2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? La Canada, California, near Pasadena, in the Los Angeles area. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? …
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Making Your Art Business “Investment Grade”
Throughout CHF’s year-long Business Accelerator, we are in constant communication with our Fellows and frequently request their feedback so that we can make the program even better. As part of this process, we compiled …
Donna Lee Nyzio
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I was born in Rhode Island, but I grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, a small town near the coast, between Providence and …
Letter to a Working Artist
The first sign that you are an entrepreneur is thinking, “Wow, this is a LOT.” If you’re NOT feeling a little overwhelmed, you’re not in charge of a business. The …
Blake Conroy
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Aberdeen, Maryland. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? As early as I can remember. My grandmother …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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
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 …
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 …
