Artistic Finance

155: Israel, Broadway Grosses, & Behind The Scenes at LDI

A hodge podge of what's on my mind this week.
 
Topics:
⭐️ War & peace
⭐️ Broadway grosses
⭐️ Divorce & ROTH IRAs
⭐️ Robert Green Ingersoll
⭐️ Steven Lutvak & A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
 
Quicklinks:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Broadway Grosses:
https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-grosses-analysis-merrily-opens-to-sold-out-houses-as-overall-attendance-sees-uptick
 
Robert Green Ingersoll:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll
 
ROTH IRA - Married Filing Separately Rules:
https://www.investopedia.com/married-filing-separately-ira-4772024
 
Behind The Scenes at LDI:
https://wp.behindthescenescharity.org/2023/09/30/bts-wellness-lounge-at-ldi/
 
Steven Lutvak:
https://playbill.com/article/steven-lutvak-composer-behind-the-tony-winning-musical-a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder-dies-at-64
 
Gutenberg:
https://gutenbergbway.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwm66pBhDQARIsALIR2zBe1m0TFbc1vL8-NzuOvoHYpHHsTI7JgMLot6Wtq4U43H8JLCrxLcEaApXkEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
 

154: Financial Feminist - FI Club with Amy Pett & Amy D Lux

A discussion about Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap hosted by Amy D Lux and Amy Pett. 
 
Topics:
⭐️ Negotiation tips
⭐️ Your financial health prioritization
⭐️ Your values versus society's values
⭐️ Statistics of pay for women and men
 
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.
 
Quicklinks:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love - Affiliate Link
https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780063260269
 
Tori Dunlap:
https://herfirst100k.com/
 
LDI Session:
https://www.ldishow.com/ldishowcom/ldi-schedule
 
Amy Pett:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-pett-1583a91b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
 
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
 
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
 
Instagram Handles:
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
 
 

153: Business & Arts with Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew - A Theatre.Art.Life Collaboration with Camille Schenkkan and Jessica Champagne Hansen

An interview by Theatre.Art.Life with lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
 
Topics:
⭐️ Jeanette’s background in business & puppetry
⭐️ Finding the financial balance in your arts career
⭐️ Working as an electrician versus a designer and how Jeannette is too disorganized with paperwork to make a living be an assistant designer
⭐️ Industry inclusion including paying for unskilled labor so that people are not working for free
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Theatre.Art.Life:
https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/
 
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew:
https://www.jeanetteyew.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanetteyew/
https://www.instagram.com/jeanette_yew/
 
Kimberly Akimbo:
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/kimberly-akimbo-534754
 
LDI:
https://www.ldishow.com/
 
Kat Landry:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlandry/
 
Anna Robb:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/
 
Instagram Handles:
@theatreartlife
@ethansteimel
@jeanette_yew
@artisticfinance
@anna_lorraine_robb

152: 6K Investing Special - Q3.1

We return from summer break!
 
An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. A panel composed of a bond investment CEO and two lighting designer review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Video Version:
https://youtu.be/S4_JmxQck8c
 
Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/
https://www.liquidificorp.com/
 
Ebony Madry:
https://www.instagram.com/ebmadry/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-madry-6a9651139/
 
Amy D Lux:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-d-lux-953a7318a/
https://utopiadreamscape.com/author/luvlogica/
 
Ethan Steimel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
 
Instagram handles:
@ebmadry
@liquidifi
@utopiadreamscape
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
 
 
Affiliate links:
M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - no sign up incentive:
m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg
 
Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin:
https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0
 
Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:
https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3
 
Robinhood:
https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21
 
We Bull:
https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main
 
ETF:
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500
 
Stocks:
VST - Vistra Corp
LAC - Lithium Americas
TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)
SKLZ- Skillz
 
Cryptocurrency:
Bitcoin
 
Wine:
Vinovest
 
Real Estate - REITS:
REG - Regency Centers Corp -Previously UBA
SRG - Seritage Growth Properties
VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties
STAG - STAG Industrial
 
Art:
Bret Slater - Artist
https://www.bretslater.com/
 
Photos of our Painting:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618
 
Full story of commissioning the piece:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832
 
Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows:
https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor
 
...
 
Become a patron:
www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
 
Interview by Ethan Steimel

151: Decolonizing Wealth - Financial Independence Club with Natasha Joy De Souza

A discussion of the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, presented by Natasha Joy De Souza.
 
Topics:
⭐️ The Colonizer Virus
⭐️ Money as medicine
⭐️ The 7 Steps To Healing
 
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape.
 
Quicklinks:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Decolonizing Wealth - Book Affiliate Link:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/decolonizing-wealth-second-edition-indigenous-wisdom-to-heal-divides-and-restore-balance-edgar-villanueva/10784512?aid=86693&ean=9781523091416&listref=artistic-finance-books
 
Decolonizing Wealth Toolkit:
https://decolonizingwealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DWP_Toolkit_fnl2.pdf
 
Natasha Joy De Souza:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-joy-de-souza-7127161a/
https://www.instagram.com/natashadjoy/?hl=en
 
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
 
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
 
Instagram Handles:
@natashadjoy
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
 
 
 

150: Mortgages For Arts Workers with Fredi Walker-Browne, Chavi Kahan, and John Lampe

Two interviews by director John Lampe. The first with actor Fredi Walker Brown about avoiding debt. The second with mortgage expert Chavi Kahan about the ins and outs of mortgages. 
 
Fredi's Topics:
⭐️ Debt is the devil for arts workers
⭐️ Purchasing property without a mortgage
⭐️ Fredi’s money mindset gleaned from Rich Dad Poor Dad and Jackass III.
 
