Body Of Work (BOW)
January 7 - September 2, 2025 | ONLINE IMMERSION + EXHIBITION
BOW is exclusively for graduates of my Mentorship program. 
REGISTRATION FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL BOW IS NOW OPEN!
BOW is where the rubber meets the road, baby! In this eight-month program, we take everything we learned and experienced in the Mentorship and put it into practice.
In BOW, I will guide you into the deeper currents of your process as you create a body of work that is personal, meaningful, and ready to be featured in a public online exhibition. You'll participate in a virtual opening, panel discussion, interview, and receive promotional materials and training. Plus have your work featured in an exhibition catalogue as well.
On top of that, you'll gain new tools and confidence to step into the world as a true professional. BOW will help you strengthen your understanding of your work, process, and motivation, while also gaining the skills to communicate about it more powerfully.
The best part of BOW is the community. In BOW, we meet every Tuesday for a two-hour group call, along with once-a-month co-working calls.
DEEPEN YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE
BOW is not just making a body of work we will explore 8 advanced concepts through supportive PDF's, guided visualizations, and worksheets to help you deepen your process and empower you with the tools and confidence to create art with greater honesty, gusto, and intention.
4 Phases of a BODY OF WORK
Every body of work goes through four phases: water, air, earth, and fire. These phases are not linear but spiral, reflecting the cyclical nature of the creative process. We will learn to identify and harness the energy of each phase, aligning our creative process with forces greater than ourselves.
TRANSFORMATIVE LABORATORIES
When starting any body of work, it's essential to treat your studio as a laboratory. In this workshop, we will explore both traditional and nontraditional approaches to infusing more play, experimentation, and risk-taking in your practice.
THREE PILLARS
In this workshop, you will learn how your body of work fits within the broader context of art-making, focusing on three defining pillars: intention, practice, context. These attributes, rather than personal preferences, will help you define the true power and meaning of your work.
SETTING & KEEPING STUDIO GOALS
In this workshop we will discover how setting studio goals creates an environment where our ideas can come to fruition with enough room for surprises and miracles to happen too!
EVALUATING & COMMUNICATING ABOUT ART
How we think and communicate about art can either empower or defeat us as artists. Many of us recognize what we love and what moves us, but we often struggle to articulate our thoughts and engage in meaningful discussions, especially when our thoughts seem negative or trite. This workshop will transform the way you think and communicate about art, making you a confident, knowledgeable, and supportive “art critic" in your own creative practice and when providing constructive feedback to others..
CRAFTING VISIONS
The VISION you experienced in the mentorship was just the beginning. There is much more to learn about preparing for, receiving, giving, and participating in a VISION. In BOW, you will engage in three VISIONS: an Air Cycle Vision to clarify the focus of your BOW, a Micro-Vision to understand how others perceive your work, and a final VISION to curate your work into a powerful collection.
PROMOTING YOUR WORK
Everything in BOW is a learning experience, including experimenting with marketing and self-promotion. In this workshop, you will develop a strategy, build confidence, and receive ample support as you discover authentic and joyful ways to share your collection and the exhibition. I believe marketing shouldn’t be separate from what you already do and share as an artist. Instead, we will pour more intention into how we show up and share, both online and in-person.
"MY ARTIST STORY"
"Post-partum blues"—that's what most artists experience once the opening reception of their exhibition has ended and their work is out in the public. In BOW, we will embrace all the emotions of this exciting and tender time, using it for deeper reflection on how this body of work has transformed our lives. This workshop will help you gain perspective, celebrate your accomplishment, and provide insights on what comes next.
PLUS 2 POWERFUL SEMINARS FROM GUEST ExPERTS
PICTURE THIS with Photographer DAVID ELLINGSEN
David Ellingsen provides technical and practical advice to enable artists to use their mobile phone to achieve successful, high quality photographs of their artwork.
HOW IT SOUNDS WITH ART CONSULTANT PENNYLANE SHEN
Writing about one’s practice is a difficult feat for even the most seasoned artist. Translating the complex ideas in one’s work onto the written page is a daunting task that requires practice and research. This seminar focuses on the many facets of art writing using examples,
You Will Leave BOW With Professional Documents & Experiences To Support Your Journey
- Cohesive collection of work
- Participant in an annual exhibition
- Work in exhibition catalog
- Individualized and collective promotional graphics
- 10 Professionally Printed Take-Away Cards
- Recording of the public Online Exhibition virtual opening
- Recording of the public Panel Discussion
- Recording of Individual Interview
- Updated Artist Statement(s)
- Art List & Beginning of Professional Archive
- Updated Artist Bio
- Updated Headshot
- Certificate of Completion of BOW program
One Hour Private Mentoring Call Included in BOW
In BOW, you will receive a one-hour private mentoring call with me, Connie, which can be scheduled during the 8 months of BOW or up to 6 months after the program ends. If you prefer, you can split this into two 30-minute sessions. This allows you to receive the one-on-one support you need when you need it most!
FREE MEMBERSHIP TO THE MYSTERY TOUR 2025
2025 is my last and final year of my 40s and I'm going out of this era with a great big art BANG!! I'll be visiting and making art in special places all over the world that hold huge significance to me and inviting my beautiful painters to witness the process and join me as well! The Mystery Tour has already begun with Cleveland in August — as a gift for being one of my beautiful painters in BOW you receive free membership to all of my Mystery Tour sessions!
I'll BE MAKING ART RIGHT BESIDE YOU!
In BOW I will be right there in the trenches with you making a body of work. Already I have two big ideas swirling around my heart...I can't wait to see what unfolds and as part of BOW I only share my intimate process with YOU as I create it. Yep! You know those weekly check-in's? I have to write one too! When I say we're in this together — I mean it! We're in this together!
To better understand how life-changing BOW truly is, watch the panel discussions from 2023 and 2024
Also Be Sure TO Check-Out The Exhibition Pages!
