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Create! Collective
The membership and community for professional artists ready to price their work with confidence, build real gallery relationships, earn more, and feel supported at every step.
Show up for your artist goals and dreams, with community behind you
Show up for your artist goals and dreams, with community behind you
You make the work. Let's build the career around it.
For professional artists
A sustainable art career is built on more than talent. It takes confident pricing, real relationships with galleries and collectors, marketing that fits your life, and a steady studio practice.
Create! Collective gives you the structure, the honest conversations, and the community of artists to build all of it together.
does this sound like you?
and you are ready to level up
You make your best decisions with a sounding board of artists who understand your journey.
You want to market your work efficiently and confidently, in the time you actually have.
You want real relationships with galleries, curators, and collectors who champion your work.
You're building a studio practice that supports your life creatively, financially, and sustainably.
You're an artist with big ambitions
You're an artist with big ambitions
Joann Renner, member
“Create! Collective is the best source I've found for professional support for my art practice.”
Honest guidance from Kat and guests from inside the art world: gallerists, curators, collectors, and working artists.
Expertise you can use right away
Two live calls each month keep you showing up for your goals, your studio, and your next step.
Gentle accountability
Genuine relationships with working artists who understand exactly what you are navigating.
Community behind you
Here's what you get:
introducing...
Create! Collective
Your creative business headquarters, designed by working artists, for working artists. Every session, template, and resource exists because real members asked for it.
What's inside:
Connect with fellow artists building real careers. Get feedback on pricing decisions, troubleshoot gallery situations, share opportunities, and build genuine friendships.
Community
Two interactive Zoom calls every month: a hands-on workshop and a community Q&A with Kat. Every session is recorded, so you can catch up on your own schedule.
Live calls
Each month a different voice from inside the art world joins us: collectors, curators, gallerists, and working artists. Specific, honest, and directly applicable to where you are right now.
Guest experts
100+ expert-led videos on pricing, galleries, marketing, mindset, and business systems, plus gallery pitch templates, artist catalog layouts, and member-only features to our 25K+ Instagram audience.
The library
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Make career decisions with confidence, and a sounding board.
Get unstuck faster when challenges come up.
Access opportunities you would not find on your own.
Feel connected and supported as you build your creative business.
Navigate gallery relationships with clarity and boundaries.
How does this sound?
The difference membership makes:
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Use the library, the templates, and your fellow artists to take your next step.
Show up
Come to two live calls a month, meet our guest experts, and bring your questions.
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Choose monthly or annual and get access to the member hub and community.
Member stories
Jen went full-time
“This community gave me the support, encouragement, and resources I needed to transition into being a full-time artist and artrepreneur. So grateful!” Jen Dwyer
“The Create! Collective changed my life during the pandemic.”
A dream client said yes
“My dream client has accepted my proposal! A hotel is commissioning me to make an original installation for their lobby! A forever dream.” Create! Collective member
“I truly think this group has changed my life!”
Erin won a major grant
be bold!
“After years of applying, I won the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship from NJ State Council on the Arts and MidAtlantic Arts Fund. I'm also in this year's group show on Artsy.” Erin Kuhn
“I received a career-changing grant this year.”
Ingrid Wells, member
you're in the right place.
For six years and hundreds of artists, this has been the space for honest conversations about growing your audience, sharing your work with confidence, sales, and visibility.
You walk away with actionable tools and insights you'll actually use, and you get to make friends along the way.
Members describe it as practical, straightforward, and supportive at every step and level of the journey.
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Inside, you will learn to...
Hi, I'm Kat. Your coach and founder.
Six years ago I wanted to be around like-minded, ambitious people to share wins, resources, and strategies, and to cheer each other on. What started as a small group in 2020 is now a thriving community of working artists who genuinely support each other.
and I'm still in the arena!
i can help because i've been there
I'm a working painter with international exhibitions, and I've navigated every part of building a sustainable art career. Create! Magazine has grown into an independent platform with a print magazine, a podcast with 1M+ downloads, and two books on creative entrepreneurship co-written with Alicia Puig.
This isn't theory. It's lived experience.
100+ library trainings
Private member community
Monthly guest speakers
Two live calls a month
Whether you are strengthening your studio practice, preparing for a show, building visibility, or growing your sales, you bring the goal. We bring the calls, the guidance, and the community to keep you moving.
One membership. One place to return for your next step.
Join us
If you want this to be the year you show up for:
A studio practice aligned with what you want and need
Nurturing your buyer and collector relationships
Group shows and real connection with other artists
Gallery relationships that support your artistic vision
Marketing with ease and confidence
A portfolio that is unmistakably yours
You prefer to build alone
It's probably for you if...
You want strategy and mindset
You want someone to do the work for you
You value community and coaching
You want a one-time quick fix
You are building an art business
This for you if:
Create! Collective is a long-term resource for building a sustainable creative career. Members have gone full-time as artists, navigated gallery relationships with confidence, built multiple revenue streams, and made lasting friendships. Your results depend on how you engage and apply what you learn.
Yes, monthly members can cancel anytime. Annual members have access for their full subscription period. We don't offer refunds, so email info@createmagazine.com with any questions before you join.
Frequently Asked Questions
No problem! Everything is recorded and added to the member library. We rotate call times to accommodate members across different time zones, and you never have to attend live to get full value.
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You do not have to choose between the studio and the business. You can strengthen both, with community behind you.
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