{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Professional Artist Podcast: Art Business Transformations","title":"How to Build Your Art Career With a Day Job (What Actually Works)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1398,"description":"Free 4-Day Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free\nJoin us live and online to make your next art show your best, design a paid workshop that's yours alone, or land your work in the right gallery. Register free.\n-----\nWhat if keeping your day job could actually help you build a stronger art career?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, ceramic artist Oami Powers is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nBased in North Carolina, Oami spent nearly two decades working in clothing and product design before finding her way to ceramics.\nShe has since built a nationally exhibited studio practice while continuing to work a day job four days a week.\nIn this episode, Oami shares why financial stability can give artists the freedom to develop their work without rushing the process, what moved her career forward without a single defining \"big break,\" and why taking longer to find your voice can ultimately be an advantage.\n“It takes you a while to figure out who you are as an artist, even if you're starting in your 40s like me… and having a day job allows you to do that.”\n— Oami Powers\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Introduction\n01:38 Tender Tangle - A Pile of Ceramic Objects\n04:04 From Clothing Design to Clay - Finding the Right Medium\n06:51 The First Residency While Keeping the Day Job\n09:15 Working at the Museum - Learning the Art Ecosystem\n11:05 Adrift - Building a Visual Vocabulary from Memory\n13:06 Why Quitting the Day Job Too Soon Can Cost You\n16:05 What a Serious Art Career Looks Like Alongside a Day Job\n18:06 Ghost - A Piece Made from Grief\n20:38 Final Advice\nConnect with Oami\nWebsite: https://www.oamipowers.com/\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/oamipowersart/\nLearn more about The Professional Artist Association:\nMentoring:\nApply to join 99 artists for unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring to grow your art income:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1w06IKct0FZ59SGs6Y8H5DQOlgFvyRf7GbYr1lhEpu0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjgx/ZjQ3MjE4YjdhNDFi/OGE2ODg0NDY2ZDdi/ODI0MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}