Getting Gigs and How to Keep Them
Booking gigs does not have to feel like screaming into the void. Sending emails that get no response and posting your work, hoping someone bites,…
Category: CULTURE
FRONTRUNNER meets the cultural avant-gardes and tastemakers making strides in the creative arts and beyond. Digital creators, curators, comedians, playwrights, historians and everyone in between are captured in a series of compelling, thought-provoking interviews.
Short Films as Calling Cards
Short films have become more than a creative medium. For emerging filmmakers, a short film isn’t only a work of art, it’s proof of concept.…
How To Write an Artist’s Statement Without the Art-Speak
Artist statements are notorious for feeling like cover letters and for slipping into jargon. They may have statements that sound impressive, but often they don’t…
Navigating Grants and Residencies as an Artist
Artist grants and residency programs are often lifelines, rare pockets of time, space, and financial support that allow creative work to flourish without the preoccupation…
Networking as an Introverted Artist
Networking is one of those things that can make even the most confident creatives wince. The traditional image of “working the room” that’s perpetuated by…
The Playlist Economy: How Music Discovery Became Its Own Industry
Music promotion can feel nebulous and inaccessible, especially for independent artists. Everything feels like it’s controlled by a black box we will never truly have…
The Cover Song Renaissance
In an oversaturated digital ecosystem, cover songs are not just tributes. They’re tools of discovery. For emerging artists, they offer an entry poin…
The Zine Underground: Analog Media Never Died
For all the talk about analog media making a comeback, the truth is that it never really went anywhere. The analog underground has always been…
Celebrate Chicago Fashion Week with Qualia’s Runway Collection
Welcoming its second annual Fashion Week, Chicago invites various creatives and designers to showcase their work from October 9th through the 19th. Al…
Love The Mamas & the Papas? Take a Listen to These Artists.
Their infectious melodies meandered through stories of gentle California sunshine, while being a part of the movement of social and political counterc…
