Off the Rails
March has been a busy month for us at Minerva Financial Arts. We’ve presented eight workshops and one two-day boot camp covering everything from pricing strategies to budgeting and taxes. What’s more? We kept up our work with the […]
Life Lessons from “Cinderella”
I took my daughter to Edward Liang’s World Premiere of Cinderella at Ballet Met Friday night, and we were joined by hundreds of other revelers, including friends, strangers, and some incredibly special family members. The performance was full of […]
Ordering Chaos
Small confession: I love doing my taxes. I can’t help it. I find it fulfilling to complete a year’s worth of financial reporting and creating summaries of how I spent my time and my resources for both personal and professional […]
The Bad One
We lovingly refer to the end and beginning of Daylight Savings Time as the “good one” and the “bad one,” respectively. We gain an extra hour of sleep when our clocks fall back each autumn, and the extra hour is […]
Painting Lemonade with Lemons
Hi Guys! Katy here, Research Assistant for Minerva Financial Arts. This post hits close to home for me… Have you ever spoken with someone, perhaps in your family or a friend, who asked you with skepticism why you […]
Pick An Artist Any Artist
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint,” Edward Hopper said, describing his own reasons for being an artist. But what is it to be an artist? Or an “artist”? Or an ARTist? This […]
Opening Those Big Eyes
“The point of art is to elevate, not to pander,” John Canaday, the art critic (portrayed by Terence Stamp) in the movie Big Eyes tells us. And yet, the pandering nature of Walter Keane, the villain in Tim Burton’s […]
In Service of Humanity
I love how MLK Day has become synonymous with service. And I love even more how, particularly with recent events in Ferguson, Staten Island, Paris and elsewhere, we are more cognizant than ever of the value of community. So in […]
Singing a New Tune
Every once in a while, I read something that feels like music to my ears. It rings true and I respond physically and emotionally. It’s kind of like my own sound track. “This sounds a lot like your […]
2014 Year in Review
2014 was quite a year for Minerva Financial Arts. Our programming reached 459 people in six cities and two countries. (And that’s just the live programming.) Here’s the 2014 Recap, full of metrics and unscientific statistics. And indeed, the best […]
