“When you decide what you want to do, you become more intentional about what you choose to do.”
Podcast
Lock Down Your Rights to Your Own Art—Emily Danchuk, Esq.
“If you don’t file a copyright application in a timely fashion you pay a very, very significant price. […] Artists really need to copyright their works I would say, immediately.”
Make the Gig Economy Work for You—Angela Heath
“If you always give more than you ask, then networking is effective.”
Get to Emerging Artist Status and Beyond—Bonnie Clearwater
“There are so many platforms now for an artist living in obscure or out-of-the way places to get their work out and be seen.”
Leverage Your Non-Art Expertise for a Career Blueprint—Kristin LeVier
Kristin makes work at the intersection of art and science that connects us to the “extraordinary, strange beauty of the natural world.”
Get Your Art Into Hotels and Corporate Spaces—Rachel Berg
“Make sure you’re always retaining the rights to the work. If someone is asking you to sign the rights, there’s a problem. Because we are asking permission to use it; not to own it.”
Identify Pivotal Opportunities for Business Growth – Nadia Fairlamb
“I consider myself a business owner, and my business is art. So I know that I’m running a business, and every artist that I know that’s making money is doing it the same way.”
Generate Powerful Publicity: A Sistine Chapel Mindset – Todd Scalise
“The tipping point in my business was being able to educate people about why what I’m doing is different.”
Leverage Your Creative Skills to Improve Your Finances – Christina Empedocles
“Your art practice will change; it’s absolutely necessary to plan for it. I don’t want to hustle to find rent money when I’m 80!”
Build a Brand That Gets a Response – Jenny Darroch
“The thing that trips students up the most is embracing that a commercial approach to art is OK.”
How Creative Entrepreneurs Build Investment Capital – Alice Loy
“Creatives can, and should, own the companies that creatives work at—creative people are uniquely suited to understand opportunities and problems and therefore develop solutions for market opportunities.”
Do Art Fairs Pay Off? – Ray Beldner
“Having one-on-one face time with an artist is what the viewer wants, it’s a good way to sell art and look at art.”
How to Grow Your Customer Base and Increase Sales – Steve Pruneau
“It doesn’t matter what your art is, if your intention is to earn a living from it and thrive in your art, that proposal will help you figure out how you’re going to get there.”
Engage New Sales Avenues to Increase Art Income – Aaron Laux
It’s been an evolution to be a professional artist, and it’s taken me a long time to get here….I’m coming around to really seeing this as not only what I do, but my lifestyle and my income.”
