{"id":11324,"date":"2026-04-16T12:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/?p=11324"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:55:54","slug":"s-lawhorne-photography-finds-focus-and-growth-with-risbdc-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/s-lawhorne-photography-finds-focus-and-growth-with-risbdc-support\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Lawhorne Photography Finds Focus and Growth with RISBDC Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sarah Lawhorne, owner of S. Lawhorne Photography, is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work blends analogue photography, writing, and poetry with influences from Taoist and Zen philosophy. While her artistic brand and body of work were growing, Sarah sought clearer business direction to support long-term sustainability and expansion. Since 2023, she has worked with the RISBDC to strengthen her business foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through advising sessions with Amit Basnet, RISBDC Central Region Director, Sarah refined her strategic direction, clarified the unique benefits of her services, and identified target markets for her creative offerings. Together, they established measurable goals, realistic milestones, and a strategic roadmap to support her growth, including evaluating the feasibility of opening a studio space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this guidance, Sarah achieved a major milestone in December 2025. She secured a studio in Westerly\u2019s vibrant arts district. Her new space positions her business for increased visibility, collaboration, and client growth, with a ribbon cutting planned for spring 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Lawhorne, owner of S. Lawhorne Photography, is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work blends analogue photography, writing, and poetry with influences from Taoist and Zen philosophy. While her artistic brand and body of work were growing, Sarah sought clearer business direction to support long-term sustainability and expansion. Since 2023, she has worked with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5436,"featured_media":11326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11325,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324\/revisions\/11325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}