{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Art Is A Spell","title":"How Artist Residencies Change Your Life","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/34186da1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1679,"description":"Are you feeling stuck in your art practice or making work in the margins of your everyday life?\nIn this episode of Your Art is a Spell, we explore why artist residencies and fellowships aren't just for \"traditional\" or highly funded creators—they are powerful portals that can fundamentally change what feels possible for your career and your nervous system.\nI’m sharing the raw, behind-the-scenes reality of my recent three-month residency portal through Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, and New York. From working with sacred archives and somatic displacement in Europe to timeline jumping with Web3 and NFTs in NYC, we cover how these protected containers can pull you out of survival mode and place your art back at the center. We also get real about the hard parts: loneliness, logistical challenges, and the heavy energetic toll of confronting historical trauma in institutional spaces.\nIf you are an interdisciplinary, working-class, neurodivergent, queer, or wonderfully weird artist wondering if you belong in these spaces—this map is for you.\n✨ JOIN MUTANT MAGIC ✨\nReady for more direct support with artist statements, residency applications, and building a sustainable, unconventional creative life? Join my new Ghost-based newsletter and membership space. (If you are already on my mailing list, you've automatically been added to the free tier, Mutant Dispatches!)\nhttps://mutant-magic.com\nThumbnail photo by Maximilian Rauschenbach | Künstlerhaus Bethanien\n00:00 Intro: Why Artist Residencies Will Change Your Life\n02:39 What Actually is an Artist Residency?\n07:51 Early Proof: How Fellowships Shape Art Careers\n09:57 My 3-Month European Residency Portal\n11:33 Berlin: Sacred Archives and Confronting History\n13:58 Warsaw: Displacement, Rituals, and the Nervous System\n17:15 New York: NFTs, Web3, and Timeline Jumping\n18:53 The Hidden Magic of Artistic Uncertainty\n20:45 Reality Check: The Hard Parts of Artist Fellowships\n22:23 Is an Artist Residency Right for Your Practice?\n25:43 Final...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OWhM--UdKsZ_4FBvU1NrHQKvneBNtnTXlI0EIio6t8U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOTBl/MDVlNDU3N2NkMGI1/MzJlY2IzYjRlNWFj/NTZkNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}