Mentorship
After teaching through graduate school and four years in Northwest Arkansas, I ventured into having a private studio practice in a place far from home. I found it intensely isolating, my work began to gain momentum, yet I felt that my practice was missing something fundamentally important. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to work with others, in ways that I wish I had been helped through some of the transitional isolating times in my own studio practice.
I am invested in the folks I work with. I hold a space where I listen deeply to the people I work with and help them set long-term and immediate goals that will help them get to where they want to go. I encourage people to tell the world what they want and work hard towards where they want to go. We all want and need different things; I am not interested in serving a one-size-fits-all advice. I am interested in being honest and offering a fresh perspective, I am interested in telling people where their strengths lie, and in sharing what needs to be worked on.
It is a gift to work with people in the capacity of mentorship that I do not take lightly. These relationships are precious and the successes of the people I work with are the highlight of my practice.