Creative Courage Dealer

For Mavericks & Creative Misfits

It’s time to release fear, fads and fuckery 

in service of your most potent creative expression

I’m

Ali Mapletoft

Creative Director & Mentor

Ambitious creatives, performers and artists come to me when they're ready to stop being careful.

I’m for you if you’ve got more in you than you’re showing, and you’re sick of the sound of your own excuses.

All my work comes back to one idea: unexpressed creativity is energy with nowhere to go. My job is to help you direct it.

That means making the work you’ve been too polite to make. Completing the series that’s been bugging you for years. Pricing it like you mean business. Saying yes to the collaboration that makes your stomach flip. Finishing the damn book…

I work in two ways:

Mentorship

This is for artists, performers and multi-passionate creatives on the cusp of becoming terrifyingly brave. We meet twice a month, and in between I’m on hand for the moments your nerve wobbles. I’ve worked with fine artists showing in LA and London, wellness practitioners finding their voices, and performers stepping into big scary visibility.

Creative Direction

I work with visionaries who are ready to become icons in their industry without abandoning their inner weirdo. From brand identity to styling and visual language, we build a world together, culminating in a world-class photoshoot.

Background

I’ve spent 20+ years on the other side of the curtain: award-winning animation and music videos, my own label, Age of Reason Studios, stocked at Selfridges and Liberty and featured in Vogue, and a coaching method, Beyond The Masterpiece®, that’s reached over 3,000 creative entrepreneurs.

Creative Director Ali Mapletoft dressed in a red dress, firing an arrow towards the camera with a flower head on the tip of the arrow.
"Working with Ali has been nothing short of life changing for me, and I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have found her when I did. Under Ali's guidance I went from barely knowing what I wanted, to having the resolve to create the thriving, thrilling creative life of my dreams in all its complexity and nuance." Susan Maddux- Artist
"Ali has an incredible skill to be able to meet you where you are energetically, practically and physically, and inspire you to elevate."
Katie Manning Trauma Coach, Artist
"My ad-spend has gone down since using these images! And I'm noticing people taking my brand way more seriously."

Polly Lavarello - Founder/ Business Coach

Work With Me

Create your visual identity with me

Listen To My Podcast

Beyond The Masterpiece® is Ali’s unapologetically honest podcast for established luminary leaders and artists.

This is not your average art podcast; it’s a provocative and candid exploration of the creative realm, where we delve deep into the experience of being an experienced creative. 

Are you ready to bring your most powerful vision to life?  Join Ali and her guests as you  transcend industry norms, break free from self-censorship, and liberate yourself from the shackles of fear.

Tune in and join the conversation!

“I love the way Ali communicates, very honestly and with great clarity.”

Rebecca Hunt- Artist

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