Ten questions to identify where you are in your practice and what your clearest next step looks like. Takes about three minutes.
Below 8 — Start with Flagship
You’re in a formative stage.
Recommended Path:
- Join a Festival to Flagship Program workshop to reflect on your artistic clarity
- Then reassess for infrastructure readiness
8–11 — Best Served by Flagship + DIY Digital
You have some foundations but need more clarity and infrastructure to take your practice forward.
Recommended Path:
- From Festival to Flagship Program
- DIY Digital (after flagship clarity)
12–15 — Strong Candidate for Deep Roots or DIY Digital
You have:
- Some clarity
- Partial infrastructure
- Interpretive awareness
Recommended Path:
- Flagship workshop as refinement of your current practice
- Deep Roots to build contextual depth and research authority
- DIY Digital to flesh out your systems (individual workshops and/or Tune-Up Intensive for activation)
16–20 — Ready for Fellowship / Full Pathway
You have:
- A solid program concept
- Active infrastructure
- Interpretive grounding
- Leadership orientation
Recommended Path:
- Future of Folk Fellowship when it opens—lets talk about what the first cohort could mean for you!
- Deep Roots if you’re looking for more formal interpretive refinement
- DIY Digital Tune-Up Intensive to activate and strengthen your infrastructure