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You’ve heard it plenty of times: 

“When are you going to get a real job?” 

“You can’t make a living from art. You’ll go broke.”

Even if someone doesn’t have the guts to say that outloud, you can see it in the looks on their faces, raised eyebrows and all. 

But hang around these parts long enough and you’ll learn that I call bullshit on the starving artist stereotype. I’m proof that it isn’t true — and countless other artists are doing the same. Like Julie Torres, who happens to be my first-ever guest on this show! 

And y’all, I’m so excited for you to hear what she has to say about giving the old starving artist trope a kick in the ass!

Art is more than painting a pretty picture

Julie is a fine artist who works with print medium and woven screen print (if you haven’t seen her famous Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) series, you need to ASAP! It’s amazing). And guess what? She didn’t go to art school — she actually went to law school first!

Her experience breaking into the art world and not letting the starving artist trope define her is truly inspiring.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Cutting through the noise and stepping out into what YOU want to do as an artist
• Getting over the fear of what other people think about your choices
• How to create different streams of income so you can have a thriving art biz
• Doing what you love and using your voice to better the world

If you need an artist-to-artist pep talk from someone who really gets it, then you’re going to LOVE this episode!

And if you want to learn more about the tools it takes to get your art out into the world to sell, join me inside Art Biz for Rebels! This course will show you the ropes for building your art business from the ground up by expanding on the art you’ve already made — and it’s jam packed with 16 different tools that will help you make money from that art. 

You can learn more about Art Biz for Rebels here!

Get to know Julie!

⭐️Julie’s RBG Series: https://www.julietorresart.com/rbg-series

⭐️Catch up with Julie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julietorresart/

Until next time, y’all!

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