Wanting to be an artist or creative is step one. Following through means investing in learning your craft, but we’ve heard from so many aspiring artists and creatives who feel unsure about where to start and so we’re incredibly grateful to the artists and creatives who’ve agreed to share their stories of how they learned their craft.

SoxGnar

We all have been musicians and friends for a long time. So the music comes naturally, but still takes hours of practice to try and sound good. Read more>>

Brea Miles

Learning the craft is one of the most important things for me. Learning the craft is learning the voice of God. Learning how He speaks to me through music. Read more>>

Imogen Lehtonen

Everything I have learned about jewelry work and silversmithing has come from my family. I’ve never taken any courses. Growing up in a family of jewelers, the craft didn’t entice me when I was young. Read more>>

Todd Cirillo

The learning came from two places; the living and the listening. When I was 15, Inspiration felt like getting turned on for the first time in adolescence. Read more>>

Nicole Wald

Upon graduating college in 2008, I found myself bored with all of the extra free time I had. I had attended college full time with a BBA in Humane Resources and Finance and also worked full time at a community bank in Connecticut. Read more>>

BZIRPS

I think learning the craft is very fundamental for every artist starting out! Music itself is an opinion based art form, but when it comes down to it you need to know basics and fundamentals of making music to be able to build credibility as an artist. Read more>>

Elizabeth Castaldo

One of my favorite aspects of being an artist is the continuous process of learning how to make the work and experimentation with new ideas, materials and techniques. Read more>>

Heather Castillo

I knew very early that I wanted to work in the music business, so I made finding an internship a goal of mine as soon as I got to college. Read more>>

Alex Pizarro

I Learning to craft wedding films that reflect the lives of the couples I work with has been an evolving journey filled with exploration, experimentation, and continuous growth. Read more>>

Jessie Rienerth

I learned mostly on the job. I will say my ceramics program in college introduced me to the craft and my professors were great mold makers in their own right. Read more>>

Autumn Mahoney

As most creatives will say, I have always loved doing art. When I was a kid my mom and I used to spend hours a day practicing drawing all kinds of things like landscapes, birds, faces, and houses. Read more>>

Andrew Renato

We’ve dabbled in so many different things throughout our journey. Candle making, buttons, shirts, tufting, felting, painting, sewing… the list goes on and on. Read more>>

Tyler Polani

When I first picked up a camera, I was interested in what all the buttons did. That led me to do a bunch of research and watch a ton of YouTube videos to figure out how to elevate my photos. Read more>>

Kenyi Succar

Figuring out my way in music has been a long journey. I had to figure out alot of things myself and the hard way. Read more>>

Akshay Tiwari

I really enjoy math and art. They both explore ideas about beauty and truth, each in their unique style. There are math proofs that are considered aesthetic and paintings that push boundaries with their mathematical foundations. Read more>>

Siyang Lim

I would say my learning path wasn’t linear. I found my way to picture books after seeing Society of Illustrator’s Original Art Show. Read more>>

Chris Bethune

I’ve learned everything by taking classes at the Actor’s Gym in Hamden, CT with Reno Venturi. There is where I learned the foundation of acting. Many of his techniques infused Meisner, Udall Hagen, Adler and etc. Read more>>

Michelle Im

I self-directed my own education in ceramics after my undergraduate studies. In college I started off on the BFA track and then switched to study biological sciences, minoring in art. Read more>>

Mariano Flores

I went to NYU for Film and Television and got a Master’s in Music Technology. I have learned so so much from my teachers, whether it’s analyzing scripts to microphone placement, I have consumed so much knowledge regarding both crafts, but I think the main tool for learning was collaboration. Read more>>

Judy Kirtley

Telling my own story rather than giving facts to Artificial Intel (AI) and letting it do its thing may be less than advisable, but here I go. Read more>>

Kynia Douglas

By the grace of God, I’ve learned about photography and the related business through trial and error, online research, courses through institutions such as UNT College of the Visual Arts & Design and Cornell, Read more>>

Jon Jen

I first dabbled with music production on and off while I was in school. Back then, my college coursework and studies meant that I couldn’t dedicate as much time as I’d have liked. Read more>>

Tony Bigley

YOUTUBE! You can literally learn to build a rocket ship on YouTube so why not learn how to use a camera?! Seriously though, I just watched SOOO much YouTube when I decided this Is what I wanted to do. Read more>>

Henri Exel

Learning 3D printing (MSLA) has been a wild challenge, starting with the realization that the whole thing is not just pressing a button, Read more>>

Nolan McGillivray

I started writing songs when I moved away for university. Up until that point, I had barely scratched the surface as an amateur guitar player. Read more>>

Alexandra Tennant

How did you learn to do what you do? All writers start as great readers, and apparently, I started reading in the womb. My mother would read the New York Times out loud daily when she was pregnant with me because someone told her it would build my conversational skills (she is also an avid reader, Read more>>

Day Evans

I started creating back in 2020, and had no clue what I was doing. What I did know is that it felt right. Everything that I learned was all self taught. Read more>>

Stacy Heydt

I wasn’t born to be an artist. In fact, as a child, I shied away from anything related to “art”. I was afraid of it; not measuring up to anyone’s expectations, especially my dad’s. Read more>>

Beautiful Perfection

Music is my first love, so as a child I spent countless hours listening to the radio, my parents record collection, and looking at music videos on BET & MTV. Read more>>

Maitreyee Patil

It was during my high school years, that I discovered my passion for architecture and decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the field. Read more>>