An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. A panel composed of a bond investment CEO and three lighting designers review how our investments compare to the market.   Quicklinks - Artistic Finance: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Video Version: https://youtu.be/Yz5E-gI4bgg   Rivian EV Trucks: https://rivian.com/   Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/ https://www.liquidificorp.com/   Ebony Madry: https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a96 ..read more

An interview with the Executive Director of Philadelphia Scenic Works, Nathan Renner-Johnson, and Robin Stamey, production manager at Rutgers University, discussing how designers and productions can share resources.   Topics: ⭐️ Theatre workers being paid on W2 or 1099 ⭐️ Joining a collective of artists or going the road solo ⭐️ Scenic outsourcing and collaboration between theatre companies ⭐️ Coworking spaces for theatre makers from designers to performers   Quicklinks for Artistic Finance: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Video version: https://youtu.be/C_Pjql5AeFE   P ..read more

Review of The Money Manual by Tonya Rapley.   This is the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Amy D Lux and presented this month by Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan.   We discuss: ⭐️ Spending triggers ⭐️ Budgeting methods ⭐️ Generational wealth ⭐️ Turning financial tips and tricks into habits ⭐️ The breakdown of what makes up a credit score ⭐️ How finance is connected to the leading cause of suicide  ⭐️ Building up savings for yourself versus paying off high interest debt  ⭐️ EASY areas to cut spending - would a year without ad-free Spotify be such a b ..read more

Today’s episode is a panel discussion on EVs and their benefits for artists, guest hosted and edited by friend of the show Carl Faber.  Recorded in March of 2023, the guests include: Mikhael Tara Garver, Phil McBeth, Ryan Durham, & Travis McHale.   Topics: ⭐️ Features of EVs and EV ownership ⭐️ Financial incentives of new and used EVs ⭐️ Scheduled maintenance (or lack thereof) ⭐️ Bidirectional charging (aka run your home’s electricity off your car’s battery) ⭐️ Supply chain and production delays ⭐️ Write-offs and taxes (particularly Section 179 Depreciation) ⭐️ Predictions for an ..read more

Learn about running a live events company as Amy D Lux interviews Cindy Lo of RED VELVET.   Topics: ⭐️ The future of events in a post covid era ⭐️ Keeping the business alive during the pandemic ⭐️ Starting a successful experiential agency in Austin TX   Quicklinks: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   RED VELVET: https://weareredvelvet.com/   Strong Events: https://www.strongevents.com/   LDI Artistic Finance Recording: https://sched.co/1SnxM   Monarch: https://www.monarchmoney.com/   Empower - formerly Personal Capital: https://www.empower.com/   Carl Fa ..read more

A hodge podge of what's on my mind this week.   Topics: ⭐️ War & peace ⭐️ Broadway grosses ⭐️ Divorce & ROTH IRAs ⭐️ Robert Green Ingersoll ⭐️ Steven Lutvak & A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder   Quicklinks: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Broadway Grosses: https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-grosses-analysis-merrily-opens-to-sold-out-houses-as-overall-attendance-sees-uptick   Robert Green Ingersoll: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll   ROTH IRA - Married Filing Separately Rules: https://www.investopedia.com/married-filing-separ ..read more

A discussion about Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap hosted by Amy D Lux and Amy Pett.    Topics: ⭐️ Negotiation tips ⭐️ Your financial health prioritization ⭐️ Your values versus society's values ⭐️ Statistics of pay for women and men   Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.   Quicklinks: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love - Affiliate Link https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780063260269   ..read more

An interview by Theatre.Art.Life with lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew   Topics: ⭐️ Jeanette’s background in business & puppetry ⭐️ Finding the financial balance in your arts career ⭐️ Working as an electrician versus a designer and how Jeannette is too disorganized with paperwork to make a living be an assistant designer ⭐️ Industry inclusion including paying for unskilled labor so that people are not working for free   Quicklinks - Artistic Finance: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Theatre.Art.Life: https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/   ..read more

We return from summer break!   An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. A panel composed of a bond investment CEO and two lighting designer review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.   Quicklinks - Artistic Finance: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Video Version: https://youtu.be/S4_JmxQck8c   Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/ https://www.liquidificorp.com/   Ebony Madry: https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139 ..read more

A discussion of the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, presented by Natasha Joy De Souza.   Topics: ⭐️ The Colonizer Virus ⭐️ Money as medicine ⭐️ The 7 Steps To Healing   Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.   Quicklinks: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Decolonizing Wealth - Book Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/decolonizing-wealth-second-edition-indigenous-wisdom-to-heal-divides-and-restore-balance-edgar-villanueva/10784512?aid=86693&ean=9781523091416&list ..read more