Author: Athena

Grow your roots.

Part of our mission here at FYC is to support creativity.  One of favorite inspirationalists, Bob Ross, put it best this way: “You can do anything you want to do.  This is your world.”  In this spirit, we have asked The Roots Factory to takeover the next Happy Little Trees art auction! The Roots Factory […]

On being creative.

Creativity.  This word is immense and often thought of as a magical power we all want.  Austin Kleon broke it down in this manner… It’s actually a pretty good estimate of the necessary tools that should be in a creative’s tool belt.  Why just the other day, I had the opportunity to practice the last […]

Artists being candid.

The next “Happy Little Trees” Art Auction happening on November 8th has 6 featured artists.  And in our pursuit to make art more accessible, we thought it would help to ask our artists 6 questions to learn more about them.  Crawling inside their creative heads exposed how difficult art can really be, but in the […]

Happy Little Trees – Art Auction!

We like art.  We want more art.  We also want artists to get RECOGNIZED for all of their time, effort and struggles in making their labors of love…and yes, this means getting paid.   This event was created to give a space for creativity to be introduced, encouraged to grow, and be shared in an environment that […]

Proposal Time.

FYC just submitted our first large business proposal. It was scary, but we did it.  It was like we were in school again working together in the 23rd hour to submit a proposal that could change the path of our little company.  And we wanted this, so we re-checked & re-edited, called in troops, and […]

Intern Needed.

Being busy is a good thing.  Although we have just begun our little company here in East Village, we are reaching out to ask for a few good interns.  Like to draw?  Consider yourself a creative person?  Wanna learn from someone who has already been doing it professionally for YEARS?!?  Ever think about working at […]

FYC has been created

We are here.  Through an intersection of time and circumstance Funk You Creative was born under the direction of Justin Fortier, collaboration of our graphic design rock star-Pablo Stanley, and marketing input of Athena Rodriguez. 2012 marks our birth.  It marks the launch of a boutique graphic media company focused on designing high quality, hand […]