For artists
How we work with artists
Making things comes with its own weather: long stretches alone, money that arrives unevenly, and work that other people get to judge. We understand that without a long explanation.
Here is what that means in the room.
We ask about the work
Your clinician asks what you make and what it asks of you, the way a friend with some training would.
We keep your schedule in mind
Deadlines, shows, residencies and long days in the studio come and go. We schedule around them where we can, and say plainly when we cannot.
We do not treat the work as a symptom
Your art is not something to fix. We do not ask you to make less, or to make differently.
We take privacy seriously in a small town
In your first session we talk about what happens when we run into each other at the post office, the gallery or the farmers' market.
What we do not do
Therapy is not the studio
We do not critique your work, advise you on your career or tell you what to make next. Our clinicians are trained to listen, not to curate.
We do not promise that therapy will change how you work. What happens in the room is up to you and your clinician, and we cannot say in advance how it will go.
Would you like to talk to someone who gets it?
Write to us and tell us what you make. Our coordinator replies and suggests a clinician.