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WELCOME TO THINK WITH YOUR HEART INSTITUTE ONLINE

We are an online educational resource and coaching program whose mission is to lift artists up to reach their full creative potential through facilitating and teaching strategic business planning with a mindful and heart-centered approach.

MAKE THE TRANSFORMATION FROM STARVING ARTIST TO PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR IN JUST 12 WEEKS!

Watch this message from THINK WITH YOUR HEART INSTITUTE ONLINE Founder and Creative Business Strategy Coach, Kristin Solomon and participating artists from our community.

 

Ready to sign up for the course?!

Click the button below now to snag your spot in our next cohort or keep scrolling down to get all the details and decide if it's right for you. Still have questions? Email Kristin at [email protected]

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OUR VISION

Our vision is to be a quintessential resource for those in the pursuit of building a thriving arts and cultural community. We provide the practical and personal tools and guidance artists need to develop sustainable creative businesses that are truly needed to make the world a better place.

EXPERTISE & GUIDANCE

Receive expertise and guidance from the Founder of Think With Your Heart, Creative Business Strategist Kristin Solomon and other special guests through weekly live online group coaching sessions on essential business topics.

LIFETIME ACCESS

Each module of this 12-week foundational course includes lessons to read and complete on your own schedule, at your own pace. Once you purchase the course, you will gain lifetime access to all the materials and group session recordings.

COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS

Be part of a community of incredibly passionate and mindful artists. Grow your creative network and meet potential collaborators. Get honest feedback, accountability, encouragement from your peers in the arts sector. 

CREATIVE BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS ONLINE COURSE & COACHING GROUP

THINK WITH YOUR HEART INSTITUTE ONLINE takes you from the studio to the business world one step at a time. If you have always wanted to make money with your art, this course will help you formulate your own customized plan.

WEEK-BY-WEEK COURSE OUTLINE

Over the course of 12 weeks, artists will create a strategic business plan. The course will provide videos, worksheets, and other interactive exercises to guide artists on how to develop their own strategies on these topics:

WEEK 1: Get Your Mind Set
Your mind is one of your best assets, but can also be your biggest barrier. Overcome pitfalls and gain the courage and confidence to manifest your dreams. 

WEEK 2: Deep Dive into Your True Self 
Learn how to identify and define who you truly are and what you do best and how to communicate sharing your unique passion and skills with the world. 

WEEK 3: Community Needs
Identify your community and learn how to research and assess their wants and needs. How will you help them? How will you reach them?
 
WEEK 4: Writing Essentials
Learn how to craft a compelling artist statement, bio,  and format a professional artist resume and CV. 

WEEK 5: Marketing Mix
Discover the famous 5 P's of marketing and how to use this classic tool to shape the message of your medium and sell your work. 

WEEK 6: Branding and Content
Create dynamic and engaging content that feels true to your style and resonates with your audience. 


WEEK 7: Protect Yourself
How to spot a scam, file for copyright, write contracts, archive your work, and other tips on preventing damage, loss, theft or violation of your work. 


WEEK 8: Art of Taking a Break
Learn to incorporate rhythms of rest and play into your schedule to relieve stress and avoid burnout. 


WEEK 9: Project Management
Set goals and learn how to prioritize and break them down into small tasks and create timelines to achieve all your wildest dreams.


WEEK 10: Budgeting Basics
Create a budget, learn how to manage your cashflow, track expenses, and develop multiple streams of revenue to sustain your business. 


WEEK 11: Gaining Support
Learn how to communicate about your art projects and gain support from residencies, grants, and patrons.


WEEK 12: Measuring Success
Set personal benchmarks to set yourself up for your own definition of success. 

 

HOW IT WORKS

Each coaching group will meet once a week for 90 minutes on zoom to discuss the lessons, ask questions, and get honest feedback, accountability, and encouragement from your peers in the arts field. Potential guest speakers will attend some meetings to address weekly topics in their area of expertise. Log in to your account on our website or app to access the course materials and recordings from anywhere at any time.

