Jessica Skultety

More than adding diverse voices needs to be done here. What about offering continuing webinars/education/etc. About antiracist policies for craft businesses? Hire experts to provide this information and why it’s […]

Lauren, thank you for writing this article. It’s more than necessary and I’m sure it will be helpful to others. I feel like step 2 is the most important.

Thank you, Rae! Glad it was helpful! The link hadn’t worked for me originally but I just tried again and it worked. Abby told me earlier in the week that she had fixed it.

Thank you Hanna! I’d love to hear if your experience has been similar or different. I feel like contracts, if they were more commonplace, would be more accepted amongst groups that hire craft teachers.

Heather, thanks for your comments and advice. Absolutely, sometimes it just doesn’t work out even after negotiating. It’s certainly worth trying.

Heather, thank you for going into so much detail about contracts. I think another point that needs to be said is about deposits. Teachers should protect themselves from cancellations and changes in a guild’s […]

Thank you for writing this article, Abby! It’s fantastic. I’ve been lucky to almost always get a positive reaction out of people when I tell them I’m a quilter (and a professional one at that). My coworkers at my […]

This is a fantastic POV article, Abby. It’s true, all I ever seem to hear about is making a living with craft, but maybe I want to do more than that! The extra money doesn’t hurt, either. With time management and […]