Does this conversation sound familiar? Potential Buyer: “I love your art! How much is it?” Artist: “Thank you. It’s $$.” Potential Buyer: “Oh gosh, I wish I could afford that. Do you have a something that’s less expensive? I’d love a print.” You may have experienced something similar at an exhibit or art fair, and […]
Why Artists Should Avoid Gallery Representation
Guest blogger: Alyson B. Stanfield, Art Biz Blog Galleries have a lot of other artists in their stables. You are not the only artist that the gallery is looking after. It is also nurturing the careers of many other artists. It is rare that a gallery can tell an artist (honestly), “You are my #1 […]
How Much Does It Cost You To Do Your Creative Thing?
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 […]
