Archive - It's Good to Be Here

Requiem for a Tree

a send-off for a cedar

Jan 24, 2025 • Amy Stewart

The Self-Appointed Artist Residency, Explained

You can be the artist in residence of anything!

Sep 6, 2024 • Amy Stewart

You Don't Have to Find Your Style

Or pick a lane. Here's why.

Oct 18, 2024 • Amy Stewart

Gather Your Githerments!

Why your low-key obsessions and trivialities actually matter

Jan 2 • Amy Stewart

Award Yourself a Fine Arts Education

Be the dean of your own college, aka, the DIY MFA

Jan 30 • Amy Stewart

The Birds are Speaking To Us

A weird but true story from Tucson

Apr 4, 2025 • Amy Stewart

Be the wind that blows against the wrecking ball

On the resurrection of a dying mall

Feb 7, 2025 • Amy Stewart

Be the Artist-in-Residence of Your World

No application needed, just appoint yourself.

Sep 5, 2024 • Amy Stewart

New Mexico is the Best Road Trip State

Prove me wrong.

Feb 21, 2025 • Amy Stewart

How Substack Became My Sketchbook

or, how my sketchbook became my substack

Mar 14, 2025 • Amy Stewart

Notebooks Are Like Shoes, You Need More Than One Kind

Apparently I need seven kinds.

Jun 20, 2025 • Amy Stewart

Now More Than Ever, Your Brain Needs a Hobby

So give it one!

Feb 28, 2025 • Amy Stewart

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