ARE YOU AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? 

YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS!

- MORNING COHORT MEETS 10:30AM-12PM PST

- EVENING COHORT MEETS 6:30PM TO 8PM PST


THE NEXT COACHING GROUP COHORTS BEGIN MEETING ON JANUARY 18, 2023.
We offer a limited number of spots in our coaching group cohorts to keep them small and intimate. Each cohort will meet every Wednesday for 12 weeks. Last session will be on April 5, 2023.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 12 topics in the course. See above for detailed week-by-week descriptions. There will be several posts with videos, readings, worksheets, and assignments for each weekly topic's module. Every Friday a new weekly module will be released. Log in to your account to access them in your course library. 

You will have lifetime access to all the course materials. As long as the program exists you will have access to it.  You can log in at anytime from your computer, tablet, or phone and complete the lessons at your own pace. 

Groups will be limited to groups of 12 artists enrolled in the program per cohort. We will meet online via zoom every Wednesday. Morning Cohort will meet from 10:30am-12pm and the Evening Cohort will meet from 6:30-8pm. Once registration closes, we will send a group message with a link to the zoom call and a folder to access recorded videos. The group will discuss the weekly lessons and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts. It's a great safe space to get honest feedback, accountability, and encouragement from your peers. 

We do not offer complete refunds. We do offer a satisfaction guarantee. If you complete all the modules and attend and engage in all the meetings for the first 4 weeks of the course and are still not satisfied with the program, we will return 2/3 of your full payment or if paying on a plan, we will retain the first installment and cancel the 2 remaining payments. 

Sure! Group coaching has many benefits, but sometimes artists prefer to work one-on-one. Kristin offers strategy sessions and personal retreats. Send a message with an inquiry and we will get back to you with pricing and options. 

KRISTIN SOLOMON
CREATIVE BUSINESS STRATEGIST

Kristin Solomon has over 20 years of experience in business administration, development, fundraising, marketing, communications, design, event planning, and project management in the field of arts and culture. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and a Masters in Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute, both located in New York City. 

Kristin is a creative soul with a strategic mind that can generate ideas and cast vision, as well as break them down into achievable steps towards long-term goals. She is extremely outgoing, resourceful, dedicated, detail-oriented, and possesses a deep passion for coaching artists to help them actualize their creative dreams.

Kristin is the Founder of THINK WITH YOUR HEART INSTITUTE ONLINE part of her consulting business Arts & Cultural MGMT, an agency that serves creative entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. She gives her clients guidance on how to develop unique attractive offerings and build sustainable business practices through coaching sessions, workshops, and retreats.

 

 
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"Kristin's course was so valuable to my growth as an artist. I really appreciated the website that had each weekly outline and all the information organized. I loved having everything in one place. It was also really cool to be in a group of artists each week online to discuss projects, perspectives and progress. Kristin also brought in some pretty impressive guests that all gave tons of info and even gave valuable feedback based on my project questions. Kristin herself expertly flowed with info each week, which helped me build up the best strategies towards completing my project. I'm so grateful to have found Kristin and this course. Highly recommend it!"

Alicia Moya-Mendez
Artist & Scientist

"I love the class and meetings Kristin has created. She goes over things with such care and detail, always keeping the art and artist in mind. This could be a dry, soulless business class, or an aimless creative art workshop, but she has such a perfect approach to both that is refreshing. I couldn’t ask for a better teacher! "

Kameron Messmer
Balloon Artist

"I went to two different colleges for art and design. Took endless color theory classes, multiples of the same class in addition to taking classes that I no longer remember. No point of my education at these two highly accredited colleges included an Art Business course - and after figuring some of the things out organically there were still things that were a gap for me in the professional art space. Singing up for Think with your Heart and working with Kristin has been so eye opening in these short amount of weeks. First having lessons about centering yourself as an artist and creating an identity that’s unique to you was so refreshing before going into the formal education part. This is the most information about Art and Business I’ve had. I’ve already learned so much valuable information, new ways of thinking and steps I plan to take after partaking in the TWYH group. Looking forward to the growth of this program and to hear how more artist will benefit from it. "

Christine Miller
Conceptual Artist

"I have been a career artist for about 15 years and Kristin’s “THINK WITH YOUR HEART” business course for artists is making me think about my work in ways I’ve never dared to articulate in all that time. Kristin’s unique blend of business with creativity and self-awareness is absolutely special and valuable to artists of any discipline, and of all career levels."

