This three-day event will feature high-level presentations and interactive sessions designed to educate and support artists in becoming self-sustaining entrepreneurs.
Art Business Professional
Building and Managing an Art Collection—CHF Interviews Megan Fox Kelly
Art advisor and appraiser Megan Fox Kelly helps collectors and foundations buy and sell art, and manage their existing collections.
Say Goodbye to the Fantasy of Being Discovered
Think you need the approval of industry gatekeepers to have a thriving art career? Think again. Seize control of your art business today and follow your own unique path to success.
We’re a semifinalist for the 2019 Drucker Prize!
The first round of the Drucker prize focuses on finding associations that best meet Peter Drucker’s definition of innovation: “Change that creates a new dimension of performance”.
Classical Skills for Modern Art Careers: The Case for Training and Tradition—Mandy Theis
“With the advent of Modernism, there was this idea that training would ruin your creativity.”
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Artists
You can’t control if your art is bought, or if the piece you’re working on now will be the one that makes a grant application successful. But you can control your goals and what you’re doing to make them happen.
The Revenge of the Working Artist
They say living well is the best revenge. The world tells you that artists are doomed to starve, but Carolyn Edlund breaks down this insidious lie and encourages working artists to flip the script.
Balancing the Demands of Being a Working Artist—Deb Slowey
To be successful, working artists have to be good multitaskers. That includes balancing studio and business time, and applying new technologies to maximum effect. Read how artist Deb Slowey juggles it all.
What the Heck Happens at These Things?
The central features of the CHF Art-Business Conference are: Accelerator Training for Professional Artists; The Thriving Art Exchange; and Continued Collaboration. Unlike a lot of conferences, this is not an annual, one and done event.
Register Now for the Santa Fe Art-Business Conference
Taking place September 16, 17, and 18 at the Santa Fe Convention Center, this might be one of our best events yet.
CHF Responds to The New York Times
The biggest hurdle we face is helping artists to overcome the archaic belief that they don’t deserve to make a sustainable living from their work.
White Supremacy in the Art World (and How to Fight It)
White supremacy is affecting many artists’ abilities to compete in the fine arts world. Here’s how we can combat it from the business side.
Fearlessly Take On The Big Daddy Ugly Goal—Willy Bo Richardson
“The challenge was to make [the goal] so scary and big that you can never accomplish it, and I’m making small steps towards that.”
Creatively And Successfully Run Your Business
Mary McBride is a international speaker, an executive coach, editor of Catalyst, and the chair of the Arts and Cultural Management and Design Management graduate programs at Pratt Institute School …
