If you’ve ever considered entering a juried art show, you know the number of important details can be head-spinning. Aside from the eligibility standards for both artist and artwork there are regional and international opportunities, in-person and online, open calls and invitation-only. How do you determine where to start? Because researching the best juried shows […]

When you create a piece of art, what exactly is it that you own? What about the techniques you invented to create it? Do you own those? What happens when you sell the original- what rights to the work do you retain? These are just a couple of the burning (and extremely important) questions that […]

Have you ever considered pursuing sponsorship as a type of support for your art business? Sponsorship is a form of advertising in which a company chooses deliberately to associate with a particular individual who already has an audience. You’re familiar with one of the most well-known forms of sponsorship, though it may be so ubiquitous […]

It’s hard to write about the work your closest friends do. Charlie Gilkey, founder of Productive Flourishing, is literally a warrior-philosopher, and one of the very best people I know. I don’t know how to express how proud of him I am for this book. Charlie Gilkey has been a secret weapon for dozens of […]