Building a Sustainable Creative Career: A Diasporic Perspective
 
This workshop explores how to find your creative niche while remaining adaptable in a constantly evolving industry. Crystallmess will discuss the importance of community-building and share practical tips for sustaining a long-term career in music and the arts. Drawing from her experience as a Black artist living in France and Europe, she will offer insights into navigating creative work across cultures—and how these experiences can inform and translate to the Detroit landscape and similar diasporic contexts. This workshop explores how to find your creative niche while remaining adaptable in a constantly evolving industry.
 
Crystallmess will discuss the importance of community-building and share practical tips for sustaining a long-term career in music and the arts. Drawing from her experience as a Black artist living in France and Europe, she will offer insights into navigating creative work across cultures—and how these experiences can inform and translate to the Detroit landscape and similar diasporic contexts. The UMA x Crystallmess W3rkshop is part of Red Bull's B2B Programming 2025. Use the discount code UMAB2B to access all programs —and join us!