Patti Johnson

One of the reasons I'm so proud of this is that there's no AI generated material in any of this, not the assessment or the video walkthrough, nothing.

is 100% human touch, which in 2026 feels like a small miracle.

Half the time, I can't even tell if the cat videos I'm watching are real, and that's pretty low stakes.

With your career, you want to talk to a real person, and right now that's harder than ever.

This is the opposite of that.

It's a real coach looking at your actual work with

specific feedback that you can actually use.

So the assessment launches this Wednesday.

If you're already a member, watch for your invite.

If you want to join or you're a monthly and you want to upgrade, this is the time to do it.

First-hand personal reviews from me are not going to last long.

You're listening to the Art Problems Podcast, Episode 81.

I'm your host, Patti Johnson.

This is the podcast where we talk about how to get more shows, grants, and residencies.

And in honor of Thanksgiving, today on the podcast, I want to talk about gratitude and the ways we can extend it.

And that's why today I'm dedicating this podcast to identifying some of the people I think are doing an amazing job supporting artists.

But before I get to that, I'd like to extend another form of gratitude through our Vanta Black Friday sale, which like all Black Friday sales began a week before Black Friday began and ends on Monday, because that is what meaning looks like in capitalism.

So this sale exists because I want you to have access to Network at a discounted rate, which is why for three more days, you get $100 off the annual membership price, bringing it to $777 instead of $877.

Just use the code Vanta24 at checkout.

And I mentioned this in the previous podcast, but I spent about six months developing all the workbooks and surveys we're using for a new goal setting for artists, which starts almost immediately upon you joining.