CATAPULT: 6-month Artist Mentoring Virtual Residency Program

Leverage your expertise with strategic action

For artists already doing their thing - not watching from the sidelines

September 2025 - February 2026 | Applications Close: July 25, 5pm

Torn between competing priorities -  not feeling like you're doing enough in any area  

 Pushing uphill in circular patterns and doubting your decisions

Feeling guilty and selfish for doing things you love 

CATAPULT is for mid-career and established musicians, visual artists, writers, freelancers...

CATAPULT is a LOW-TIME, HIGH-IMPACT program

Most artists find they have (much) more time because CATAPULT supports artists to do more with less.

What Others Address

What CATAPULT Addresses

Note: This is in INSIDE-OUT Program which works with what you have and NOT pouring in more information you then need to action. 

CATAPULT is practical, strategic and specific to you.

Integration Focus

Formula: Gentle Resilience + Potent Strategy + Judicious Intuition + Practical Action = a Successful Artistic Practice with longevity

CATAPULT is a high value mentoring program for Artists who want to leaverage their artistic practice alongside a successful artistic business.

6-Month Online Virtual Residency: LOW-TIME, HIGH-IMPACT (3-4 hours/month)

1:1 Mentoring: Where the real shifts happen - addressing your specific outcomes and developing a personal artist strategy

24/7 'Walkie-Talkie-style' Support: CATAPULT works in 'real-time' with you on the inevitable conundrums that arise during the 6-months. Such as support to leverage a big opportunity, negotiation strategies, taking a big leap to do the thing you've been secretly wanting to do + other daily challenges that crop up.

Monthly Group Calls: With other CATAPULT Artists (the Program is curated for each cohort)

Expert Guests: Specialists chosen for the group's specific needs

Access: All recordings and materials are yours forever

Small Curated Cohort

BONUS: THRIVE Program: 30 bite-sized videos for sustainable practices

BONUS: SHUT UP & PLAN: Strategic planning intensive

BONUS: Strategy Workshop: Your Artistic True North: A personalised strategy workshop

BONUS: The Catapult Collective: An invitation to join this ongoing community of brilliant CATAPULT graduate artists

BONUS: Artist GPT: be the first to have one of The Artists' Mentor's first Artist driven GPT's for support in your practice

Apply for CATAPULT throughout July. Then have a short interview with Katy for more information and to understand more and to see if CATAPULT is right for you. Early bird discount applies for applications received by July 21.

✓  Are already doing their thing professionally 

✓  Want to negotiate and advocate for themselves (and others) in a way that feels authentic  

✓  Want to better articulate their value  

✓  Rely on pushing uphill with strong energy bursts and haven’t had a non-work related break for years  

✓  Want to build capacity without burning out 

✓  Want to deal with perfectionism and build confidence

✓  Are tired of advice that doesn't fit how they're wired 

 ✓  Want practical principles that lead to profound change  

✓  Need to address the worries that keep them up at night  

✓  Want a spacious and potent career 

✓  Struggle with the ‘people-side’ of navigating a professional artistic practice  

✓  Are ready for depth, not surface-level solutions

"I honestly can't recommend this program more. I felt so held and supported by Katy through some huge life moments. It's more than an artist development course, this program has changed my life in so many ways." 

Musician, Writer, Australia

"Rather than fighting my personality, thinking instead of how to creatively work with it", 

Visual Artist, Australia

"A paradigm shift in the way we think about creativity", 

Musician, Australia

"I have a newfound sense of fun and adventure",

 Musician/Actor, Ireland

"I'm able to be a kinder, more playful person towards myself" 

Musician, Australia

"From CATAPULT, I have learnt that this is possible, and that I have the right to design my own sustainably long-term artistic practice on my terms". 

Creative Director, Japan

"I have jettisoned attitudes that weren't working and am enjoying what I am creating much more".

 Painter, Australia

“I am now on the front-foot of money conversations, not waiting for them to happen to me”. 

Composer, Australia

Katy cares deeply about the person behind the art, and is able to observe, assess, interpret and comment upon many of the regular challenges artists face. She selflessly and honestly shares from her own experiences and draws upon her varied artistic work and research into what makes people 'tick' to help others create sustainable careers in the arts. 

Musician, Australia

"Throughout the 6 months, I have your artistic practice front of mind and partner with you to build capacity, clarity and real change."

Apply for CATAPULT throughout July. Then have a short interview with Katy for more information and to see if CATAPULT is right for you.

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CATAPULT

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Timeline

Applications Close: July 25, 5pm  

Interviews: July 8-31  

Places Offered: Throughout July (apply early)  

Program Starts: September 1, 2025

This isn't about surface-level fixes. It's about building a practice that works for who you authentically are.

LOW-TIME, HIGH-IMPACT - Most artists find they have more time, money and capacity after CATAPULT because they learn to do more with less.

Even if you're just curious, have a chat to confirm if this is the right next step for you. 

Early bird discount applies for applications received by July 21.