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This is Your Opportunity!
Take an in-person deep dive into the business side of your practice as a visual artist. Build your power-collective of fellow artists and industry professionals, and create a truly effective action plan for your own business (to grow your career). Cultivate relationships with galleries. Leverage sales strategies for art (like wholesaling). Maximize digital sales of your work. Price your work for maximum revenue. Create sales and marketing messages that truly resonate with your audience.
Schedule At a Glance
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Program Speakers
Wendy Rosen
Founder, Arts Business Institute
Wendy Rosen is a nationally-recognized arts advocate who has been mentoring artists and makers for over 35 years. Her first book “Crafting as a Business” is considered a classic seminal guide to the handmade business, and she is frequently sought after for business consulting. She is the founder of The American Made Show, The Arts Business Institute, and the American Made Alliance. She is the publisher of NICHE Magazine for retailers, and recently launched the online wholesale portal Best in American Made which matches bestselling production studios with retailers.
Carolyn Edlund
Executive Director, Arts Business Institute
Carolyn Edlund’s background includes owning a production ceramic studio for twenty years, selling extensively at retail and wholesale. Subsequently, she spent several years as an outside sales rep for art publishers, paper and gift lines. In 2009, she launched Artsy Shark, which is recognized as a “top ten” art business blog. She does extensive private consulting for artists, has written seven e-courses on the business of art, and authored hundreds of related articles.
Elizabeth Hulings
Director, The Clark Hulings Fund
Elizabeth Hulings, daughter of famed artist Clark Hulings, is founder of The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists. Elizabeth is a strategist who drives organizational achievement by insisting on clarity of purpose, detailed planning, and conclusive action. Her leadership at the Clark Hulings Fund brings practical business training and strategic toolsets to working artists who are not provided those things by art and business schools, but who increasingly require self-reliant, entrepreneurial behavior in an evolving marketplace.
Daniel DiGriz
Corporate Storyteller
Daniel DiGriz helps organizations find and tell their story. He is a corporate storyteller that writes a Forbes column, hosts podcasts, and speaks at conferences.
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