ACI Blog

Welcoming the New Year with Intention, Creativity, and Community

"...we want to gently remind you that creativity doesn’t have to be loud, fast, or constant to be meaningful."

As we move toward the close of the year, we’re reminded that creativity thrives when shared. Every piece of art, every conversation, and every event is a reminder of why we built this collective~ t...

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The Unseen Canvas: The Admin Side of the Art Business 🎨📂

It’s not all free-flowing creativity. Artists juggle deadlines for gallery submissions, vendor events, client commissions, and course launches. A calendar (digital and/or physical) becomes your sec...

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🌿 Studio Update 9.14.2025

What’s shifted for me lately is how little time I have for second-guessing. Reflection for growth? Always valuable. Reflection gives us perspective, clarity, and the space to see where we’ve improv...

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🎨 Commission Etiquette: A Guide for Artists and Clients

At Art Collective International (ACI), we’re home to multiple studios working across a wide range of mediums ~ from watercolor and digital illustration to stained glass, jewelry, and miniatures. Wi...

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August Deep Dive: Growing Together with ACI 🌿🎨

We believe learning art should feel like a conversation, not a lecture. That’s why these courses are packed with our personal notes, studio-tested tips, and plenty of visual walkthroughs. Adding mo...

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🎨 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...

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🎨 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.

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Packaging With Intention: Sustainability, Ritual, and Aesthetic

Sustainability is a journey, not a checkbox. And at ACI, we believe in moving forward with honesty, grace, and creativity—just like we do in our art. Whether it’s sourcing better materials, refinin...

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We believe in fair pricing from the start—our work is thoughtfully made, not mass produced, and we price it honestly to reflect the time, care, and quality that goes into every piece.

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