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Freebie Friday: 5 ways to build your resume
Welcome to another Freebie Friday! This is a new series we have started where we give you something fun, interesting, helpful, inspiring, and anything we can find to give you a boost to the end of your week. Today we are giving you 5 ways to build your resume. This can be tricky if you are just starting out. It’s […]

Freebie Friday: Instagram for Artists
Hello again, it’s Freebie Friday! We are back for another week of this new series where we give you tips and tricks, fun videos, inspiration, and anything else we can find to help you out. A while back, our director of Starry Night, Monika Proffitt, did a live stream about navigating the world of Instagram and how you can use it […]

Freebie Friday: 6 tips to make your application stick
Welcome to our first ever Freebie Friday! We are so excited to be sharing helpful tips and tools to help you build your art career, to give you a dose of inspiration, or help motivate you to make a change! The first slice of wisdom cake we would like to give to you is our guide on making your best […]

Artist Feature: Katherine Vondy
Katherine Vondy is currently working out of Los Angeles. She writes literature and writes and directs film and theater. We asked her some questions about her life as a career artist and this is what she had to say. 1. What project(s) are you involved in that you are most excited about right now? I’m currently directing a one-woman show […]

Artist Feature: Rebecca Wallis
Rebecca Wallis is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her largely abstract pieces are mostly acrylic and gesso. We asked her about her work and life and here’s how she answered us: 1. What project(s) are you involved in that you are most excited about right now? I’m involved in a few projects, aside from creating some exciting works to apply for the […]

Artist Feature: TORREJA
TORREJA is based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work includes mixed media pieces which are often executed with a surrealist approach. We asked her some questions about her recent work and her life as an artist and here’s how she answered us: 1. What project(s) are you involved in that you are most excited about right now? Right now I am headed to Tokyo’s […]

Instagram for Artists (and How to Approach a Gallery)
As some of you may know, a little while back, we took a poll in our Starry Night Facebook group to find out what kinds of content you would want to see from us. And we heard you. So, in the coming weeks we’ll be developing more helpful content around how artists can make a living and a life. For starters, here are […]

Artist Feature: Stu Chait
Stu Chait is based in Rochester, NY. His work includes mulit-tych, watercolor, abstract paintings. We asked him some questions about his work and life, and here is what came of the conversation… What project(s) are you involved in that you are most excited about right now? I am working on a large multi-tych painting (114″ x 114″) that is scheduled to […]

Weekly Update
This Spring has been busy for all of us at Starry Night. Between Residency applications going up for New Mexico AND Italy (check out our call for artists here and the application here for more information), leading the Spring guided session of ART School, and all of the new content we’ve been planning to put out, we certainly haven’t been lacking for something to do. Lately we’ve […]

The Beginning is Always Today
Happy New Year to all of you from Starry Night Programs! With a new year comes new resolutions, goals, work and opportunities. If you want this year to be your best year ever, we have a resource that can help! The Starry Night Programs Best Year Ever Workbook just got revamped with a new calendar that you can fill in whenever […]