Should You Use Patreon? The primary purpose of the recurring payment platform is to enable a creator to build a base of patrons who will support them on an ongoing basis. The model of subscription-based crowdfunding has been a game-changer for creatives. But it doesn’t come without caveats. First, the pros: Consistent and reliable payments […]
How the Fine Art Market is a Scam – Adam Ruins Everything & the Truth
I was already a fan of Adam Ruins Everything, a popular web series of 5 minute videos that show why conventional wisdom around various topics are wrong. Yesterday, they released this glorious video. How the Fine Art Market is a Scam The video is really short. I highly suggest you watch it. They highlight, in […]
A $20 billion market you didn’t know about
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been emphasizing that successful artists from big names like Picasso to more modestly successful artists have a community around them. Let’s talk about how certain people take advantage of this need for outside help, and why artists need to stick together to tip the balance of power back in […]
2016 Year in Review, Part 2: What’s Next?
In the last blog post, we reviewed several big wins in 2016 for artists who are TAA customers. In this blog post, we will cover what TAA did this year and talk a little about what 2017 is going to look like. We do these year-end reviews for our own benefit. We share them with […]
2016 Year in Review, Part 1: TAA Community Members
Every year we do a review of what went well here at The Abundant Artist. We’ve usually shared behind the scenes glimpses, which we will do, but I wanted to start off by sharing some of the major victories of 2016 for artists in our community. TAA Community: Victories in 2016 I sent out an email […]
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