Maximize Your Audience Reach Marketing, sales, and general business management can be daunting at any stage of your career. Few working artists have a team behind them to figure it …
Newsletter
Getting Down to Business – April 2018 newsletter
This Month at CHF April was a tremendous month for CHF, as we engaged with working artists from coast to coast—talking “Mightier Marketing” at Artexpo New York, women in the arts …
Getting Down to Business – April 2018 newsletter Read More »
“Continuous learning makes a great CEO… – March 2018 newsletter
…and a great artist.” -John Furth in The Thriving Artist Podcast What’s New This Month at CHF This month on the podcast, the co-founder of StARTup Art Fair, Ray Beldner, joins us …
“Continuous learning makes a great CEO… – March 2018 newsletter Read More »
Galvanize the Industry – February 2018 newsletter
This Month’s Highlights: Santa Fe Art Business Summit 2018—spaces are filling up and it’s slated to be an exciting group—artists are joining us from all over the country. Building on …
Galvanize the Industry – February 2018 newsletter Read More »
“I’m not into that finance stuff” – January 2018 newsletter
Dear Friends: This month, Gigi Rosenberg of Professional Artist Magazine offers practical advice on how to ace your next grant proposal, and the Thriving Artist Podcast welcomesArree Chung to the show. An illustrator and founder …
“I’m not into that finance stuff” – January 2018 newsletter Read More »
Year-end Rewards! – December 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: You still have time to support CHF in 2017! Our year-end fundraiser is live for just three more days. Click ‘Contribute’ to make a tax-deductible donation before the year’s up …
This Is Why We Give – November 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: CHF is participating in Giving Tuesday, which means if you donate today on CHF’s Facebook page, your donation can be matched. Your donation at any other time is, …
Fail Better – October 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: This month’s Thriving Artist Podcast is full of advice to artists on the right ways to work and engage with museums: Seth Hopkins breaks down how “we can make the market bigger …
Making Art Work in the 21st Century – September 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: It wasn’t so long ago that the word “podcast” was coined. Now it has its own day—September 30 (see below). Just one more example of the rapidity with which …
Making Art Work in the 21st Century – September 2017 newsletter Read More »
Dark Side of the Moon – August 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: I have spent a lot of time around artists (“tell us something we don’t know,” you’re thinking). I have also spent significant time developing strategic plans of all kinds, …
Running Successfully On a Tightrope – July 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: This month we have rounded the corner on 2017—hard to believe! In our Accelerator we completed the shift from identifying big goals, to compiling detailed activity reports. I …
Running Successfully On a Tightrope – July 2017 newsletter Read More »
A Watershed Moment – June 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: June has been a watershed month for CHF. We marked the one-year anniversary of Doug Pensinger’s death, held a milestone event in Denver, introduced a major new initiative …
Our Little Secret – May 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: We are five months into our 2017 Business Accelerator, and it just got tough (or tougher, depending on whose opinion you solicit). Our Fellows are now crafting their …
Strength in Numbers – April 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: With the end of April upon us (I know, I can hardly believe it either), we’ve been reviewing the first quarter of our 2017 Business Accelerator. Considering that …