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Taproot Artists Circle

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Artist Practice & Visibility Circle

​A supportive coaching community for artists ready to deepen their creative voice and share their work in the world — without critique or pressure.

Taproot Artist Circle

​A guided circle for artists ready to share their work with clarity, courage, and integrity

You’re making meaningful work — work that feels connected to who you are and what matters.
And you feel the call to share it more fully.

Not with urgency, not with self-promotion… but with presence, care, and truth.
Sometimes the desire to be seen meets hesitation — uncertainty, vulnerability, or not knowing the next step.

This circle is for artists who are ready to shape a steady, gentle pathway into visibility and belonging with their work.
This is a guided community for artists who want to deepen their practice, be witnessed in their work, and begin offering it into the world with confidence and devotion — at their own pace, without performance or pressure.

​You don’t have to force yourself forward in order to grow.
You can root first — and then rise.

What makes Taproot Artists Circle different


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This is not a critique group.
It is a witnessing circle + guided coaching container grounded in depth, dignity, and respect for each artist’s timing and voice.
Together we build:
  • inner grounding and creative identity
  • nervous-system capacity for visibility
  • sustainable creative and business rhythms
  • clarity about audience and context
  • confidence in sharing work in the world
I hold the container.
We support one another.
You grow in a way that honors who you are, not who you “should” be.

How We Work

✨ Witness-Response Circle
You share your work. We receive it deeply. 

Reflections are not advice, not critique — they are presence, resonance, and genuine response. We reflect on how the work lands in us, what meanings it conjures in us. 

Your art is a deep expression, a wordless communication, and this is a chance for you to feel your communication received. This is a powerful process that helps you understand the value of your work outside of your own experience. The world needs your work and in this group you can begin to understand why.
This cultivates:
  • trust in your voice
  • ease being seen
  • language for speaking about your work
  • embodied understanding of your audience
Visibility becomes generosity, not exposure.

🎯 Content and Coaching Session
A guided session focused on creative momentum, meaning, and grounded visibility.
Themes over six months include:
  • Creative identity & values
  • Building a steady practice rhythm
  • Understanding the impact of your work
  • Navigating vulnerability and courage
  • Audience alignment & pathways
  • First gentle steps toward sharing publicly
There will be optional reflective exercises and other homework provided relating to the themes we cover.

🌿 Weekly Creative Co-Working
Shared space to work on your art, applications, writing, or studio admin.
A soft accountability anchor that supports steady movement.

​Program Arc: January-June

​Months 1–3: Deep Roots
  • Witnessing + attunement
  • Creative values, voice & identity
  • Studio rhythm + business rhythm
  • Speaking about your work with clarity
Months 4–6: Gentle Emergence
  • Audience clarity
  • Venue + pathway exploration
  • Supported first visibility steps
  • Closing reflection + next-stage clarity
By the end, you will have:
  • a sustainable creative rhythm
  • clarity about your artistic identity and voice
  • confidence sharing your work in supportive spaces
  • understanding of your audience + places your work belongs
  • real, grounded first steps into visibility

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Optional Continuation: September- December

​For those who wish to continue, the next arc includes:
  • embodied visibility + nervous system support
  • refining artistic language and presentation
  • relationship-centered outreach
  • completing a public milestone (show, release, application, etc.)

Who Taproot Artist Circle is for


​Artists who:
  • make work from meaning, spirit, or curiosity — not trend chasing
  • are committed to their practice and growth
  • feel ready to step toward visibility, gently
  • want depth, connection, and a steady creative life
  • are willing to be present for themselves and others
You don’t need to be fully comfortable with being seen --
just willing to grow your capacity with support.

  • This group can include visual arts, fine crafts, writing, dance, music, etc. All forms are accepted as long as the work can be effectively shared via the internet and can be seen or heard effectively within 10  minutes

​Schedule & Details

​Duration: 6 months-
12 Live Sessions:
  • 6- Witness Circle (2.5 hrs)
  • 6- Group Content and Coaching Session (2.5 hours)
  • Weekly co-working (Tuesdays, 9–11am ET)
Location: Zoom
Group Size: Small & intimate (6–8 artists)

​Schedule:  January - June 2025
Thursdays form 1-3:30 Eastern time, 10- 1:30 Pacific time and 6-8:30pm London time

January 8, 22
February 5, 26
March 12, 26
April 9, 23
May 14, 28
​June 11, 25
Dates will be confirmed 
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​Tuition

Early Bird-
$200 deposit by December 1
   Payment options:
  •  $1610 charged on January 1 ($1,810 total)
  • $ 285 /month for 6 months  ($ 1,910 total)​
​
Limited sliding-scale spots available — ask if needed.
​Regular
$200 deposit- After December 1
     Payment options:
  • $1950 charged on January 1 ($2,050 total)
  • $ 325/month for 6 months ($2150 total)​

​How to Join

Because this is intimate work, enrollment happens through application and  conversation.
✅Step 1: Schedule a free intro call
 You will be sent an application to fill out ahead of time, including a way to see your work

✅ Step 2: We talk!
​We’ll talk about your work, your hopes, and whether this space is right for you.
✅ Step 3: If it feels like a mutual fit, you’ll be invited to join.

Apply to join Taproot Artist Circle

A final note

Your work carries something real.
You don’t have to rush, armor up, or pretend to be perfectly confident.


You can grow into visibility in a way that honors your sensitivity, your pace, and the truth of your work.
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Let's root together.
Let’s rise together.
And let your work meet the world in the way it deserves.

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