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1:1 mentorship for creatives

Mentoring artists is one of my biggest passions, so I offer 1:1 support for creatives interested in investing in this type of relationship, and who are eager to learn. Mentorships are online and offered monthly.

“A mentorship with Lauren Sauder is the best investment for your creativity! She works magic, helping you harness your process and recognize your voice.” Spencer Welch, 2024 Mentee

what you get

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1:1 learning

My undivided attention to maximize your learning. No group program here!

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flexible scheduling

Mentorship is facilitated through direct messaging. This enables us to work realistically towards your aspirations as challenges (inevitably) arise. Listen to a session here →

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open Q&A

Access to 10+ years of industry experience with space for unlimited questions during and after our time together.

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personalized plan

After you complete an intake form, I’ll create tailored support and guidance to meet your creative goals, challenges, and aspirations.

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technical and interpersonal growth

Send photos of your work, and/or share everything you feel. We’ll address artistic skill, and complex feelings for more practical support.

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support when you need

Mentorships are monthly, so you can enlist support as you need.

faq

  • My mentorships are for hobbyists, part-time, and full-time, creatives seeking guidance, feedback, and support in their work.

    I believe you should invest in yourself when the possibility of having a mentor excites and inspires you more than it frightens and overwhelms you.

    That said, I have lots of experience helping artists who are:

    • Feeling lost and confused and seeking honest direction in their artwork.

    • Working on specific projects or applications and want someone with experience to offer feedback and guidance.

    • Having too many ideas and needing personalized structure and guidance to feel clarity and confidence.

    • Seeking a genuine mentor/mentee relationship to talk about creative pursuits and rekindle your creative identity.

    • Wanting to work with me and feel it’s time!

  • Yes! Because we will be 1:1, I am happy to answer every single one of your questions as they come up. You can always reach out after mentorship, too!

  • I am here for it! I have worked with several mentees who were lost and confused. By listening, and offering intentional questions, we can explore an open dialogue to get you unstuck and moving in a direction that feels honest and meaningful.

  • Upon checkout, I’ll send you a brief questionnaire to outline your goals, challenges, and aspirations so I can create your personalized mentorship experience.

    You'll then have direct access to me on a messaging platform called Voxer. Here, I can offer you daily guidance, feedback, and encouragement. This app is truly a game changer for giving support in real time as questions and challenges arise - and avoid needing to wait for a planned call. Curious how asynchronous messaging on Voxeer works? Listen to a mentorship conversation here →

  • You can book at a cadence that works best for you. There is no need to buy a package or commit to many months as some traditional coaching sessions are structured. You may choose to meet one month, regularly, quarterly, yearly, etc. depending on your projects and personal needs.

    *Mentorship does not have to start on the first of the month. Pending my availability, you may also extend the mentorship duration during our study.

  • YES. I love nothing more than working through the pain points to get to the good stuff in our work. Finding creatives to talk creativity with is insanely helpful—we’ll talk about your process to get you seeing things in fresh, new ways.

booking

april & may

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Artist Study, Month-to-Month Artist Mentorship
from $350.00

Looking for support but not quite ready for mentorship?

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Recent Praise

  • When I discovered Lauren’s mentorship program, I was amidst a pivotal moment in my life, attempting to re-establish a consistent art practice while parenting a young child and transitioning away from a former, different career path into a world of new unknowns. Lauren has helped me root into my process, clarify my purpose, and find bridges between my studio life and life outside the studio. Lauren has been a touchstone to keep me integrated in my practice amidst the many distractions of life and I have seen my practice take shape, grow and thrive. Now in my second mentorship year, Lauren continues to provide incredible insights and feedback, reaffirming my artistic purpose in new ways. I started this mentorship journey feeling disorganized and disintegrated and through working with Lauren I have come to find a purposeful, consistent, and meaningful practice. I am beyond grateful.

