75% of artists increased their sales and marketing, tracked their sales more effectively, AND made more of their total income from making and selling art. Art-business training works.
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CHF Discovers Secret Sauce for Visual Artists’ Entrepreneurial Success
The report is a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances, contributions, and needs of professional visual artists in the US, as well as a thorough examination of the ingredients necessary for their success.
CHF Panel Presents “Artist as Entrepreneur: Becoming the CEO of your life”
CHF is bringing its message of artist empowerment to stARTup Art Fair Houston with a panel on October 12, 2019.
Successful Art-Business Event in Santa Fe!
44 artists upped their game at our Santa Fe Art-Business Conference. You or an artist you know can still register for the November conference in Virginia!
CHF Adds Two New Advisory Board Members
CHF is excited to announce that two wonderful new artworld luminaries are joining The Foundation’s advisory board – noted artist Camilla Webster and curator Valeray Francisco.
Professionalize the Personal: Bridge the Two Sides of Your Art Career
When you decide to become a professional artist, you’re putting a wild and personal realm under economic pressure. How can you manage that?
Infiltrate the Business World in the Name of Art—Noah Scalin
“Certainly the jobs that are going to go last are going to be the ones that require people to creative problem-solve and come up with unique new ideas.”
Get Inspired By Pixar’s 4-Part Business Plan
Clearly defining where your talents lie and where you need to leave yourself time to grow can be part of how you can build a creative business over time.
Warhol and the West: Redefining a Genre—CHF Interviews Seth Hopkins
Think you know Western art? Read our interview with the Booth Museum’s Seth Hopkins, and learn more about its upcoming Warhol exhibition.
Don’t Miss the Virginia Art-Business Conference!
The Virginia event starts with a Thriving Art Exchange, followed by two days of entrepreneurial training for artists, including how to develop a career blueprint.
Our 2019 Accelerator Fellows Are Learning to Thrive
Learn more about our 15 extraordinary Fellows and see how these professional working artists are driving their careers and businesses forward.
The Thriving Artist™️ Podcast Makes the Top Ten
With over 90,000 downloads, we’ve reached listeners in 111 countries and all 50 states. Now we’ve made the top ten. Isn’t it time you tuned in and got inspired?
Overcome Magical Thinking to Succeed as an Artist
Artists are rarely discovered by accident. Those who get the big breaks have strategically put themselves in the right place. They’ve made their own luck.
Artists Are Solving Atomic-Level Problems—Cyndi Conn
“The arts are not just an amenity, they’re a critical function of society and a part of the fabric of social, cultural, and also economic life and livelihood for our country.”
