BOW is not just a mentorship program part 2 — it's also a life-changing project that we co-create together as a collective.  Unlike the Paint FEARLESS® Mentorship program, there will be NO weekly learning modules.  Instead, there will be specific topics I will cover in each of the weekly calls along with time for discussion, mentoring, and Q&A.

Below is the overall schedule for BOW.  All calls are recorded EXCEPT for the co-working calls.  All calls are 2.5 hours long EXCEPT for the VISION calls.

The calls are held at 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST / 5 PM GMT.

Tuesday, October 24th — Private Classroom Opens at Paint Wisdom Studio

Tuesday, November 7th - Introduction & Welcome

Tuesday, December 5th - BOW: Intention, Practice, Context

Tuesday, January 16th - Topic TBA
Tuesday, January 23rd - Topic TBA
Tuesday, January 30th - CO-WORKING

Tuesday, February 6th — Topic TBA
Tuesday, February 13th — Topic TBA
Tuesday, February 20th — Mid-VISION (3 HOUR CALL)
Tuesday, February 27th - Mid-VISION (3 HOUR CALL)

Tuesday, March 5th — CO-WORKING
Tuesday, March 12th — Topic TBA
Tuesday, March 19th — Topic TBA
Tuesday, March 26th - CO-WORKING

Tuesday, April 2nd - VISIONS ( 3 HOURS CALL)
Tuesday, April 9th — VISIONS ( 3 HOURS CALL)
Tuesday, April 30th — CO-WORKING

Tuesday, May 7th - SUBMIT WORK FOR EXHIBITION
Wednesday, May 8th - Wednesday, June 5th — Record Interviews / Sign-Up For 1 hour time-slot
Tuesday, May 21st — Promotional Training Call (3 HOURS CALL)  / Receive promotional materials
Wednesday, May 22nd — Start Promotion

FRIDAY, June 7th — EXHIBITION OPENING CALL (90 Minutes & starts at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 6 PM GMT)
Monday, June 10th - Sunday, June 30th — INTERVIEW RELEASES (Every Other Day)

Tuesday, July 2nd — CONNIE LIVE ZOOM INTERVIEW (BOW Artists Interview Me / 90 Minutes)
Tuesday, July 16th — PANEL DISCUSSION (90 Minutes)

Tuesday, August 6th — CLOSING CALL / EXHIBITION CLOSES

Don't worry about NOT knowing what exactly you want to create, Love Bug  Our first trimester (November - January) is all about working out the kinks and getting into a flow.  I will be mentoring us through this ticky-tacky stage where for some of us we'll hit the ground-running and others it will be a slow drip or a battle with paralysis.  Whatever shows up — we got you.  That's the whole point of BOW.

Second, just like in the Paint FEARLESS® Mentorship we are going to create a body-of-work.  That means our responsibility as artists will be to show up to our practice, follow what we love, and when it comes time for our Mid-VISION and Final-VISION we will put on our reflection hats and start curating and organizing our work in ways that will create meaning and connection for the viewer.

But in BOW -- the Visions get even juicier.  Each artist has 30 minutes and I have a few tricks up my sleeves that we apply in these Visions that didn't happen in our Mentorship program.

Though, altogether, BOW is everything I taught you in the Mentorship but this is where the rubber meets the road — where we actually get to put all our learning and discovery into beautiful action AND by doing it together, collectively (me included) it's amazing what magic starts to happen.

Be sure to check-out all of the goodies on the first annual EXHIBITION PAGE and you'll get a good idea of what you can expect.

In BOW everyone (myself included) is required to post a weekly Check-in in their digital portfolio on Mondays by 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 6 PM GMT.

First Check-In: Monday, January 22nd
Last Check-In: Monday, March 25th

NO Check-In's: Monday, February 19th and Monday, February 26th

For BOW your digital portfolio will be a Google Folder with separate documents each week.  This way you will have unlimited access to your documents and comments in a folder at the end of BOW.

Because in BOW we are co-creating together as much as we are individually working on our own body-of-work it is crucial that you be present at all of the calls.  Though, I totally understand that each of us live robust and complex lives.  You are permitted to miss up to three calls.  Missing more than three calls will result in a possible termination of your membership in BOW without refund.

Please reach out to me if you know you are going to miss certain calls and/if you are experiencing difficulty.  My intention is to help you still show up and be a part of BOW no-matter what life throws at you.  We got you and BOW is not about being perfect -- it's about being true and honest and present to our practice and one-another.

The exhibition that we are creating for in this BOW will open on Friday, June 7, 2024.  There will be a live opening via Zoom from 10 AM PST - 11:30 AM PST.  All BOW artists are required to attend.

The exhibition will close online on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.  We will have our last and final closing call for BOW on that date at 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST / 5 PM GMT.

Each artist in BOW receives promotional materials in the form of digital graphics (both for the collective and individual) as well as actual exhibition postcards.

When the exhibition ends a digital catalog will be posted in it's place permanently online.

CLICK HERE to get an idea of what the first annual Paint FEARLESS® Exhibition included.

Below is a photo of the postcards each artist received in the first annual exhibition:

Below are some examples of the individual promotional graphics artists received:

BOW is limited to 10 artists.

To participate in BOW you must have completed the Paint FEARLESS® Mentorship and have a sincere desire and commitment to co-create, promote, and give birth to an online exhibition together.

Probably one of the biggest things that makes BOW so dang special is that I get in the trenches right alongside you.

Throughout BOW I will be making a body-of-work and sharing my process openly and honestly with you in my Monday check-ins and in our discussions. You will get to witness my own highs, lows, melt-downs, and build-it-back-up-again-ness that naturally happens when I create a BOW..plus, you will get to share your feedback and insights with me around my work too.

BOW is THE most vulnerable program / project I've ever done in my 25+ years career of teaching art and by far my most powerful and meaningful work I've done.

During BOW you have unlimited email access to me for support, feedback, and guidance.  I will also be challenging you to dig deeper, express yourself more honestly, and to stay accountable to yourself, your practice, and our collective.

Plus in BOW I share an intimate, raw, and honest peek into my own personal process and practice as I create a BOW alongside you.

In BOW I am requiring two "textbooks"...and I use that word loosely.

• The Book of Change: Images and Symbols to Inspire Revelation and Revolution by Stephen Ellcock
• The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe by Stephen Ellcock

Both of these books are jammed pack with art and very little writing.  We will be using these books to examine and explore the art and guide some of our discussions.

You will not need these books until January and purchasing them used is just as good as new!

My Beautiful Painter,

BOW requires a sincere commitment — not just to me, the program, and the collective — but to your beautiful Artist Soul.

You will be held, guided, and celebrated each step-of-the-way no matter what life throws at you.

Because BOW is limited to 10 painters total there are no refunds.  If you need to cancel you are still required to pay the remaining balance of your registration fee.

Please purchase mindfully.