Posts by Self-Employed Happy Hour

Little by little we are sharing more advice about pursuing creative careers and developing a stronger voice for creatives. You can listen below, or at iTunes.

Zach has built a nifty self-feeding loop around his photography business which I think is pretty impressive.

MorningStar and Kevin helped bring Drunktown’s Finest to the screen, a gritty film portraying life in Gallup, New Mexico—dubbed “Drunk Town, USA” by 20/20.

Self-Employed Happy Hour is back! After an incredibly fun 15 episodes last fall, we took a month off to breathe and kicked off our second season this week.

To close out the year we figured why not throw a party—hell, why not our very own Awkward Holiday Office Party for us creatively self-employed?

All-around creative volcano Crispin Hellion Glover (Willard, River’s Edge, Rubin & Ed, Back to the Future) lays it down on how to be an independent artist in a corporate-funded world.

Beth joins us at the Pyragraph studio to talk about her work, her evolution as an artist, and what it was like to be the subject of a documentary.

Sex shop talk! Self-Serve Toys/Sexuality Resource Center founders Molly Adler and Matie Fricker chat about their sex-positive adult business in Albuquerque.

Len Romano of branding firm Ripe Inc. takes us into the mind of marketing, how Ripe created Marble Brewery’s new look, his love for Albuquerque, and more!

OAC Gallery founder Sarah Biondi talks about starting an online contemporary art gallery, and her background in the film industry and in marketing.

Seed&Spark founder Emily Best shares how she started a crowdfunding and streaming distribution platform for independent filmmakers, and much more!

Artists Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters, founders of Stranger Factory, join us to talk about the art business, their career backgrounds and lots more.

Our crew of hosts/editors chat about art-career author Jackie Battenfield, writer Mike Smith, and other people and happenings in our writers’ worlds.

Billy McCall joins us on the Self-Employed Happy Hour podcast to talk about the Zine Olympics at ABQ Zine Fest, stories from the casino floor and more!

Eryn joins us to chat about being an independent musician, recording her latest album Firefly, and building her music career one lesson at a time.

We chat with Eric—Organizer at Startup Weekend New Mexico and other groups—about cool stuff happening with art and tech, news on start-ups in NM and more.