive.

• one additional packing recommendation for anyone coming to the Irish Aerial Dance Festival 3:25
• An update on patron rewards for Coven tiers and higher 4:15
• What is Artistic Hoarding and why is it so insidious? 5:40
• How to tell the difference between hoarding an idea and just letting it cook naturally 8:54
• The fallacy of waiting to feel a certain way before taking action 12:45
• What hoarding an idea protects us from 14:00

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Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis. Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo. His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet? You should be.

What you'll hear:

• The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
• What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
• What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15
• Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
• What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question? it is!) 29:00
• What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
• The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
• How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
• On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
• What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00
• See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival

ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
https://anticinadrain.com/
https://www.instagram.com/anticinadrain
https://www.patreon.com/anticinadrain

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Probably the most technical episode I've ever recorded, but if you want personal recommendations for the exact tools to use to run your creative business, you're in the right place.

What you'll hear:

• How I structure my business (sole proprietorship, LLC etc.) 2:15
• What I use to host my website: Wix
• What I use to deliver my online courses: Teachable
• I use Crowdcast to host webinars
• Convert kit, the GOAT of email marketing software
• Instagram, which no one needs a link to.
• If you want to learn how to use Instagram effectively THIS IS THE ONLY Instagram coaching program you will ever need, viva la Maestro! The Maestro's Instagram Intensive 14:15
• Audacity for music editing as well as recording solo podcast episodes
• Beezeteez for merchandise! Tell em I sent ya!
• Why I'm withholding an official endorsement for Riverside.fm (Zencastr is the other option I know of but I've never used them.)
• Once more gotta shout out my girl Dr. Shante Cofield, The Movement Maestro, for her dope free resource on how to start a podcast. It is why this podcast exists. If you're thinking about starting one, get your free guide here. 23:00
• Irfanview for super simple image editing, but honestly just get the pro version of Canva. Do yourself a favor and just use the desktop version.
• InShot for editing videos on mobile
• Filmora for editing video on desktop
• I love using Buzzsprout to host this podcast, it's ridiculously easy to use
• Sign up here for free contract templates, tech rider templates, and as an added bonus, Woo Corner!

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An episode by request from my friend Jessie.

What you'll hear:

• pre-IADF preparation! Episode 36: IADF Survival Guide
• Nia Burk's original Instagram post referenced in the podcast (follow Butter & Filth for more truth bombs)
• Why "just be yourself" is maddening advice to anyone, particularly people who are already trying to do that every day 7:30
• Everyone should watch The Libertine, it's dope. 9:00 just sayin
• Catherine Linard's "radical self compassion" 11:00 and some advice she gave me that was an immense relief
• Creating an ancestral altar as a method for getting support from your ancestors 12:30
• Creating a sense of interiority 15:08
• Susannah Conway's guided journaling workbook Unravel Your Year
• What creating art as well as becoming familiar with your own interiority takes 17:20

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I turned 42! So I thought it was a good time to respond to a request episode from my girl Rachel on the gram' about aging, birthday rituals, and midlife crises! Hooray! :)

What you'll hear:

• What my experience of turning 40 was like 5:25
• My thoughts on midlife crises 6:40
• What to do when 20 year olds complain about being scared about being old 8:00
• What I'm noticing about aging in myself 11:00
• The most challenging aspects of aging from where I'm sitting 12:55
• A birthday ritual that you can do (and you can do it at any time) 17:15
• I would LOVE to hear from you about what you might want to learn from me as a tiny birthday ask: https://forms.gle/oin5NLdG2bYE8gaUA

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