Grown Up Gigs Founder and Live Event Artist Katherine Gressel - When I Grow Up

Grown Up Gigs Founder and Live Event Artist Katherine Gressel - When I Grow Up Katherines photo by  Hoffer Photography Ive bookmarked Event Painting by Katherine ever since I came across it during one of my Internet rabbit hole searches. She gets hired to paint moments from a big event, like a weddingLIVE! So while youre, say, having your first dance, shes painting on the side. Then, the painting is finished for your guests to admire on their way out. How freakin amazeballs is THAT?! I, of course, shared it on my social media homes, and Katherine herself responded! Ive had her in mind for a Grown Up Gigs interview ever since, and Im over the moon that she said YES! I think the biggest take-away I had from my conversation with Katherine is the myriad of ways you can make a living as an artist, and how she went about learning how to run a business in addition to working on her craft. With an undergrad degree in art from freakin Yale and a masters in arts admin and management from freakin Columbia, Katherine has worked personally and professionally on supporting other artists and bringing art to a larger public. And to make you go Awwwwwww!, Katherine emailed me to make sure to include that she would like to thank not only her parents but her amazing husband Jeremy for always supporting her many projects and also reminding her to take some time off work each week!  Awwwwwwwww! And to make you go double Awwwwwww!,  theres a new The Excuses Are Bullhonkey segment preceding the interview thats all about my Moms new job! Double  Awwwwwwwww! Click here to get taken directly to Episode 4 in iTunes. Links for All The Things mentioned in this interview: The Recession is Bullhonkey blog series Seth Godin and his book, Linchpin Katherines portfolio site,  her Live Event Painting by Katherine site  and Facebook page,  and  her curatorial profile Brooklyn Utopias,  Katherines original exhibition series (with a new show in the works for summer 2015) The Figment Project Smack Mellon and their mentorship program, Art Ready Brooklyn Arts Council and its artist registry Affluent Bride Captured Live, On Canvas (the NY Times feature) and the slideshow that accompanied it that Katherine was in Createquity Americans for the Arts Teaching Musicians to be Entrepreneurs Wix Next up on the Grown Up Gigs podcast?  Yoga + Chicago sisters Andrea Natalie Pavela  on April 30th!