CONVERSATIONS + EVENTS
A CELEBRATION OF TORTOISE ONE YEAR ANNVIERSARY
DATE: September 1st - 3rd, 2026
TIME: TBD
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA
Description coming soon.
PAST EVENTS
CALCULATE WITH CONFIDENCE: A LIVE LOOK INSIDE TORTOISE RATE CALCULATOR
DATE: Wednesday, July 8th, 2026
TIME: 1pm - 2pm ET
LOCATION: ZOOM (Link Provided w/ Registration)
EXPLORE
Join us on July 8 at 1:00 PM EST for a live interactive demo of tortoise by ARTPOWER, a platform designed to help artists make confident, sustainable financial decisions.
Co‑facilitators janera solomon and Jerome Barnes will walk you through the tortoise Rate Calculator — a practical tool that helps artists set rates rooted in the real cost of their labor, time, and creative life.
In this session, you’ll learn how to use the calculator, apply it to your own practice, and understand how tortoise supports a shift toward financial abundance with clarity and intention. You’ll leave with a working rate, a repeatable process, and a stronger sense of what your time is worth. support artists in building well-resourced, expansive creative lives.
REIMAGINING ARTIST RATES: A CONVERSATION ON LIVING WAGE DATA AND THE TORTOISE RATE CALCULATOR
DATE: Thursday, June 11th, 2026
TIME: 1pm - 2pm ET
LOCATION: ZOOM (Link Provided w/ Registration)
EXPLORE
As artists, our rates should reflect not only the value of our labor and creativity, but the power of our contributions epic - economic, cultural, and civic. Join the ARTPOWERteam - janera solomon and Jerome Barnes, together with Kavya Vaghul, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of The Living Wage Institute, for a conversation on how understanding living-wage data strengthens our financial power.
Together, we’ll explore how moving beyond survival thinking and towards abundance opens space for clarity, confidence, and long-term sustainability - and how tools like tortoise support artists in building well-resourced, expansive creative lives.