Art is a Business, and Artists Should Run It
The marketplace is changing—not just technology, but HOW art is marketed, bought, and sold. You, the Artist, are at the center of this. Take charge of your career, mesmerize your audience, maximize your extraordinary professional advantages, and Sell-Sell-Sell. This is going to be an amazing event. Tickets are on sale now.
Join Us for This Important Learning Event
Registration also includes Colleague-level access to CHF's Digital Learning Portal.
Price: $395
Attending the Art-Business Conference was one of the best investments of my time and resources I’ve made. I feel like the trajectory of my art career has changed because of it. I gained the confidence to share my ideas to an audience of peers and instructors who understand and support the vision for my art business and want it to succeed.
Bradley Reyes
Fine Art Painter
The Art-Business Conference gave my wholesale business the jumpstart it needed to propel me forward and tools to take the next steps. The workshops were informative, motivating and eye-opening. I recommend this event to all passionate artists who want to make a living doing what they love.
Alene Geed
Jewelry Designer
FRI: PM
Opening Reception & Art Business Congress at Turner House in Oak Cliff
401 N. Rosemont Ave, Dallas TX 75208
SATURDAY / SUNDAY
Art-Business Training at Alexander Mansion
4607 Ross Ave, Dallas TX 75204
SAT: AM
Shape Your Own Art Career
SAT: PM
Deliver Your Powerful Message
SUN: AM
Sell – Sell – Sell
SUN: PM
Maximize Your Advantages
Roundtable Participants
Friday at the Turner House
Kenda North
Kenda North resides in Dallas and is professor of photography at UT Arlington. Her work is represented by Craighead Green Gallery in Dallas. She has had over fifty one-person exhibitions (national and international) and participated in hundreds of juried group exhibitions since 1977. Her work is in the public collections of over fifty museum and gallery collections. Kenda North is currently Board President of the Emergency Artists Support League (EASL).
Liana Yarckin
Liana Yarckin’s watercolor scenes exude beauty, joy, & distinctive stories. Dallas-based, she has an architecture / interior design background & earned Signature Status in the Southwestern Watercolor Society. Liana's paintings are shown in galleries, shows, & online along with commissioned work to diversified collectors & commercial locations, including Thanksgiving Square, Baylor Hospital, and Theater of Dallas.
Alan Simmons
Alan Simmons launched Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art with his partner, Lindsey Carneal, in 2012. Throughout 17 years of professional art and design, Alan has delivered hundreds of projects around the world and placed thousands of pieces of art. The gallery / consultancy plays an active role in the Dallas arts and philanthropic community and is a member of Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD) and the Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA).
Nadia Fairlamb
Nadia is an artist who sculpts with local tropical hardwoods and mirror glass. She is a self-trained woodworker who uses a jigsaw and hand tools to create her pieces the same way a master artist uses a paintbrush or pencil. Nadia includes mirrors in many of her pieces because she wants her art to be both practical and decorative. Nadia is one of CHF’s 2018 Executive Art Business Accelerator Fellows.
Katherine Wagner
As CEO, Katherine Wagner has provided executive leadership for Business Council for the Arts for nearly a decade, expanding business support for the arts through programs like Leadership Arts Institute in Dallas; On My Own Time, a business engagement program based on creativity; the Business of Art, providing education to arts orgs and artists; and the Arts & Industry Breakfasts and studies on the economic impact of arts and culture.
The Turner House is a beautifully restored landmark historic home for the preservation and promotion of the arts, which celebrated 100 years of history in 2012.
Owned by The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, the Turner House is a resource to the art and architectural communities and center of vibrant community life.
The OCSFA builds community relationships through its support of the arts and preservation of Dallas' early history.
Conference Leaders
Saturday and Sunday at The Alexander Mansion
Elizabeth Hulings
Director, The Clark Hulings Fund
Elizabeth Hulings, daughter of famed artist Clark Hulings, is the 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 or business schools, but who increasingly require self-reliant entrepreneurial skills in the evolving marketplace.
Carolyn Edlund
Sales Director, The Clark Hulings Fund
Carolyn Edlund’s background includes owning a production ceramic studio for 20 years, selling extensively at retail and wholesale. Subsequently, she spent several years as an outside sales rep for art publishers, and 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.
Daniel DiGriz
Corporate Storyteller
Daniel DiGriz is a corporate storyteller who writes a Forbes column, hosts podcasts, and is a charismatic speaker at national conferences. Daniel leads organizations and entrepreneurs to find and deliver their brand narrative to motivated buyers and constituents.
The Historic Alexander Mansion
The Art-Business Conference is being held at the Alexander Mansion at 4607 Ross Avenue in Dallas, just blocks from the city's vibrant Arts District. One of the few remaining original homes on Ross Avenue, the Alexander Mansion is a remarkable example of its era.
Since 1930, this stately structure has been home to The Dallas Woman’s Forum, which is now in its 111th year and remains a force to be reckoned with in the city. The Forum is currently engaged in a full restoration of the mansion.
CHF is thrilled to hold our Art Business Conference here. We welcome the opportunity to call attention to this beautiful space, as well as to the Forum’s ongoing efforts to champion its community’s rich history, art, and design.
Acknowledgments
We're pleased to collaborate with Morrow & Associates for this event.
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