Tips for interviews for artists
Know the points you want to make before the interview.
Top ten tricks for getting art marketing publicity.
1. Subscribe to your target publication and read it. You might be up to something that relates to a series they are doing. You need to be able to speak knowledgeably about the publication, their style and their readership.
Artist help with writing successful grant applications
The key to successful grant proposals is preparation. As an artist help it is good to know you are likely to find preliminary grant proposal writing steps to be the most time consuming as well as the most vital step of the process.
Art tips for charity art auctions
While charity events can be great marketing opportunities for you, the mix of people who attend include people with no interest in art as well as, potentially, the serious collector. Anything is possible, just be sure to manage your expectations.
Artists help with how to get grants, residencies and funding for artists.
As with self-promotion, fundraising can take you out of the safety of your studio and into competitive situations that won’t feel comfortable at first. It’s important to not let fear and insecurity show itself in your grant application.
What constitutes an art business related expense?
The obvious answer is art supplies, studio rent, office supplies, photography, promotion, professional memberships, equipment and software. Keep all your
Success in art and pricing your art
In theory, art is priceless. In reality, it’s not. It’s hard to attach numbers to your work. In order to have success in your art, start by reviewing the sales of previous work. This can begin to establish your prices.
Artist tips with writing your artist statement.
When you sit down to write or revise your artist statement, it’s firstly important to understand the objective of the exercise. People who read it may include gallery directors, potential clients and journalists. Your goal is to give them some frameworks around your work with which they can better view and understand it.
Artist help writing copy for your website.
Your website can, and should be your best ally. As an artist help, what constitutes good copy is not only text that reads well and does a great job relaying the key messages of your work, but text that drives visitors to your site in the first place.
Artist tips: The mirror exercise.
If you find yourself staring vacantly into the whiteness of your page, or if you’ve already written your statement and your bio but they leave you cold, as an artist tip, limber yourself up by borrowing – momentarily – someone else’s insight.
Help with the artist statement and biography.
It is best to craft a statement and bio that are fairly unique to one another to start with, however, your bio statement should be written in third person and a statement written in first person.
I personally have a number of artists statements. These range from different times in my career, from different stylistic periods in my career and are of various lengths. An example of this is with my current artist statement. I have three different versions of this statement, depending upon where I am showing it or presenting it.
Creative Arts
A study into one mans journey into the creative arts.
I started making sculptural pieces with some of the larger plastics that had been washing up on my local beaches. I made totems and installations made with thongs, coke bottles and all of these things.
Art Help
Art help with responsible financial management
Artists need to organize their money and protect and save their wealth. I have met many artists who were simply overwhelmed by financial planning. Most often they are responsible for the problem by not taking sufficient interest in their finances, and it is often necessary to twist an arm in order to persuade an artist to audit their income and take control.
Artist Tips
Artist tips to help with managing emotions and having persistence.
Never place a call or send out an email when you are emotional. Email is a volatile communication form.
Art Businesses
Be resourceful with your art businesses.
Artists should think both creatively and responsibly about supporting their income. I wish to instil the importance of flexibility in today’s economy and the benefits of a multi-tiered income stream to support artistic activities. A multi-tiered income stream is not a compromise – it is an intelligent means to continue to practice what you love.
Art Tips
Art tips for artists planning and goal setting
I recommend planning your year at a high level, setting dates for various goals. On a micro level, I have been very successful by telling myself that am about to spend the next three hours making art, for example, and that I will feel rewarded for it.
Selling Art
Selling art effectively means managing your time and also means placing a value on it.
Managing your time also means placing a value on it. I set aside time for silence and space. Do not assume that packing as many shows into a year is the right use of time.
Successful Artist
A successful artist is accountable.
You ALONE are responsible for your success. How you respond to the challenges you face is entirely your responsibility.
Art Tip
A great effective art tip is: Your willingness to go the extra mile will determine your success. Your willingness to go the extra mile will determine your success. Not only do you deliver when you say you will, but you deliver with enthusiasm. You do not stop at “good enough.” The law of reciprocity exists in the art business.
Artist Tips
My personal story reads like a book of artist tips. One of my favourite artist tips is that although you really do need to wait for inspiration to wash up, to grab hold of it you must first make your way to the shore. If you’re willing to meet inspiration halfway, you could catch a wave so big that you need help carrying it all back to the studio.
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