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Willy Bo Richardson

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Santa Fe, New Mexico. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? It was 1994, and I was …

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Charlie Mostow

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Seattle, Washington. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? I was in middle school was when I …

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Peter Scaturro

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, though I also spent a total of five years in Spain and Italy as …

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Holly Van Hart

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? New York City. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? ​I always knew I was an artist. …

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Belgin Yucelen

Belgin Yucelen

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I spent the first half of my life in Istanbul and then moved to Boulder, Colorado, where I currently live. When/how did …

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Gregg Chadwick

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? My father was in the US Marine Corps so we moved frequently and traveled a lot. I was born in New Jersey, …

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White Out by Mark Anthony Martinez

How Discrimination in the Arts Impacts Your Business

Discrimination—it happens in every field and can take many forms. In the art industry, it’s the curator who leans in and says he really enjoys working with “cute little artist …

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Gonzalo Fuenmayor

Gonzalo Fuenmayor

2014, 2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, but I’ve been living in the US (New York, Boston, and Miami) on …

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Boots by Paul Wright

Boots on the Ground – March 2017 newsletter

Dear Friends: It’s spring…and as I write this, there are still piles of snow on the streets of New York. I hope it is not snowing wherever you are (unless …

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Nadia Fairlamb

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? My dad was a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. I was born in the States, but I spent my childhood …

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betsy-ehrenberg

Beyond Arts Education: Why Artists Need Business Training – Betsy Ehrenberg

“Sometimes they [artists] think earning money, charging for their work, is not something they want to do. They feel embarrassed to do so. It’s an attitude, I have no idea where it begins, but a lot of artists just look at the word ‘money’ and see a four letter word.”

Karen Fitzgerald

Karen Fitzgerald

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I was born in Oregon, but moved around a lot, from Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, to the Virgin Islands, Georgia, …

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Aaron Laux

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Madison, Wisconsin. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? I was certain of my identity as an …

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buying behaviors

Recognizing Buying Signals Can Mean the Difference Between Bulging Wallet and Broke

I was asked by a Fellow in the CHF Business Accelerator Program if I could shed some light on buying signals and behaviors–what they are and how to recognize them. …

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jack-morris

A True Partnership Between Artist and Gallerist – CHF Interviews Jack Morris

Jack Morris has been trading art for nearly 55 years. He has opened commercial galleries in Houston, Dallas, Santa Fe, Hilton Head Island, and Scottsdale, and his Scottsdale Art Auction …

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Mary Crenshaw

2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Richmond, Virginia. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? When I was very young, maybe six years …

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