Our membership is created for artists at any point of their career. We work to bring artists with diverse experiences together in order to support each other. Our community is just that, community. Artists talking to Artists. Think the Charmed Circle of Gertrude Stein in Paris, The Cedar Bar with Abstract Expressionists in NY and Bloomsbury Group in England.

Absolutely. Your membership begins when you sign up. We will send you a welcome email with all of the information you need to become part of our community.

Not at all. Most of our programs take place on zoom so you can join in from anywhere around the world. We will have an occasional in person meet-up. You are more than welcome to join us when you can.

Shoebox Arts is a community bringing artists together to lift each other up. We offer crit groups, mentorship, business coaching, professional development workshops, coworking sessions, social media PR, book club, outside speakers and in person meet-ups.

Not at all. The services we provide are there for you when you need them. We would love to see you, but some artists use different services based on their schedules, or what they need most at the moment. Your monthly fee allows you access to all of our services so you can use what you need.

When you become a member, you can use the “Invite collaborator” tag function on Instagram and invite @shoeboxarts.la to your posts. We will accept the requests and your art posts will show up on our feed too. You can also tag us in the posts, stories and images. We also share posts to our stories and use a repost app.

We have experienced several forum type platforms for various art communities such as, discord, slack, circle, whatsapp, groupme, etc. While we have a love/hate relationship with Facebook, we have always come back to it, because most artists are on Facebook and it is easier for everyone to navigate. You don’t have to sign into anything special.

Our cheerleader extraordinaire, Kristine Schomaker, leads each meeting. Kristine comes with a plethora of experience as a multidisciplinary artist showing in museums and galleries as well as curating exhibitions, creating artist support and crit groups, organizing events, teaching workshops and more. Kristine is never at a loss for ideas and is an advocate for creating your own opportunities and reciprocity. She believes that we play the long game in art and patience and perseverance is what allows us to thrive in our careers. Getting involved, showing up and following directions are keys to sustainable art practices.

We do the research. We find the resources and tools that will help artists thrive. We bring information and education together in one space in order for artists to spend less time searching and more time in the studio.

Our subscription service is created to auto renew. You don’t have to do anything else. If you would like to cancel the membership you can turn off auto-renew.