Chavi's Topics:
⭐️ Mortgages
⭐️ Mortgage rates
⭐️ Preapproval & how much you can afford
⭐️ The advantages of mortgages, even if you have the cash to purchase a property outright.
⭐️ Mortgage requirements for freelancers, including non traditional mortgages
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Fredi Walker-Browne:
https://www.instagram.com/missyfrediot/?hl=en
https://bigspoonproductions.com/contact-us/link-tree/
 
Chavi Kahan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chavi-kahan-bb465329/
https://crosscountrymortgage.com/chavi-kahan/
 
John Lampe:
https://www.johnlampe.com/?page_id=17
 
Lowe Lighting Templates:
https://lowe.lighting/pages/free-lighting-list-template
 
Instagrams:
@missyfrediot
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance

149: The Dirtbag’s Guide To Life - Financial Independence Club with Tim Mathis and Amy D Lux

A review of The Dirtbag's Guide To Life by Tim Mathis, presented by the author himself. 
 
Topics:
⭐️ Simplicity
⭐️ Cool Begets Cool 
⭐️ Living on the bare minimum 
⭐️ Taking a gap month off of work
⭐️ The obligation for Dirtbag’s to travel and explore
⭐️ Social norms that you are not obligated to uphold - like reaching a certain financial status or being tied to one place for your entire lifetime
 
Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. 
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Financial Independence Club:
https://www.artisticfinance.com/bookclub
 
Tim Mathis:
https://www.timmathiswrites.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dirtbagguide/?hl=en
 
Utopia Dreamscape & Amy D Lux:
https://utopiadreamscape.com/
https://www.instagram.com/utopiadreamscape/
 
Ethan Steimel:
https://www.ethansteimel.com/artistic-finance.html
https://www.instagram.com/artisticfinance/?hl=en
 
Instagram Handles:
@dirtbagguide
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@utopiadreamscape
 

148: Budgeting the Lighting Design of a TV Broadcast with Sheryl Wisniewski and Dennis Size of LDG

A conversation between Dennis Size and Sheryl Wisniewski of The Lighting Design Group about what goes into creating budgets for lighting television.
 
Topics:
⭐️ How projects “walk in the door”
⭐️ Thought process in estimating
⭐️ Hidden costs we don’t want to miss
⭐️ How Designers and Project Managers collaborate in the budgeting process
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Sheryl Wisniewski:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherylwisniewski/
Instagram - @swhiz321
https://www.instagram.com/swhiz321/
 
Dennis Size:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-size-0108234/
 
LDG - The Lighting Design Group:
https://ldg.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ldg_lightingdesigngroup/?ref=5rqdmdyz0usvw&hl=am-et
 
Sheryl Bio:
Sheryl joined LDG in 2002 as an Assistant Lighting Designer/Project Coordinator and has since warmed almost every chair in the Production Department.  She has earned 8 Emmys for her work on projects including CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, NBC’s Coverage of 10 Olympic Games, 5 Presidential Election Cycles, and 2 Royal Weddings.  When she takes off her LDG hat, she spends her time learning to raise compassionate young humans.
 
Dennis Bio:
Bio - In his 40+ year career Dennis has designed lighting for shows on every major television Broadcast and cable Network.
His international design repertoire includes theatre, dance, live events, soap operas, talk shows, news magazines, government projects, corporate events/facilities, concerts, sporting events, political conventions, Presidential debates, award shows, and has lit every U.S. President since Ronald Reagan.
He has written for trade journals and taught design at several Universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and the University of Scranton.   He has been nominated for the EMMY Award 13 times, and has won five.
For an extended list of his, and LDG’s credits, log on to: www.ldg.com
 
Instagram Handles:
@swhiz321
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@ldg_lightingdesigngroup
 

147: Entrepreneurship In The Arts with Linda Essig

Stage manager Kat Landry and Theatre.Art.Life founder Anna Robb interview the provost of Baruch College, Linda Essig, about entrepreneurship within the arts.
 
They discuss Linda's most recent book ‘Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action’.
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Theatre.Art.Life:
https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/
 
Linda Essig:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-essig-a7a70aa/
 
Creative Infrastructures - Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Infrastructures-Artists-Entrepreneurial-Action/dp/1789385717
 
Kat Landry:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlandry/
 
Anna Robb:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/
 
 
Instagram Handles:
@theatreartlife
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@anna_lorraine_robb
@creativeinfrastructures - Linda Essig

146: Navigating A Career In Technical Entertainment - A Theatre.Art.Life Collaboration with Camille Schenkkan and Jessica Champagne Hansen

Theatre.Art.Life founder Anna Robb interviews costume designer Jessica Champagne Hansen and the Deputy Managing Director of Centre Theatre Group, Camille Schenkkan.
 
They discuss navigating a career in technical entertainment. That is the title of their recent book which explores tools & strategies for navigating an artistic career in design and technology in entertainment
 
Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
 
Navigating a Career in Technical Entertainment - Bookshop.org:
https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9780367510442
 
Theatre.Art.Life:
https://www.theatreartlife.com/the-theatreartlife-podcast/
 
Camille Schenkkan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/schenkkan/
https://www.instagram.com/camischenkkan/?hl=en
 
Jessica Champagne Hansen:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-hansen-84114230/
https://www.instagram.com/jchansendesigns/
 
Anna Robb:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-robb/
 
Dad Jokes:
https://www.fatherly.com/play/mothers-day-jokes
 
Instagram Handles:
@theatreartlife - IG Collaborator
@ethansteimel
@artisticfinance
@camischenkkan
@jchansendesigns
@anna_lorraine_robb