“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.”
Legal & Logistics
Lock Down Your Rights to Your Own Art—Emily Danchuk, Esq.
“If you don’t file a copyright application in a timely fashion you pay a very, very significant price. […] Artists really need to copyright their works I would say, immediately.”
Passion or Profit? Choose Both
Before you started your business, you only needed to be good at creating art. But as soon as you decide to take the next step and earn a living from …
Best Practices to Engage With Curators – Dr. Catherine Futter
They’re not separate at all—the market and museum—there are galleries now where there’s very little work in the exhibition that’s for sale. They’re publishing books and ‘competing’ with museums. The lines are becoming blurrier and some of that is positive.”
How an Art Institution Can Help You Develop the Business Plan – CHF Interviews Frank Juliano
Frank Juliano is an exceptional storyteller. As Executive Director of Reeves-Reed Arboretum, his high standards for the garden, exhibited art, and educational programs aim to elevate how visitors experience nature. …
Elizabeth’s Business Breakdown
Here is a deceptively simple tool that I use with many, many clients, from artists to solopreneurs in other industries, to people at large corporations and non-profits. It’s a useful …
A Critical Eye to Decorative Art
Art and Decoration The term ‘decorative’ in relation to art has been central to artistic movements throughout history. Over the course of the 19th century, decoration changed from being a positive …
Project Management: An Impressionistic Art Form – Ghost of a Dream
“I think we make better art because we’re really truthful with each other, and we can tell each other exactly how we feel something is being read or how it gets taken.”
Anyone Can Be a Collector of Original Works – Shannon Robinson
“There’s no substitute for seeing it live, looking at the texture, looking at the brush strokes, being able to really examine the work.”
Taking the Plunge to Become a Working Artist – Leslie Hirst
Exhibition is about “Seeing the world through the physicality of language and bringing the presence of experience into play through language.”
Artist Q&A: What if a gallery refuses to work with you if you require a contract?
No one understands the business challenges that artists face better than other artists. That’s why CHF asks established working artists to weigh in on their peers’ most common questions. Their …
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Maintaining Momentum in an Evolving Art Career – Etsuko Ichikawa
Etsuko’s interview offers an insightful look into public art commissions, the importance of vetting galleries before you work with them, and how to tackle brand management even as your career evolves.
Preserve Your Artistic Legacy – Jennifer Cohen
“The creative legacy is not necessarily an issue of résumé, but about the creative spirit itself shown through your works.”
Collector: Steward of the Arts – Tim Newton
“Collectors have a vested interest in supporting the work of The Clark Hulings Foundation because what goes around comes around in the collecting world.”
