Opportunities: storytelling production, living histories of food, tour manager, & lots of permission to evolve
Inspo for creative doing/being every week
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
-Dolly Parton
If you were my bestie, I’d tell you that…
It’s so much easier to start a project than to finish it. Just me? 🙃
Doing a mid-year audit (aka actually booking a boring-looking conference room and mapping my life out with dry erase markers) helped me get real with what’s working and not working lately (and, I highly highly recommend it). If you need some starter questions - here are 10!
I’m still struggling with my sleep hygiene. But, on a good day, I get to bed at 10:30pm and read “Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel until I drift off.
Gardening (like the world depends on every single nail being filled with dirt) is medicine.
Even though Tomatokind is all about giving others the permission to dream and pursue their truest desires, I sometimes need that reminder myself. 🌻
Finding more ways to be silly is so worth it. I’ve been sending this playful project by artist Rubi McGrory to everyone on my contact list.
What about you? What’s feeling top of mind this summer? And, where can this newsletter be of service? Let us know by clicking below! ⬇️
Quick reminder to join us…
August 14 - Creative Lunch Club x Adobe SF, a creative lunch gathering we’re co-hosting in San Francisco. Enter the lottery to attend here.
August 20 - Live Conversation with Nicky Weldy, a visual designer who left her career in tech and entertainment to start her cosmetic tattoo studio Featherhaus. Add it to your calendar here.
August 26 - Tiny Lessons From Obituaries: Stories That Could Change Your Life, a co-hosted event with Mary McGreevy at Local Economy that will involve reading real obituaries as a way to reflect us back to ourselves. Get your tickets here.
August 31 - 4-Step Creative Flow for Inspiration Hoarders, a Creative Mornings Field Trip we’re leading that will make space for your latest dreams. RSVP link coming soon.
Ok, now…Welcome to our dream-board, a weekly column that was born from an Instagram story and this little thread in our community chat!
Straight to your inbox every week: I round up creative part-time/ full-time opportunities, fellowships, workshops, brick and mortar offerings, and other creative voices and resources to help you pursue a life of creative abundance!
Initially, all subscribers will get access to this weekly board. Eventually, we’ll be limiting this column to paid subscribers only. So, dig in now (and tell us what you want to hear more of)!
Weekly Dream-Board
Do you play with clay? The Merritt Ceramics Artist in Residence Program in Oakland, CA is designed to provide a beginner/intermediate clay artist with an opportunity to access the studio unlimited for one year, where they can develop their own work, as well as exchange ideas and learn with fellow ceramic artists. More info here.
Are you a travel foodie and storyteller? Lost Plate, a bi-continental company founded by 2 friends seeking to share the living history of diverse cuisines, is hiring passionate food tour guides in multiple locations including Portland, Oregon; China; Cambodia; and Vietnam!
Interested in gathering with storytellers around the world? Future of Storytelling is a multidisciplinary story studio working at the intersection of media, creativity, and technology, and they’re looking for brilliant, kind, creative folks from editorial to production.
Want to support student musicians traveling and performing around the world? Creative Group Tours specializes in curating travel and performance experiences for band, orchestra, and choral students. And, they’re looking for a Tour Manager.
Cool people to follow
Follow Priya Parker for conversations about how to design meaningful gatherings in life and work
Follow Rebecca Hass for creative inspiration and a peek behind the curtain of her art practice as a composer/ pianist/ educator
Follow SJ on IG for permission to explore something new in your career
Follow Amie McNee for encouragement to make your art!
With zeal and gratitude for this creative life,
Vanessa
Thank you so much for the shout out, I'm honored to be in such good company! 💗 (And I'm 0% surprised that you also love Priya Parker!)