Why artists should ditch their smart phones

Today on Willful, Toronto portrait artist Malinda Prud'homme shares:
• Her best advice for young artists
• Her thoughts on a beauty industry that profits from women’s low self-esteem
• Ditching her smart phone to increase her productivity

Prud’homme is a mixed media artist who believes in a broader definition of female beauty, regardless of age, size, ethnicity, or personal style. Check out her work at Malinda Prud'homme Art and malindaprudhomme.com

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Our heartfelt thanks to Greg Garson for offering us our stage at The Merchant Taps & Tavern (181 University Ave. at Adelaide). If you drop by, Greg will hand-deliver to you his famous meat loaf. The guy does everything!

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#WomenAndBeauty #RealBeauty #HyperRealism #SelfEsteem

Malinda Prud'homme's portrait art

Today on Willful, Toronto portrait artist Malinda Prud'homme on:
• how the flooded teaching market forced her to chase her real dream
• whether she believes “the staple of our generation: if you work really hard, get good grades and volunteer you can achieve whatever you want”
• Female beauty that goes against the “Disney princess ideal” (we have freckles, gap teeth, fros and more)

Prud’homme is a mixed media artist who believes in a broader definition of female beauty, regardless of age, size, ethnicity, or personal style. Check out her work at Malinda Prud'homme Art and malindaprudhomme.com

Jumpstart your day and get inspired by all of our Willful guests at WillfulProject.com.

Ethnic Diversity in Opera

Today on Willful, it's high time we talked about:
• Not being burdened by, “But that’s the way it’s always been done”
• How naivété is the creative entrepreneur’s friend
• Pushing for ethnic diversity in opera: “That’s a really white cast. Let’s fix that!”

Guests Rachel Krehm and Aria Umezawa are the founders and directors of Opera 5 (opera5.ca), an independent opera company in Toronto that’s hooking a #diverse generation with its immersive live productions and YouTube high jinks.

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Thank you, Greg Garson, for your enthusiasm and #CanDo attitude and for allowing us to shoot at The Merchant Taps & Tavern.