APPLICATIONS OPEN for Jan-March 2025
At the start of 2021, I launched my Mentorship Program for visual artists around the world. Every 3 months I will select 3-5 artists to mentor, teach and walk alongside their studio practice. There are currently 61 program alumni from Spain, Austria, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Canada, France, Estonia, UAE, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, Italy, Tunisia, Jordan, Mexico, Uruguay and the United States. Alumni from the program include beginning, emerging, and mid-career artists ranging from Emmy Award-winning Producers, Internationally recognized Composers, Theoretical Physicists, Barista, retired CFOs, marketing executives, artists picking up the brush after 10 years, recent art school grads, former military and most importantly: each of these individuals came into the program with a passion for art and true desire to grow within their body of work. This program is designed for me to come alongside your studio practice and help you experiment, take risks, and grow within your work. You will get out of this program what you are willing to put in. We will cover a wide range of business topics within the program, but this Mentorship is designed to help you grow in your work.
I have been beyond blessed to have been mentored by some incredible leaders, artists, filmmakers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and thinkers over the years. I hope to share the things I have learned in a multitude of areas with artists who are trying to grow in their craft and their lives as an artist.
As artists we have the responsibility of operating every facet of a business; sales, customer service, marketing, web design, inventory, research, and still spend as much time as we can in the studio working! I have been blessed to have worked in a variety of careers over the years and have compiled a multitude of skills that many artists have a hard time learning. I worked in retail management, marketing and design, fashion and later became an Art Director and Marketing Director. I have run and managed massive international PR campaigns, produced an award-winning film, and as an entrepreneur, I have started multiple businesses, After leaving my businesses to paint full time I worked side hustles as a crowdfunding consultant, social media consultant, ideation, and business consultant. I am fortunate today to not have to work those hustles anymore as my art is now represented in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Austin, Miami and New York by incredible art dealers and galleries.
COST: $3,600.00 USD.
$1200.00 upon selection | $1200.00 Billed at the end of the first Month | $1200.00 Billed at the end of the second month. (Payments are non-refundable)
Why are payments non-refundable? I want artists that are serious about their craft and willing to sacrifice and dedicate towards their future. I am highly selective in who I choose to share my time with, and I will be fully immersed in working with the individuals that I choose for the program.
SESSION 13 APPLICATIONS OPEN
APPLICATIONS RARE OPEN for Jan-March 2025
Over the course of the three months we will also cover these topics:
website, marketing, social media, art pricing, research, art studies, pr/publicity, customer service, shipping, finance, galleries and residencies etc
There are currently 61 program alumni from Spain, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Canada, France, Austria, Brazil, Estonia, UAE, Australia, Ireland, Holland, The Czech Republic, South Africa, Italy, Jordan, MEXICO, TUNISIA, Uruguay and the United States.
scroll down to view current and past artists.
Please fill out the information below to be considered for the program. I will select THREE to FIVE artists based on the artist’s artwork, bio, artist statement and resume.
If you are selected for the program you will receive a formal invitation to join the program and a secure link to pay the $1200.00 USD down payment.
(Total Cost of the program is $3,600 USD)
i highly suggest reaching out to any of my past ARTIST’s below and asking them about their experience in the mentorship program. You can find their website or instagram pages below.
FORMER AND CURRENT ARTISTS
SESSION 1 ARTISTS: JAN-MAR 2021
SESSION 2 ARTISTS: APR-JUN 2021
SESSION 3 ARTISTS: JUL-SEPT 2021
SESSION 4 ARTISTS: OCT-DEC 2021
SESSION 5 ARTISTS: JAN-MAR 2022
SESSION 6 ARTISTS: Apr-June 2022
SESSION 7 ARTISTS: July-SEPT 2022
SESSION 8 ARTISTS: FEB-APR 2023
SESSION 9 ARTISTS: MAY-JULY 2023
SESSION 10 ARTISTS: Aug-Oct 2023
SESSION 11 ARTISTS: May-July 2024
SESSION 12 ARTISTS: Aug-Oct 2024
ABOUT TY NATHAN CLARK
ARTIST BIO
Ty Nathan Clark has been creating in multiple genres since he was 4 years old. Ty grew up in a family imbued by culture. His uncle Conway “Jiggs” Pierson, the world-renowned Sculptor and Raku artist, impacted his drive and passion for the arts at an early age. He has been exhibiting nationally for 25 years and in 2010 was named one of America’s Brightest Young Influencers by Catalyst. In 2023 Ty and former program mentee, artist Nathan Terborg, launched the Just Make Art podcast.
