ACI Blog

🤝 Collaboration Over Competition: Why Artists Thrive Together

Even if two artists work in the same medium, on the same subject, and with the same tools, their art will never be identical. Each piece carries the fingerprint of the maker — their lived experienc...

🎨 Explore ACI’s Skool: Learn, Grow, and Create With Us — For Just $1 a Month

Why So Affordable? Because we want art to be a right, not a luxury. We’re offering this founder pricing as a thank-you to our earliest supporters—and as a way to get this space blooming with creati...

🎨 Planning with Purpose

...planning a series can also be… overwhelming. Maybe you’ve started one before but never finished. Or maybe you’ve got a sketchbook full of loose ideas and don’t know how to tie them together.

Welcome to Skool: A New Creative Space for the ACI Community

Whether you’re a curious beginner, a seasoned artist looking for community, or somewhere in between~ you’re welcome here. We’re building this space as a collaborative, encouraging environment, and ...

So What's Next?

If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s that transformation doesn’t always arrive quietly. Between literal storms and personal ones, we’ve been rebuilding and reimagining what Art Collec...

Website Relaunch and a Thunderstorm of Challenges

I found myself huddled with my phone, squinting at code and product pages, editing the new website in chunks between charging breaks and spotty signal. Was it ideal? Not even close. But I’ve never ...