The 8 C’s for a PROSPEROUS Art Career
By Alyson B. Stanfield, Art Biz Coach – The artists I know and love are anything but linear, so how are they expected to work with a traditional business plan? I encourage you to nurture a holistic approach to your art career, which is why I developed The See Plan. I …
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3 Distractions that can Derail Your Art Business
By Carolyn Edlund, Guest Blogger – Not long ago I had a conversation with a ceramic artist who had a terrific body of work that was highly appealing and saleable. She was in a good place, increasing sales and expanding into a new marketplace. During our talk, she revealed something very …
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15 Reasons Why Now Is Best Time to Be an Artist
By Barney Davey, Guest Blogger – To Be An Artist Is A Gift! It Is a Unique Thing to Be an Artist. Learn to Celebrate, Enjoy and Utilize the Blessings You Have! While much of the world is plunged into darkness, we, by comparison, live with a nearly embarrassing, …
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Should an Artist Title Their Artworks?
Every month we receive many “untitled” artworks for our online art competitions. Because of this, we suggest that artists title all of their artworks. As a judge, a title provides me with a better understanding of what the artist wanted me to see and feel. When an artist titles their …
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How to Be an Artist without Totally Losing It
By JoAnneh Nagler, Guest Blogger – The first thing we usually think of when we hear the word ‘artist’ is ‘struggling artist’ or ‘starving artist.’ We tend measure ourselves against two crazy extremes—either by our willingness to starve, or by the multi-million dollar success of the very few. We were …
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What Makes an Artist Professional?
By Aletta de Wal, Guest Blogger – There is still a lot of debate among artists about using the word “professional” to describe themselves. For artists who consider themselves “pure artists,” that word often implies commercialism and “selling out.” That’s not how I see it. I think that there is …
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Why Art Marketing Mastery Matters
By Barney Davey, Guest Blogger – The latest uproar in the online art marketing community is raging due to changes on Instagram. You no longer get follower updates presented chronologically. Instagram, following in its owner, Facebook’s path, is using algorithms determined by data points to display what you see. Recently, …
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Ready for an “Artist in Residence” Program?
By Danielle Austen, Guest Blogger – Everglades National Park is a nature photographer’s dream. On my second visit, a park ranger told me about their artist-in-residence program. He opened my eyes to a whole world of artistic opportunity! When photographers travel, it is often with family, friends or to attend …
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Make Your Gallery Relationships a Win/Win
By Carolyn Edlund, Guest Blogger – Galleries can be of great assistance to artists. They are your representatives, who display, market and sell your work to collectors. They have contacts and existing customers to whom they can recommend your art. And, they may provide feedback and guidance to help you …
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Give Them What They Want… (Art Judges That Is!)
Artists who compete in art competitions wish to be recognized and have their art validated. How they use that recognition is up to each particular artist (a whole other post topic). Artists can gain more recognition if they give art judges what they are looking for when they judge and …
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How to Approach an Art Gallery
By Jenny Judova, Guest Blogger – Gallery Representation is the Holy Grail for many artists, a symbol that you made it as an artist, that you are recognized by the industry. I will not spend time repeating what I have said over and over again that in this day and …
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Comparing an Artist’s CV with an Artist’s Biography
For our monthly online art competitions and our special “Solo Art Series” competitions we ask artists to provide us with a biography. A well written biography helps to get an artist into our competition’s “Top 10” and to become part of our “Overall” winning artists category. A good biography is …
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