• 4 one-on-one crits

  • Weekly cohort feedback sessions and accountability on progress

  • Portfolio reviews

  • Weekly lectures on creativity, the business of art, how to develop your craft, and modern and contemporary art history

  • Craft workshops, presentations, and candid talks with working artists and creative technologists

  • Reading group discussions of articles and selections from books

  • Close looking exercises

  • Writing clinics

  • Private community discussion space for artists

  • Resources highlighting residency, grant, and open call opportunities

  • Quarterly IRL meetups in select cities

What is included?

When does this happen?

All activities, talks, and cohort meetings take place over four ten-week quarters from January to December 2026.

Most activities and talks take place between 12pm to 4pm ET to accommodate members in both the Americas and Europe. Some guest speaker and visiting artist talks might take place outside of these hours to fit a presenter’s schedule, but recordings will be provided for anyone who can’t attend live. Individual cohort meetings are scheduled by the mentor in coordination with the group to select a consistent day and time that works for everyone in the group for that quarter, week after week.

The calendar for the 2026 program is as follows:

  • Quarter 1: Jan 18 – Mar 28

  • Quarter 2: Apr 12 – Jun 20

  • Quarter 3: Jul 5 – Aug 8 | Aug 23 – Sep 26

  • Quarter 4: Oct 11 – Dec 19

Most quarters are separated by two week breaks each season. Quarter 3 is divided into two halves to give two separate two week breaks over the summer. The complete schedule of breaks is as follows:

  • Spring Break: Mar 29 – Apr 11 (2 weeks)

  • Summer Break 1: Jun 21 – Jul 4 (2 weeks)

  • Summer Break 2: Aug 9 – 22 (2 weeks)

  • Fall Break: Sep 27 – Oct 10 (2 weeks)

  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov 26 – Nov 28 (3 days)

  • Winter Break: Dec 20 – Jan 16, 2027 (4 weeks)

Where does this take place?

Think of Artist Commons as a flexible virtual campus: video calls for live sessions and a custom community app for everything else, including spaces to share WIP looking for feedback, regular polls and question prompts to get you thinking about your process and keep the creativity flowing, ongoing text-chat discussions that build on that week’s lectures, private messaging tools to connect with other members, bi-weekly reading assignments, and an ongoing list of opportunities and resources.

Cohort feedback sessions run as interactive video call meetings (camera on and participation are essential so everyone can engage fully). Weekly lectures run as webinars with Q&A. Reading discussions and other small group activities add breakout rooms so you can meet people outside of your cohort. Can’t make a lecture? Replays and transcripts are provided.**

You’ll receive a weekly digest with event reminders, links, tasks, and next steps to help keep you on track.

** Only the lectures and talks are recorded and published so members can view videos and transcripts outside of live event times. Small group discussions and the cohort sessions are recorded only for quality assurance and will not be posted or available to watch after the session has ended.

Beginning January 2026

Build better work, together.

Ready to take your art practice to the next level?

Stuck between too many ideas and not enough follow-through? Unsure whether your portfolio shows the right work, or what to cut? Need clearer methods for editioning, pricing, and outreach? Want to learn from curators, visiting artists, and creative technologists without the buzzword fog? When these are your questions, Artist Commons is your answer — a cohort, a mentor, and a rhythm that turns uncertainty into weekly momentum.