Shirley Crutchfield’s Gilded Second Act

An engineer by training, Chicago-based artist Shirley Yang Crutchfield worked in tech at organizations such as Sony, Fox and Amazon before pivoting to the arts. “I’ve always wanted to be an artist, and I painted as long as I could as a child, but I stopped doing that because of pursuits in ‘accomplishments;’ I felt that I had to prove myself, and everything goes through that,” she told Observer. After five big tech experiences, Crutchfield founded her company, Muses, a platform that connects creators and entrepreneurs...