CORPORATE Creative

Because I'm a thirst bucket, I routinely scour Crain's 40 under 40 for hot guys, imagining a six-figure boyfriend.  But I usually end up on a research tangent that is decidedly less romantic. Besides these dude-overachievers are predictably partnered, and I've got so. Much. Work. To. Do. At the top of my To. Do. list:  nurture a collector base.  I am going to keep working of course, but most of my income from Art comes from projects completed at least 2 years previous to the sale. A stockpile is being created, and I still have to pay for storage.  That's an overhead cost I'm hoping to reduce. In the meantime, I am creating opportunities beyond the gallery or the museum or even the black box space.  And in spite of the interwebs, corporations still have a captive work force, commuting 5 days and logging at least 40 hours weekly -- double clicking, phoning, conference calling, filing, uploading -- with little time to stroll traditional art spaces.  CHEEKY hopes to bridge that gap as a kind corporate training Art facilitator, The LaSHAE Way.  Offering the tenets of #karaokeUNIVERSAL (Elevation of the vernacular / Privilege as plastic material / Unification of halves) as a means to participate in a more creative life and support artists.  I recently presented to both JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank hopeful that they might be sold on CHEEKY's interactive approach...

DEVELOPING.