Meet Your Host
Amber Reusch
Amber is both a CPA and an artist, bringing a unique blend of financial expertise and creative insight to her work. With over a decade of experience in accounting, business ownership, and CFO advisory, she helps entrepreneurs and creatives manage their finances with clarity and confidence. As a business owner herself, including co-founding Holistic Hemp Company in 2016, she understands firsthand the details and decisions that come with building and sustaining a business.
As an artist who has exhibited in galleries, museum retail shops, and national art shows, Amber deeply understands the financial challenges and opportunities artists face. Her combined experience as a CPA and creative allows her to help artists turn their passion into a sustainable business, offering practical guidance that supports both their creative work and long-term financial success.
Meet Your Speakers
Mary Edwards
How Art Careers Happen Now
Mary I. Edwards is a professional coach who works exclusively with artists and arts organizations. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and trained through the College of Executive Coaching. Based in Northern California, she works with artists across the U.S. and Europe.
With nearly two decades of experience and a background as an Executive Director in corporate and nonprofit arts organizations, she helps artists at all career stages reach their goals. She also teaches workshops, writes the blog Left Brain Skills for Right-Brained People, contributes to art magazines, and is completing her book How Art Careers Happen Now.
Brandon Bell
Pricing with Purpose: How Artists Charge More Without Guilt
Brandon Bell is the Founder and Creative Director of We Are Limitless Studios, a public art and mural agency that has completed 50+ large-scale murals across the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. After spending years as a studio artist navigating inconsistency, underpricing, and burnout, Brandon transitioned into public art and built a sustainable creative business rooted in community impact, confidence, and clear systems.
He now helps artists shift from “hope and hustle” to clarity and consistency through murals, education, and mentorship. Brandon is also the creator of Let’s Make Murals, an education platform designed to help artists step into bigger opportunities without losing their creative integrity.
Georgina Morrison,
The Creative’s Toolkit
The Four Types of Clients (The four income relationships behind sustainable work)
Georgina Morrison and Haavard Christie (pronounced ‘haw-vard’) are the husband–wife co-founders behind The Creative’s Toolkit — an education platform built for courageous creatives. Together, they help multi-creatives build modern, profitable careers on their own terms, with adaptable frameworks, profitable skills, and real-world systems.
Their mission is to dismantle the starving-artist stigma and replace it with something truer: creative people are powerful, professional, and wildly capable of building sustainable businesses with integrity. Through courses, tools, workshops and community, they guide creatives from hobby to hired — and from burnt out, to sustainably aligned.
Shannon Borg
All the Hats: How to Think About the 4 Parts of Your Creative Business
Shannon Borg is an artist and certified life coach who helps artists master their business and transform their mindset so they can confidently share their gifts with the world. Her podcast, The Metaphor Mindset Podcast, offers practical advice for creative entrepreneurs, along with new ways to think about the artful life. She has a PhD in creative writing, and is completing an MFA in painting at Southern Illinois University. She lives in Friday Harbor, Washington.
Danison Fronda-Tietz is the heart behind Bowtie & Brush, a Portland-based Live Wedding & Event Artistic business. Blending his love of art and business to create stunning watercolor guest portraits and personalized details for unforgettable weddings and events. With a background in accounting and a passion for learning, Danison is all about encouraging fellow business owners, sharing what’s worked for him, and celebrating their wins. Whether he’s painting live at an event or helping others level up their biz, his goal is to make every interaction matter. At Bowtie & Brush, it’s more than art—it’s about connection, creativity, and helping others shine.