If you’ve been procrastinating something, identify it. After you’ve confessed, you can trick yourself into completing it and getting it off your mind. Of course, your tricks can be followed by treats.
Art Marketing Action: Trick and Treat Yourself Read
October 25 has been declared International Artist Day by a group of artists who thought wisely that artists needed their own special day. Not coincidentally, it’s also Picasso’s birthday. Is it on your calendar? How will you celebrate?
Sunday (October 25) is International Artist Day Read
Art is often considered a luxury. Most people don’t need it to survive, but enjoy having it around. Are art sales going to take a beating whenever anti-consumerism is on the rise?
Deep Thought Thursday: Art & consumerism Read
Post the charities you support on your website and have a letter ready for when you are asked to donate your art. Artist Alicia Leeke shares her standard letter in this post.
Letter for responding to donation requests Read
46 days until Thanksgiving 62 days until the start of Hanukkah 75 days until Christmas The holidays will be here before we know it! Let me be clear that I’m not advocating you participate in the holiday season at any particular level, but it’s time to make some decisions if you’re waffling. For example, you
Confused about Facebook profiles and artist fan pages? Wondering why in the world you would build a fan page or why anyone would want to join your artist fan page? Find out what they are, why you need one, and how to create one.
Facebook fan pages: what, why, and how Read
What would you do (as an artist) when a client wants to buy a painting, for a few thousand dollars, but requires one of the minor details be changed? Would you alter the painting or not?
Deep Thought Thursday: Could you make it blue instead of pink? Read
“ART MARKET POISED TO PLUMMET IN OCTOBER” So proclaimed a headline on a luxury goods site last week. Before you let this news upset you, consider the context. Whenever the art press talks about the Art Market, they are referring to the auction market–the secondary market in which art that was previously purchased is offered
You look less self-confident when you apologize for everything you do that is imperfect. Don’t dwell on it and call attention to it! Accept that it is what it is or fix it, redo it, or move on.
Stop apologizing for imperfections Read
It’s safe to read dire predictions about the art market and know that they have very little to do with you and your own personal art market.
Decoding a dire message about the art market Read