    Emily Zadoretzky, Artist

    emilyzadoretzky.com

  • “A couple of years ago I filed for an LLC and experienced the busiest season in my professional art career. Despite the “growth” and “success” I felt incredibly burnt out and overwhelmed, lost and confused, and in search of a new path. I focused so much on expanding and earning income, that I forgot my sole purpose for creating art. I resented my business and no longer felt connected to my work. I decided at the end of that year, that I would hire a mentor to help me overcome these difficult (yet surprisingly common) feelings as a creative entrepreneur. Before Lauren and I started working together I didn’t understand what it meant to be in seasons of creativity, or even life, and how that would affect my business. Throughout the mentorship experience, Lauren helped me to not only understand myself as an artist, but as a human being. She held space for me to process my thoughts, insecurities, and ideas, which helped me better understand who I am. She saw me and met me exactly where I was. She held space for me as I broke through molds and negative thought processes. By the end of the year, we smashed down walls that prevented me from being my authentic self and helped me gain the confidence I needed to succeed.  Because of Lauren, I am now creating artwork I WANT to create. I have learned when to say yes and when to say no. I have gained tools to help me navigate complicated moments and decisions in my business. But most importantly, I have gained a friend and found a community that truly supports me as a person, which is crucial to the success of being an artist.”

    Spencer Welch, Artist

    spencerwelchstudios.com

  • “I’ve started the year lost in my practice and seeking Lauren’s help was the best decision I’ve made so far! With daily questions and a lot of patience, she helped me design a creative practice more aligned with who I am and how I work. Her tailored support and guidance are really precious. I’ve enjoyed her calming and caring presence as a virtual companian in the studio.”

    Lyly Dhommée, Artist

    lylydhommar.com | lylydhommar.substack.com

  • “I’ve always been a seeker of knowledge where learning was at the heart of my studies. I kept all my ideas in a notebook, but it was a jumbled mess. I lacked order and structure, and it complicated my desire to produce much of anything. At some point, I just gave up and became disappointed. I came across an online class that Lauren had developed and taught, which eventually led me to her Artist Mentorship program. My interest was piqued when I asked Lauren more about mentorship. I printed her summary of what she could offer me, and I began to be hopeful again. I read and underlined all the words that spoke to me. This was when a spark within me started, and I quickly signed up to work with her. Artist Mentorship gave me a way of working that rebuilt and reinforced my confidence. My ideas that once poured out chaotically into my notebook began to have a shape and form. For the first time in a long while, I felt confident in my abilities. I would ask Lauren questions and she would ask me questions in return that encouraged me to find how I wanted to communicate through my art and writing.  She helped me to connect with myself as I learned how to understand who I was and find my voice. She offered resources that were so helpful in kickstarting my journey on a pathway entirely built for me. Because of Lauren, I felt connected once again to my artistic process, but this time I had an inspirational way of working that propelled me to new discoveries about me and the way I work.”

    Amber Baughman, Artist

    pinecovepottery.com

  • “After two years of pandemic disruptions, I was feeling frustrated with my inability to hold on to a vision and pursue it with intention. I am easily distracted, which makes holding focus on anything extremely difficult, and I am quite reluctant to ask for help. These two in combination explain much about why I fail to get things accomplished. I felt like I needed a reset — not inspiration, skills, workshops, or other quick-fix ideas, but a way to look objectively at what I want to do and to establish a scaffold to support my work. I had followed Lauren for quite a while and was always impressed by her thoughtful and reflective approach to how she manages her creative practice. What I appreciate most is how she values creative practice in a thoughtful, reflective way that honors the depth of meaning that our art practices hold in our lives. I decided to invest in a mentorship with Lauren because I felt a true alignment with her approach. It has been a labor of love to start at the very beginning and look at every part of my creative practice. This artist mentorship allows an artist to explore in great detail how and why to take steps forward through the entire process of creating and marketing meaningful work. It has helped me do necessary reflecting so that I have more clarity on what I need. Lauren has helped me recognize consistencies across many years of making helping me build a process that offers me ongoing support and guidance. I will remember these foundations the next time I experience frustration or lack of direction. If you are willing to devote the time and energy to consider your creative practice with the support of a knowledgeable and experienced artist in her own right, this is a wise investment. In a market where so many are offering quick fixes in 10 easy steps, this mentorship is a deep dive into the processes that are uniquely your own to ensure a custom fit in understanding how to bring your artistic visions to life.”

    Janet Boeke, Artist

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