_edited.jpg)
About the Kasi Drummer, Instructor of Artist's Launch Academy
Website designer, art marketing coach and Search Engine Optimization Specialist
I started my career in website design and SEO in 2020, my first website that I built was a food blog that I wanted to start because I was bored. But I found the making of the website was the fun part!
I learned more and started building more websites for business owners until August 2024 when I met my first art client. After that, I couldn't get this academy out of my head. It became an obsession.
Artist's Launch Academy digital doors open July 1, 2026! Join the waitlist!
The moment my obsession with art marketing education started
In August 2024, I met an artist who changed my entire life.
She was a multi medium artist and genuinely talented. She had asked to meet with me to be her social media manager from a referral from one of the co-founders of Powerful Purses, a non-profit that I am the marketing chair member of. However, I am not a social media manager, I am a marketing manager. So I begin to ask her my typical discovery questions.
"What do you want people to do when they find you on social media?"
"Do you have a website?"
"Do you have an email list?"
"How does someone actually purchase your work?"
But unlike most of the business owners that I have worked with previously, she had no answers other than she wanted to be on Instagram.
After that meeting, I went home and thought about it for a long time. Then I picked up my phone and found as many artists who would talk to me.
Over the next month and a half, I spoke to over 100 artists that are emerging artists. The same story came up every time.
They were all working hard, most times a second job, but social media algorithm was making them hate selling their art.
That's the moment I decided to take out my big white paper and start connecting the dots to create the academy artists deserve.
My background,
My older sister is an artist
I grew up watching my sister draw all day. Her passion started with Invader Zim. We all loved that show and she started making different characters and writing stories about them. Her art evolved into her own style and when we got older, I was able to watch her sell her art. She started an art community in 2019 and hosted several art galleries.
She also tried to get me into art, her believe was that everyone can create art they just need to find their medium. We tried clay, watercolor, pencil, acrylic, color pencils and the only one that I really loved was pencil landscapes. I was terrible at faces and hands of all creatures but drawing flowers and structures within a specific point of view was my favorite thing to do.
That is why after the academy is launched, I am going to start my own art. Partly because I want to but also because I feel like if I start to sell my own art, I will get better insight into the current artist lifestyle so I can grow my education.
Join the waitlist for Artist's Launch Academy
start your art marketing education as soon as possible!
Enrollment opens on July 1, 2026. By joining the waitlist, I will send you an email a week ahead so you can purchase your workbook so you can get started immediately!
Understanding art marketing isn't optional anymore for a lot of independent artists and my education will help you get your art business on track and making money!
While I am finishing the academy, I will be sending Friday updated on the progress to my newsletter. Right now I have 80+ artists waiting for this academy, I hope to see your name on that list!