Fabric - trim-embellishments

Solo exhibitions, as well as 2- or 3-person shows, deserve your full attention. If you have an important exhibition coming up, give it the (virtual) space it deserves. Create a page on your website for your show. You probably already have a page for all of your exhibitions, but Im talking about a single page that features only your special show. This will be the premier place you send people for details about the exhibition, which will be easy for people to read because it only has one focu...

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In 2014, Ali Cavanaugh had 11 galleries representing her work throughout the U.S. and even overseas. It was all she could do to paint fast enough to supply these galleries with new work. What a great problem to have, right But something wasnt sitting right with Ali. So she asked each of the 11 galleries to return her work. One by one they sent back what few paintings remained in their inventories. There was no animosity. Ali greatly appreciated all the work the galleries did on her behalf,...

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What does it mean to be a successful artist We readily throw around the word success without defining what it means for us. I am guilty of the same. My business is Art Biz SUCCESS. My signature program is the Art Career SUCCESS System . But what does Success mean to you and to me In this bonus episode of the Art Biz Podcast (accompanied by a complete transcript) I explore the word Success. Ive been exploring this on my own for a few months now and, confession--or perhaps its a warning--I...

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Meeting people and building relationships is the most important thing you can do for your art career. This means you have to get out of the studio and socialize. You must, gasp, be social in the real world as well as online. This goes against the natural tendency of so many artists who would prefer to be alone with their art supplies. But its absolutely necessary when you want to attain a high level of success. If you desire more sales and more recognition for your art, you must make it a...

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Regular listeners of the Art Biz Podcast know I love to explore the topic of legacy--the mark youre leaving on the world. Check out my conversations with David Paul Bayles in episode 15 and Mary Erickson in episode 19 . So when I heard Sean VanderVliet say the L word, I knew I had to talk with him. He thinks big and I like that. Sean is the artist behind Fenway Clayworks based here in Denver, Colorado, and in just a few years he has created a brand and a buzz around his functional pottery...

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Timelines are invaluable for planning your art business and marketing. They provide a structure for you to build upon so that you dont have to start from scratch. Regardless of how much or little you have going on, timelines help you sleep better at night since you know you have all of your bases covered. I created five timelines to help. 1. Timeline for Publishing a Blog Post or Artist Newsletter Publishing is a process. Nobody writes a publishable article on the first draft. Even seaso...

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In 1920, women--white women, that is--across the United States got the right to vote when the 19th amendment was ratified by ? of the states. The fact that we are coming up on the 100th anniversary of this event did not escape the attention of Marilyn Artus. For years she had been wondering what art project she could possibly do that would be grand enough to match the significance of the occasion. Then, in 2017, Marilyn attended one of my workshops. At the end of two days of masterminding w...

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