The VILLAIN CHALLENGE

75 hard for creativity

SEPTEMBER” SOld Out

Next: october

Registration opens Sept 15 for Waitlist.

$799 - Join Waitlist for 25% off and early access.
installment plan available!

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The Villain Challenge. Like 75 Hard, but for Creativity
Your creative coming-of-age. In 30 days.

  • I always say: you've never met a more ruthless advocate for your creativity than me.

    The Villain Challenge is 

    • part intensive course, part 30-day gauntlet, part group/community ceremony— designed to accelerate your creative coming-of-age. 

    • Sampler platter  of everything I teach at my Life Is Art School for Artists: mythology, ancient wisdom, discipline, art history, embodied creative maturity, shadow work, spiritual conviction, facing the fear of being seen, and so much more. Everything I wish I'd learned in art school.

    • The most unconventional creativity course - you won’t believe what’s inside. 

    Break the rules that keep you stuck. Color outside your lines in ways you can't currently access. Play in your own creative landscape like your inner villain — and make your most potent work.

  • What’s Included:

    • 6 Live Villain + Creativity Workshops (w/me ) 18+ total hours + replays

    • 2 Office Hour Calls with me (open forum, group coaching, Q&A, more)

    • Community Led Creativity Events

    • Structured homework + Weekly Creativity Capstones Projects

    • unlimited peer-led co-working

    • 1 month Free in my Virtual Community

    • private classroom portal

    • PDF Guide: Written Lessons, Exercises, Journal Prompts, Resources

    • Discounts to 1:1 (space limited)

  • Who should Sign Up for the VIllain Challenge

    • ALL LEVELS and DISCIPLINES Welcome. Seasoned professional, blubbering idiots, in transition. Founder, Painter, Corporate UnderCover, doesn’t matter. 

    • need ruthless advocacy and support

    • Have a talent that feels TOO BIG

    • Are ready to QUIT

    • feel weird, isolated, different but SPECIAL

    • nerds, divergents, women who run with wolves, and the Star Wars/LOTR

    • Curious about my work, but need the sampler. 

  • Coure Outline + Lecture Schedule

    • Week 0 | The Villain Prepares - Set your Goal! Community group opens, orientation, prep, get organized, make friends!

    • Week 1 | Meeting Your Villain - discover your fear, creative the lore for your inner villain that allows you to defeat your inner coward

    • Week 2 | Studying Your Villain - Your inner villain exposes the patterns that keep you stuck

    • Week 3 | Battling your villain - Harnessing Your Villainous Traits of Creativity - Explore how "villainous" traits can fuel creativity, break outdated creative rules.

    • Week 4 | Student Becomes Master.- Strategies for long-term integration of your inner villain into your creative practice.Integrating with the world. closing.

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REVIEWS FROM PAST STUDENTS

"An absolute life and game-changer. All the things you would need to inspire creative change. Community, accountability, education, conversion, challenges, routines, and an aspiring sage of a leader in Vanessa.

—Kyson Dana

“This course helped me so one of my biggest psychological blind spots. The prompts and weekly lessons helped me develop a new relationship with a hidden part of me. It's a blend between shadow work and creative expression with a weekly pep rally. Vanessa teaches  like a preacher, seeing her message as something bigger and more important than herself. It's beautiful to witness and deeply activating for everyone to feel that energy.”

-Sara Beard

“Ms. Aldrich's depth of knowledge and facility with the component parts of the creative process is nothing short of a tour-de-force. Her ability to navigate and illuminate the creative journey is remarkable.”

-Kevin Mills

“Never in my life have I been surrounded by so many inspiring people that are on the same journey. Would 10000% recommend.”

-Dezi Abeyta

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime to class@lifeisartschool.com

JOIN THE CHALLENGE

  • Every Monday in September at 7 PM EST. First class is the exception, landing on Tuesday, September 8th (Labor Day pushes it a day). You'll also get a Google Calendar invite for every session so it's all in one place.

  • Every call is recorded and yours to keep. Download it, rewatch it, catch up whenever. Live is ideal if you can accomodate it.

  • All levels, all disciplines. Seasoned professionals, artists in transition, corporate undercover creatives, people convinced they're too far gone. If you've got a talent that feels too big, if you're circling quitting, if you've always felt a little weird and a little different and a little too much, this is for you.

  • No. This is intensity by design, not perfection. Vanessa does most of the heavy lifting. Show up for the pieces that fit your life: the live workshops, the daily rules, the weekly capstones, the community. Participate at whatever level works for you. No one gets left behind.

  • Villain Challenge members get access to discounted 1:1 sessions with Vanessa (space is limited). It's the fastest way to go deeper if the group container isn't enough on its own.

  • All sales are final. No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.