Art & Ambition: Effectively Balancing Business and Art is designed for creative entrepreneurs who are building something bigger than themselves yet often struggle with the tension between passion and profitability, creativity and commerce, vision and burnout.
Through Queen’s empowering and practical BART framework, participants will learn how to assess their ventures, structure for growth, and build habits that support both economic sustainability and creative excellence.
Key Takeaways:
A clear framework to assess and align your creative venture
Business basics essential for artistic growth and resilience
Systems and behaviors to protect your art practice and productivity
Tools for self-assessment, strategic planning, and sustainable goal setting
Mindset and rituals that support both business success and well-being
Queen's approach is grounded, inspiring, and deeply affirming—reminding participants that you don’t have to choose between being an artist and an entrepreneur. You can honor both.
Free for Arts Foundation members, $15 for non-members.
As a Sustainable fashion designer and creative entrepreneur, Queen Allotey-Pappoe has built a purpose-driven business brand rooted in artistry, sustainability, and empowerment. In this transformative workshop, Queen guides fellow creatives through the essential strategies to balance the demands of running a business with nurturing a thriving art practice—and doing so without sacrificing personal well-being.
BIO
Queen Allotey-Pappoe is an award-winning Ghanaian born, Fashion Entrepreneur. Founder, Creative Director of Queen Adeline, a sustainable fashion brand that creates wearable art for women on the go.
She currently lives with her family of five in Littleton, MA.
With a unique background in the Arts and Business, Queen consults and speaks at the intersection of Sustainability, Design, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment.
She has taught and spoken on Sustainability and Creative Entrepreneurship at institutions including Massachusetts College of Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Boston University and Suffolk University.
In 2021, she was a featured exhibitor at the Smithsonian exhibit Craft Optimism, celebrating creative ideas for responding to climate change. This curated exhibit was sponsored by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee and the non-profit Honoring the Future.
Queen currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Western Avenue Community for the Arts and a past trustee for the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston.
The proud recipient of the Eileen Fisher Sustainable Design Scholarship (2018) at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MASSART), She has an in-store boutique for her Queen Adeline brand at the Peabody Essex Museum store in Salem, Massachusetts.
Queen works from The Queen Adeline Studio/Showroom at the Western Avenue Studios in Lowell.
Questions? Contact Amy Neill at aneill@artsfoundation.org