Getting Started Marketing Your
Art
By Pat Fiorello
Often after creating art for a while, artists start to consider selling
their artwork. But how does one get started or even know if selling your
work is right for you? First, ask yourself...more
When is a day job a work of art?
Answer: When you use it to sharpen your artistic skills
Sometimes the business of art includes everything but art. All of us at
one time or another find ourselves in situations that run counter to plan.
We end up in jobs that would seem to have nothing to do with our creative
work. Or we ... more
Creating a Budget: How to figure out
your real project budget
by Nancy Scerbo-Berlinger
Pay yourself! This is a new concept for some artists, but it's smarter to figure out now what your time is worth, represent this time in your project budget, and raise money based upon ...more
Defining Your Brand Identity - What business
are you in?
by Ann Daly, Arts Consultant
What business are you in? It's a deceptively simple question. And it isn't a rhetorical one, either. At last June's Dance/USA Roundtable in Miami, opening keynote speaker Alberto Ibargüen, editor of The Miami Herald, urged every attendee to consider the question seriously. Are you primarily an entertainer, he prompted, or an employer? "What," he asked, "do you stand for ... more
Focus on the big picture
By Linda Dessau
Ouch! Whether it's feedback we've asked for, an unsolicited remark called out from the audience or a simple "no" result of an audition or submission process, criticism and rejection are a huge part of our lives as creative artists. Sometimes we're so fearful of being criticized or rejected that we keep our creativity bottled up and don't let it out. This article features 10 tools for dealing with criticism and rejection. Other times we constantly adapt what we create, focusing only on the "market" and what they seem to be liking or disliking this week. Then we end up feeling like we're not truly expressing our creative impulses ...more
7 FREE Ways to Promote & Sell Your Art Online
