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Sustainably Creative by Michael Nobbs

Little and Often

A holiday card and stocking fillers to download (and a Beany offer)


I’m beginning to feel very festive. I’ve been baking cakes and other goodies over the weekend, the radio on, enjoying all the Christmasy tunes (and even dancing a little). I’ve also been having fun making my Christmas card. If you’d like to download some to send I’ve just put it up on Flickr with some more »

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Guest Post: 8 reasons why should you consider sponsoring art and artists


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This post was written by Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris. Follow her blog here. 1. Because art and culture are essential parts of being human. Without them we would have no inner life. When Winston Churchill, was asked to scrap art grants during WW2, he said in effect, “A society without the arts would not be worth winning more »

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Guest Post: 10 easy ways to support artists


..the largest subsidy of cultural life, “comes not from governments, corporations, or other patrons, but from the artists themselves, through their unpaid or underpaid labour.” Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists. (The above was quoted in a unpublished English translation of the book, Confrontaties by Joost Smiers). If you visit an artist’s studio more »

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  • Michael Nobbs

    I'm Michael Nobbs, an artist, blogger and tea drinker (not necessarily in that order).

    I'd like to show you that it is possible to stay creative even when energy is in short supply, and how working on small creative acts on a regular basis can build over time into a substantial body of work (and even a creative career).

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