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Sustainable Social Media for Artists with Jill Louise Busby / Workshop
Start Date / Time: September 29, 2026 6:00 pm
End Date / Time: September 29, 2026 7:30 pm
Venue: Virtual via Zoom
Price: Sliding Scale
About this Workshop
Many artists want to use social media to share their work, connect with audiences, and support their creative careers, but struggle to build an effective, sustainable, and authentic presence online.
During this 1.5-hour workshop, writer and filmmaker Jill Louise Busby will walk you through strategies for developing a more intentional relationship with social media, grounded in your creative career goals rather than the demands of the algorithm. Together, you’ll identify the barriers shaping your current social media habits, clarify what success actually looks like for your practice, and develop strategies that fit your time, values, and artistic voice. You’ll leave with practical tools for approaching social media with greater clarity and purpose, along with a framework for building an online presence that supports your work without overwhelming it.
About the Instructor:
Jill Louise Busby is a writer, filmmaker, and facilitator whose work examines public identity: the people we are, the personas we perform, and the personal cost of maintaining the distance between them. She is the author of Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity (Bloomsbury), winner of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the creator of the comedic web series Moms as Managers. Jill is a National Leaders of Color Fellow, an alumna of the Rhode Island Writers Colony, and was a finalist for the 2025 Artist Trust Arts Innovator Award. She is the founder of Public Facing, a social strategy and training practice. She currently serves as Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum.
About Artist Trust
Artist Trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and encourage artists working in all disciplines to enrich community life throughout Washington State. Since its founding in 1986, Artist Trust has invested over $15 million in individual artists through grant programs and provides a comprehensive suite of professional development training and resources to help artists achieve their career goals. Learn more at artisttrust.org.
Have Questions?
Email Program Coordinator Naomi Day.
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