Cary Michael Robinson, an acclaimed visual artist, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Design Examiner, 9-time grant recipient, entrepreneur and founder of Artbae (“Art Before Anything Else”), an award-winning arts, advocacy and events organization based in Washington, D.C. (artbaeonline.com), shares how he has been able to successfully navigate the creative landscape of the DMV to obtain funding for his art practice and spills his best kept strategies from an artist’s and entrepreneurial perspective.