AKI KIN

05/08/2025

🔥FRIENDS AND BODÉWADMI KIN 🔥

My Bodéwadmi sister is on FIRE…this is your chance to meet her, view her art, purchase her book and eat some yummy treats.

JOIN US TOMORROW FOR SECOND FRIDAY ART WALK AT AKI KIN FOR HER BOOK SIGNING PARTY!

AKI KIN (120 E. Tonahawa) Join local artist Lauren Kelly for a Book Release Party! In From Canvas to Career, Kelly shares the ups and downs of professional artist life with keen insights for those looking to develop a creative passion into something sustainable. Equal parts technical and anecdotal, Kelly’s work is for any artist— whether you went to art school and never learned how to sell or strategize or never had a shot at art school but want to give it a real go as an artist now. Slide in, enjoy refreshments and art, and catch a live reading and signing. This event is generously hosted by Aki Kin, a Citizen Potawatomi woman-owned business in Norman.

05/08/2025

Are you joining us Friday for the From Canvas to Career book release party at KIN? 🎨

Complimentary snacks. Live reading. Signing. C'mon.

See you there. 💖

Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/4526958674197522/

05/06/2025

Is there really such a thing as a full-time professional artist? 🎨

Bozho (Hi)-- I'm Lauren, a Citizen Potawatomi artist.

Since 2021, my art career has taken off... but before that, I lived lifetimes in sales, finance, and tech. I started my art career as a total outsider.

Even now, I'm still only at the beginning, but there is so much that would have helped me had I only had access to it sooner. And I've learned that even though some of that juicy knowledge would have come from art school (had it been an option for me), I've learned from my artist peers that much wouldn't have been found there. Things like business tips, professional emailing, etc.

So I've written a book. Into it, I compiled everything I know now and wish I knew back then, and everything I've gathered from other industries and used to boost my own trajectory. From practical sales insights to digital organizing to the pep talks I so, so needed, this book is chock full of all the know-how that would have helped me right at the jump.

It's called From Canvas to Career: An Artist's No-Sh*t Guide to Going Pro, and it's available now.

But I took it a step further and made some digital/printable tools as well-- such as my Artist Bookkeeping Tool, my Archiving + Pricing Suggestion Tool, and printable Certificates of Authenticity to use with your work.

It's my hope that other artists can benefit from this. If I can save you one or two of the headaches I've run into along the way, I'll be a happy camper.

If this all sounds like something you or an artsy loved one could use, check it all out here: https://laurenkelly.art/from-canvas-to-career

Oh-- and, by the way, if you'll be in central Oklahoma on May 9, catch the book release party at AKI KIN during the Norman 2nd Friday Art Walk, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Good vibes, refreshments, and I'll be doing a reading/signing (paperback copies available there).

05/06/2025

Migwetch/Thank you to KGOU for spreading the word! Can't wait to jam on May 9 at AKI KIN 💖

Details: https://www.kgou.org/community-calendar/event/book-signing-from-canvas-to-career-by-lauren-kelly-24-04-2025-15-20-56

04/29/2025

Don’t miss this chance to meet Lauren and see her art in person ♥️

See you at AKI KIN on May 9 ✨ Please share/tell someone you think could use a little art career motivation 💖

Event details: https://freepressokc.com/eventscalendar/ #/details/book-signing-from-canvas-to-career-by-lauren-kelly/15646746/2025-05-09T18

11/29/2024

✨❤️‍🔥✨ EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨❤️‍🔥

The
Heart
Evolution
Offering

✨THEO✨ ~ A women's collective for
the evolution of the heart supported by
ancestral Cacao

Do you desire intentional time in sacred sisterhood while nourishing your own heart? Do you feel the pull to deepen your relationship with ancestral Cacao?

Together, in sacred sisterhood, we gather in beauty and weave a new tapestry in reciprocity with AKI KIN ~ Earth Relations.

THE OFFERING:

❤️‍🔥 Two monthly women’s circles surrounding the Full and New Moon

❤️‍🔥 Four single servings of ancestral Cacao available for you every month

❤️‍🔥 Copal Incense

❤️‍🔥 Ceremonial Candle

❤️‍🔥 Access to private support group and answers to any questions you have about Ceremonial Cacao

There are only 11 THEO spaces available in order to keep our container intimate while still allowing space for other sisters to drop in throughout the month.

We begin weaving on JANUARY 13th…

APPLY with the link below and secure your space today 🫶🏽

***NOTE***

AKI KIN is moving into a much larger space with a store front and this offering is for my sisters who want to continue gathering in sacred circle and deepening our sisterhood. The new location will still be in downtown Norman and includes private parking on the first floor ❤️‍🔥

May you walk in beauty ✨

https://www.akikin.org/theo