Gia Whitlock
Collage Artist

"Kristin offers such vital energy and passion to not only her work but to those who share time with her professionally. It is at the intersection of her vibrant heart-centered energy and her practice where she delivers the utmost present and customized person-centered coaching. To work with Kristin is to work with heart, purpose, and meaning. "

Shelby Silver
Ecological Artist

COMMITMENT TO LIVING OUR VALUES

Integrity | Authenticity | Creativity | Curiosity | Self-reflection | Community | Inclusion | Connection | Compassion | Empathy | Equity | Patience | Persistence | Perseverance | Courage | Mindfulness | Vulnerability | Sustainability | Balance | Positivity | Humor | Growth

ARE YOU STRUGGLING
TO GRASP THE BUSINESS  
OF THE ART WORLD?

 

  • Are you overwhelmed trying to figure out how to get your artwork noticed?
  • Do you find it uncomfortable networking or talking to others about your art?
  • Do you have a hard time pricing your work or determine what to charge for your services? 
  • Do you have big creative dreams, but need help figuring out how to make them real?

LEARN TO THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR WITHOUT COMPROMISING YOUR SOUL

  • Get clarity and gain confidence in your skills 
  • Discover your artistic voice and learn to express your passion and values
  • Find your community and grow your network
  • Know your worth and determine your value
  • Set your own benchmarks for creative success

 

THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU IF YOU...

Want a partner in creativity and success. Our method is unconventional. We have a hands-on relational approach with our clients. We will be your challenger as well as your champion. We will be there for the highs and lows and help you navigate them all with poise and humor.


Are ready to get serious about things you have only ever dreamed about. The first step is on you, you must have the courage to be your most authentic self and put yourself out there and have faith in your own creativity and talent. 


Are willing to put in the thought, time, and money it takes to make it happen. Our process is not the easiest, quickest, and cheapest way, but it is the most sustainable and rewarding. We can coach you through it, but we can't do all the work for you. 

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU...

Make excuses... like I don't have time, money, or energy to commit to the process. There are always going to be reasons to stall or self-sabotage your dreams. The most successful people are resourceful and find ways to make it happen.

Don't take constructive criticism. It's important to be able to receive feedback well, not take it personally, and be willing to make the necessary changes needed to propel you forward. It's all for your benefit. 

Think and act small. You're only limited by your own mind. Many people make the mistake of trying to fit into others' ideas of success. Be original. We won't help you fit into a mold, but rather help you create one that works uniquely for you.

CREATIVE BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS ONLINE COURSE & COACHING GROUP

READY TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN YOUR OWN CREATIVITY?

Flexible Pricing Options


offer includes: 

  • Full 12-week Creative Business Foundations online course with lifetime access to all modules
  •  Weekly live group coaching zoom calls led by Creative Business Strategy Coach Kristin Solomon 
  • Admission to the private social media group to stay connected with the growing network of the THINK WITH YOUR HEART community


all for just...

3 Installments of $200

*Auto-deducted monthly for a total of $600. 

OR

One time payment of $500.

*A discount of $100 for making a full payment.

CHOOSE YOUR COHORT & PAYMENT OPTION

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WINTER 2023: MORNING COHORT 10:30AM-12PM PST

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WINTER 2023: EVENING COHORT 6:30-8PM PST

$500

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SPACES ARE LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! NEXT COHORTS START ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023

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