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Learn how NFTs can be used for good! Marina Granger interviews Dina Brodsky and Rafael Hoekstra as they team up to fight against Spinal Muscular Atrophy by minting an NFT image of 1000 artworks - all images from Instagram posts using the hashtag #BirdsforSofiaNFT. All proceeds will go towards getting a dose of Zolgensma for a baby Russian orphan, Darina Sorokina. Tune in! Use the hashtag #BirdsforSofiaNFT when posting an artwork **of a bird** on Instagram and visit BirdsforSofia.org to find out how else you can help!

Your art world insider next door is back with a second season of The Artist Advisory Hotline. Marina Granger kicks off her new season with P.R. powerhouse Alexandra Fanning. Alexandra peels back the curtain on the PR world showing you step by step how to entice news outlets to write about your work, unconventional ways to get your foot in the door, having amazing blonde hair, and how to spell Kawita Vatanajyankur.

Learn more about Alexandra Fanning on her website AlexandraFanning.com and follow her on Instagram instagram.com/alexandrafanning_pr.

Jenny Mushkin Goldman speaks with Marina Granger and shares her journey as an expert in the New York Art World. Jenny Mushkin Goldman worked at Jeff Koons Studio, Paul Kasmin Gallery, as an independent curator, and is now the director of Monica King Contemporary. 
This interview was recorded on April 4, 2020 in New York City, the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Jenny explains how Monica King Contemporary has come to support its community. The gallery has organized a benefit exhibition entitled "Spring to Action" to support Feed the Frontlines, which provides meals to essential workers. 
 
View the exhibition on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/show/monica-king-contemporary-spring-to-action
 
Visit Monica King Contemporary: www.monicaking-contemporary.com
 
Follow Jenny on Instagram: @kin_gold and @monicakingcontemporary
 
Jenny Mushkin Goldman offers valuable advice to artists. She speaks about the integral role that community has played in her career, how she finds artists to work with, and what she was looking for in artists as an independent curator.

One of the biggest challenges for music entrepreneurs is the distraction. Sometimes, we get distracted because of ourselves (like spending too much time on the internet). Sometimes, the people around us distract us. Today, we're going to focus on six key tactics to help with this so that you can stay creative and productive. Resources: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (book) Music Business Hacks by Simon Tam (book) Anti-Social (app for blocking social media) StayFocused (app for blocking internet for windows of time) Focus Lock (app for Android phones on staying focused)