The Artist's Money Studio Financial guidance for artists

What I offer

I offer financial and career guidance for artists, freelancers, and other creative workers, built around practical processes and tools that help people understand their money, their work, and their options.

My role is to help you think through decisions and changes in your financial life, without shame or pressure. I don’t sell products or make decisions for you, and I don’t venture outside my scope to provide legal, tax, or investment advice.

Money work can be emotional and stressful. My goal is to keep the structure steady, clear, predictable, and easy to understand, while also providing accessible payment structures. I offer individual sessions and packages, as well as group programs.

Here are some of the ways we can work together:

Understanding Your Income Patterns

  • Understanding irregular or seasonal income
  • Mapping income cycles for gigs, commissions, tours, or contracts
  • Creating a steady plan that works even when income fluctuates

Values‑Based Budgeting

  • Designing a spending plan that reflects what matters most
  • Making room for creative work, rest, and sustainability
  • Reducing overwhelm and decision fatigue around money

Planning to Reduce Debt

  • Understanding your debt in context
  • Choosing a repayment approach that fits your life
  • Building a sustainable plan that is emotionally stable

Building a Financial Cushion

  • Creating a buffer for slow seasons or unexpected expenses
  • Setting realistic savings targets
  • Fostering a sense of stability and peace of mind

Building a Sustainable Artistic Life

  • Identifying income options that respect your time and energy
  • Seeing how your different roles fit together in a way that supports your art and your life
  • Planning a sustainable career that supports your art over the long term

Balanced Personal and Business Planning

  • Understanding the relationship between your personal needs and your business needs
  • Setting income targets that keep both sides of your life in balance
  • Tracking business profitability without stress

Saving for Larger Goals

  • Planning for housing, a vehicle, a tour, a residency, or time off
  • Breaking big goals into manageable steps
  • Keeping long‑term goals connected to your values

Investing and Retirement Basics

  • Understanding the fundamentals in plain language
  • Choosing simple, accessible paths for long‑term saving
  • Building confidence in your ability to make investment decisions

Programs and Pricing

To make this process accessible and clear, I offer a few options for working together.

Individual sessions

Standard rate

You can book these as needed for specific questions, decision points, or check-ins.

Five-session individual program

Five sessions gives us enough time to make sense of your financial situation, set goals, make plans, and build momentum towards a better future.

Total cost: $480

You can choose how you’d like to pay:

Deep work

In addition to meeting directly with clients, I do focused, detailed work between sessions. This work supports your one‑on‑one sessions by giving you clear, accurate information to help you make decisions and move toward your goals.

Detailed cash-flow analysis

Getting a true picture of your income and expenses over time can be tedious, and it’s easy to miss things. When you’re working with a tight budget, small errors matter. I review your accounts and transactions across at least a full year and build a clear, accurate analysis of your cash flow. This becomes the foundation for the rest of our work together, so your spending plan, earnings needs, and savings goals are based on solid information.

Most detailed cash‑flow analyses take between 4 and 10 hours, depending on the complexity of your accounts. I’ll review your situation first and give you a quote based on the number of hours I expect the work to take. If anything comes up that would significantly change the scope, I’ll check in before I continue.

Group programs

Working in a small group can make money work feel less isolating. These programs offer a steady structure, a supportive environment, and space to learn alongside others who are exploring similar questions. Each group runs for five sessions with three to eight participants.

Craft an Artistic Career that Makes Financial Sense

Building an artistic life that is both creatively honest and financially sustainable can be confusing and uncertain. Craft an Artistic Career that Makes Financial Sense brings clarity and helps you see how your art and your money can be part of the same coherent identity. With tools from financial counseling and career planning, I’ll help you explore promising but practical possibilities for both the near future and the long term. Through five sessions, you will create your path and look forward to moving with intention and purpose. By the end, you will have a clear vision for your artistic future and realistic first steps.

Manage your Finances Confidently with Variable Income

Many artists, freelancers, and business owners are faced with income that rises and falls, which can make managing your finances feel challenging. Manage your Finances Confidently with Variable Income provides structure and processes that go beyond traditional financial counseling tools that assume steady income. You’ll learn cash‑flow estimation, budgeting, debt management, and saving and investing approaches designed specifically for variable income. Resilient but agile planning will help you handle uncertainty, staying stable during leaner times while using stronger periods for long‑term progress. Using simple, business‑like concepts that are safe and don’t distract from your art, I’ll help you build a sustainable financial future.

Pricing for group programs

Total cost: $240 per person

You can choose: