howdy, i’m Mel

an adventure artist

helping humans persist

with their art as

a wellness practice

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your art deserves

a mentor who

supports your practice

whether it is direct demos on specific skills, clear feedback on your work, or figuring out how to actually execute a creative project, i’m here to help!

Sometimes what we really need is someone seeing us and our work fully.

I’ll find your strengths and support you with assignments to train your areas of opportunity.

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now in my life:

this October I am working on turning my favorite essay series from the summer into a series of zines. you can read them here!

i am also making loads of art technique demos, secret podcast episodes, and a book club over on my Discord community. you should join us!

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i relaunched the

Persistent Bloom

Podcast

Listen to audio-only versions of the dispatches I send out on my weekly newsletter. Expanded solo episodes and interviews with other artists coming later this fall!

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ai- free guarantee

at no point during your work with me will i utilize any form of generative ai.

human creativity is too precious to offload to a chat bot. everything i create for you will be crafted through my 14 years of teaching expertise with your human experience in mind.

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what are my clients

and students saying?

10/10 would recommend working with Mel! They helped determine best practices for our educational nature series. They empowered us to create fun and meaningful videos while troubleshooting problems in pre- and post-production. We look forward to working with them again in the future!"

Maddie & Cydney of Deep Roots KC

(craft tutoring clients)

"Mel has been my north star throughout my journey as an artist. Through their experience, expertise, and kind heart, I have been able to make art I could not have imagined three months ago—when we first began our sessions together. My lessons have all been tailored to my interests and goals as a creative."

payton s. (craft tutoring client)

"Mel is a genius, not only in the art side, but also in the tech side and that is the perfect combination to be the right person to help you clean up your digital space and create better digital record-keeping and systems to help feed your creative practice. Tech-focused spaces won't help you with creating something that serves the art, and I haven't seen any art spaces helping with the digital and organisational side of your practice. Mel shows you how to do both and you walk away with a working system that feeds your thinking and creative practice with exactly what interests you. Take the time now to set something up that will continue to be generative years into the future."

percy s. (former student)

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