“If you always give more than you ask, then networking is effective.”
Art Business Professional
Get to Emerging Artist Status and Beyond—Bonnie Clearwater
“There are so many platforms now for an artist living in obscure or out-of-the way places to get their work out and be seen.”
Connecting Florida’s Art Community—Rickie Leiter
Rickie’s free online publication features artist stories, helpful tips, upcoming art events, and calls to artists and artisans for both juried and non-juried shows.
We’ve Built a Learning Community for Artist-Entrepreneurs
If you’re still going it alone and digging through a mish-mash of help videos and course-selling sites, you can stop that now. Artists now have a place to acquire essential entrepreneurial skills AND connect with other artists.
CHF Announces 16 Artist Fellows 2019 Art-Business Accelerator
“This year’s group of applicants was very diverse, in terms of medium, style, genre, stage of career, business model, interests, background, and location. It was a really broad, fascinating group, which made for a competitive and exciting selection process,” said Elizabeth Hulings, CHF’s director.
Leverage Your Non-Art Expertise for a Career Blueprint—Kristin LeVier
Kristin makes work at the intersection of art and science that connects us to the “extraordinary, strange beauty of the natural world.”
The Thriving Artist™ Podcast is a Portable Business Education
Strike up the band. Let there be dancing. We just passed 60K, and the cake won’t hold all the candles!
Adapting To New Markets by Redefining Genres—CHF Interviews Mian Situ
In this interview, Situ discusses the differing approaches to art education in the East and the West, and how an artist’s passion for his work can affect its saleability.
Dean Mitchell
Dean Mitchell is a nationally recognized painter of figures, landscapes, and still lifes, and his work often depicts themes from his Florida upbringing.
The CHF “Road Show”: Coming to a City Near You
Everything CHF stands for can be understood from what we’re doing on the ground in locations all over the US.
Building a Community of Artists—CHF Interviews Judith HeartSong
Judith discusses the benefits of working in a cooperative gallery environment, and suggests ways that artists can connect with their peers and other art-industry experts.
Get Your Art Into Hotels and Corporate Spaces—Rachel Berg
“Make sure you’re always retaining the rights to the work. If someone is asking you to sign the rights, there’s a problem. Because we are asking permission to use it; not to own it.”
Adding Reproductions to Your Portfolio—CHF Interviews Neil Ganucheau
Neil walks artists through the scanning and printing process, and encourages them to include reproductions in the overall portfolio of products they can market.
Identify Pivotal Opportunities for Business Growth – Nadia Fairlamb
“I consider myself a business owner, and my business is art. So I know that I’m running a business, and every artist that I know that’s making money is doing it the same way.”
Generate Powerful Publicity: A Sistine Chapel Mindset – Todd Scalise
“The tipping point in my business was being able to educate people about why what I’m doing is different.”