Ty has traveled to 5 continents while living, creating, and learning in over 20 countries and cultures around the world. In 2017 and 2019 Culture Trip named Ty one of ten contemporary artists in Austin, TX. An artist, writer, designer, and filmmaker, Ty has shown his work in 15 states across the United States and in 2018-2019 completed a post-grad artist cohort through The Brehm Center in Pasadena, CA led by his mentor, renowned abstract artist Makoto Fujimura. In 2019, his Award-Winning film Jump Shot was an official selection for the SXSW Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Hill Country Film Festival (Audience Award), Detroit Free Press Film Festival, Dead Center Film Festival (Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary 2019), Heartland Film Festival (Audience Award) and the Chicago International Film Festival. Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry is the Executive Producer of the film. In 2020 Ty received a certificate in Post-War Abstract Painting from The Museum of Modern Art, NY, and exhibited in his first Museum show at The Delaware Contemporary Museum as a part of a group exhibition curated by Sam Duplessis and in 2022 his two-person exhibition with artist Vy Ngo titled “Of Warm Impermanence” had a 3 month run at Art Center Museum Waco.
In addition to the influence of his uncle “Jiggs” he studied under American sculptor William Catling while attending Azusa Pacific University’s School of Fine Arts. Ty is a founding member of the Veritas Artist Collective, 5D Artists Group, BOLD Collective and The Unknowns Artist Group. He has spearheaded collaborations with other artists, organizations, and communities around the world for the past two decades, advancing support and dialogue around issues regarding arts, culture, community building, and culture care. One can find Ty Nathan Clark’s artwork featured across multiple social media platforms by curators, dealers, and high-profile Instagram accounts from The Curators, Minute 16, Todays Art Report, Abstract Duke, New and Abstract, Alexander Jackert, Primer Contemporary, Contemporary Art Collectors, and others. His work is represented in Houston, Las Vegas, Austin, New York, Los Angeles Miami and San Francisco.
Ty Nathan Clark’s work is a representation of his memories, thoughts, prayers, and dreams that he has compiled on his journeys, through his friend’s stories and his own writings. Ty is a student of art history, music, literature, and film. His passion for the history of cultural movements drives his love to create and share on canvas, written and spoken word, through a lens and on screen. Over the years Ty has mentored many artists and entrepreneurs, volunteered within the arts and local/international community programs, and is committed to sharing his experience, knowledge, and gifts with others. He lives and creates from his studio in Waco, Texas, with his wife Mande.
BUSINESS BIO
As a Marketing Director/Business Owner/Consultant Ty Clarks businesses, brands and represented brands have been featured in Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Huffington Post, MTV, Wired, Tech Crunch, Engadget, Gizmodo, ABC News, Forbes, FOX, Discovery, Transworld Media, Outside, E-News, Just Jared, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Bloomberg Business Week, Entrepreneur, Fast Co, Sports Illustrated and international media sources. Ty has raised over 2.5 Million for various ideas and projects through crowdfunding platforms and Capital Raises. As a Producer he has worked with ESPN, NBA, Sports Illustrated, High Profile Coaches, Players & Sports Personalities.
His Fashion Brand “Veritas Fashion” was worn by A-List celebrities (cast of Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights), musicians (Polica, Young The Giant) and visual artists around the globe.
In 2010 Ty was named to the Catalyst Young Influencers list that recognized America’s Brightest Young Leaders including Blake MyCoskie, Jack Dorsey, Jason Russell, Scott Harrison, Aaron Cohen, Kyle Korver, Tyler Merrick, Jonathan Olinger, Kohl Crecelius, and others.
Ty has set foot on 5 continents and experienced life and culture in 20 different countries working with multiple mission and humanitarian projects and was a contributing author to the book "Create Culture: Thoughts on Branding for Humans". Ty is a Producer on the award winning documentary film “Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story” along with Director Jacob Hamilton, Producers Russell Groves, Mary Beth Minnis and Executive Producer Stephen Curry. In 2014 Ty was a fellow with Praxis Labs Business Accelerator program where he was mentored by a handful of the top thinkers, entrepreneurs, CEOs and investors in the US for a year.