Nicole Crist is a dancer, performer, teacher, choreographer, trainer, director. She has a company called Altitude Aerials, where she is the self-dubbed head aerialista. As a self-employed creative I’ve been pondering for years how much I charge for my art. I continuously go over past proposals and invoices; work and re-work the numbers to figure […]
Why Being A Square Peg is Now Your Greatest Art Sales Asset
I first realized that I wasn’t choosing the easiest route through life on a visit to the school careers teacher. “I want to be an artist!” His response was to produce reams of statistics “proving” exactly how many ways this was a bad idea. Did you know that its statistically provable that anyone daring to […]
Life is More Than Art
image by Elaine with Grey Cats Yesterday I was having a great time at my mastermind meeting discussing future goals. As we were sharing with each other our goals for the next few months, I had the realization that these people were functioning at a whole-brain level. Everyone in my group is an artist of […]
9 Myths Artists Believe About Business
Marketing Makes You A Sleazeball. Sure, if you’re like the guy in this picture, then you probably are a sleazeball, but my guess is that you are an honest, friendly, talented artist who just wants to share their work with the world. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, and don’t bait & switch, and most people will […]
Those Who Can’t Do…Teach? Part 2
image by worldislandinfo Some of the very best artists I have ever met were amazing teachers. They were artists who were absolutely consumed by the passion of what they do. I had a professor in college, Jerry Gardner, who was a brilliant physical actor. He had years of experience in ballet, Butoh, Commedia del’arte, mask […]