Impractical Spaces

In 1979, William Steen and Mel Chin opened the storefront adjoining the studio they shared at 1511 Congress Avenue on the north side of downtown. It was a seedy neighborhood, with fights and hookers and late night meals at Annie’s 24-Hour Barbecue House next door. They called the place Studio One and they showed not only their own work, but also that of friends and acquaintances, including James Reaben, John Peters (who’d later become world famous as Mark Flood), and the Art Guys, who flooded the gallery and lowered its lights for a one-day installation piece. Steen and Chin intended a semi-private space that would operate completely without compromise, rather than the non-profit model that would soon proliferate in Houston and elsewhere. “I don’t want to go through that grant business,” Steen remarked, “with paperwork and the review boards. I don’t expect anyone showing here to pay my rent, either, and I don’t take any commission. This is a place where artists can show their work pretty much on their own terms.” (photo courtesy Michael Galbreth)

TODAY TODAY!
Tune into Hannah Cole's Instagram Live .cole.painter at 11 am EST, where Cole will speak to co-founder Paddy Johnson in person about the Sunlight Tax program Money Bootcamp and Impractical Spaces.

"I've invited Cole to my classrooms and used her services for years," Paddy Johnson, co-founder of Impractical Spaces. "I can confidently say that in my more than twenty-five years of filing taxes Cole is the best accountant I have ever worked with. Her bootcamp should be considered a must, for any artist seeking to take their practice to the next level."
-Paddy Johnson

Until 5 pm, Sunlight Tax will donate one month of new Bootcamp sign up fees to Impractical Spaces. What's more, anyone who signs up before January 31st, will receive a $20 discount by using the promo code, IMPRACTICALSPACES20.

Those who sign up for the bootcamp receive a full year of courses, checklists, one-on-one coaching plus your individual 1040 tax return filing, designed to get creative people from financial chaos to financial control. It's got a creative-centric, no-shame approach with a heavy dose of empathy and mindset work. When people sign up, they'll be reserving a priority space on Cole's tax calendar (which books up), and they get the first checklist in January, plus the January 15th training, Setting Up Your Year for Taxes. There's also a no-tax-filing option, for people happy with their accountant/DIYers who want the coaching, checklists and education without needing their taxes done.

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https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcamp

Image Credit: LOW Museum, Atlanta, Exhibition View1, THE FIRST LOWENNIAL, 2014, Courtesy of Pastiche Lumumba