Use Claude to Run the Business Around Your Art
Most people teach creative business owners how to use AI to make the art. I teach them how to use AI to run the business around their art - so the art stays yours.
Sessions 1 & 2 are free · Live 90-min builds · Walk away with it running
This is not about AI generating your art. This is about using Claude to run the business around your art - email, content, listings, systems, automation.
What is Creative Systems Lab?
Creative Systems Lab is a live build series from Amanda Grace Design where creative business owners - surface pattern designers, illustrators, makers, Etsy and POD shop owners - learn to use Claude, the AI assistant, to run the business side of their art. Every session is a 90-minute live build on Zoom: you show up, we build a real piece of your business together, and you leave with it running.
The promise is simple: you walk away with something built - not just something learned.
- Live every other Wednesday at 1pm ET · 90 minutes
- Sessions 1 & 2 are completely free
- $67 per live session after that - and the recording is yours forever
- Beginner-friendly. No code. If you can open a browser tab, you can finish.
Live only. Recording yours forever after.
What you'll actually build
These aren't webinars, and there's no homework you'll never do. Each session ends with a working system in your business. The lineup includes:
- A lead magnet and 5-email welcome sequence - written with Claude, in your voice
- Your offer and reason-to-buy, sharpened so everything downstream converts
- One keyword workflow for SEO across Etsy, Pinterest, and Google
- A caption and content engine for Instagram that points back to your offer
- A 30-minute weekly system that gets you out of admin chaos
- Then the hands-on arc: Claude on your desktop with Cowork, custom skills, scheduled tasks, automations, and connecting Claude to the tools you already use
Who the Lab is for
Creative business owners of every stripe. The designer who just opened her Etsy shop and is drowning in tabs. The maker running a real business where everything is still manual. The serial creator with five income streams that don't talk to each other. The successful operator who knows she's leaving money on the table because the tech side scares her. And the AI-curious artist who wants the help without feeling like a fraud.
Beginner-friendly. No code. If you can open a browser tab, you can finish.
And if what you actually need is 1:1 strategy on your whole business - not a build session - that's the Art Biz Audit.
Why learn Claude from me?
I have a programming degree and 25 years in tech. I taught network engineering and web design at the high school and college level for a decade. I've spoken on multiple AI summits. I'm also a working surface designer licensed by Nordstrom, HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, and Sand & Fog.
I'm not a tech bro teaching artists. I'm an artist who taught tech for 25 years.
What students are already building with Claude
"By learning my voice, automating, and integrating scheduled tasks, Claude is helping me prepare newsletters, blogs, and social media posts that took so much time away from art creation before. Now I get to spend more time on what I love: painting!"
- Gabrielle Alice, Surface Pattern Artist
"Claude has absolutely revolutionised the way I do the mundane and admin tasks in my business. What used to take me an hour now takes minutes... I can finally do more of the fun things in my business again."
- Sophie Timms, Creative Business Owner
"With Claude my Pinterest and Instagram captions are now optimized for converting - thanks to Mandy's guidance and support."
- Lizzy Clark, Creative Business Owner
Creative Systems Lab FAQ
Straight answers, no fluff.
What is Creative Systems Lab?
A live build series from Amanda Grace Design where creative business owners learn to use Claude, the AI assistant, to run the business around their art. Every 90-minute session builds a real system live: email, offers, SEO, content, automations. Sessions run every other Wednesday at creativesystemslab.com.
Is this about making art with AI?
No, and it never will be. Creative Systems Lab teaches AI for the business side only: writing, email, listings, systems, automation. Your art stays yours. Always.
How much does it cost?
Sessions 1 and 2 are free. After that, each live session is $67, and the recording is yours forever.
Do I need to be technical?
No. The Lab is built for artists, not engineers. If you can open a browser tab, you can finish every build. The free Claude plan is all you need to start.
Why Claude and not ChatGPT?
The Lab teaches one tool deeply instead of five tools badly. Claude is the AI assistant every session, skill, and automation is built on, the same way a Procreate teacher teaches Procreate. Here's the full reasoning.
The next session is waiting.
Session 2 - Stop Fighting Claude: Build the Project and Prompts That Make It Work - is free, live Wednesday, July 8 at 1pm ET.
Not ready for a live session? Start with the free 10 AI Prompts for Creative Business.
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