Confident Creating

by | Nov 22, 2013 | Fine Arts America

CONFIDENT CREATING If you want to live a creative life and make your mark in some competitive art field like writing, film-making, the visual arts, or music, and if at the same time you want to live an emotionally healthy life full of love and satisfaction, you need...

Eight Tips for Attending Openings

by | Nov 15, 2013 | Fine Arts America

Here are eight tips for getting the most out of the next gallery opening you attend. Read on! 1. Engage with the art. You may have come for some other reason, maybe to network, to flirt, to get out of the studio, or to get some free food, but there is also art to see!...

Framing and Other Indignities

by | Nov 8, 2013 | Fine Arts America

What artists don’t struggle with the problem of framing their art? Are there any good answers? Read on! Since the framing of art is almost always the artist’s responsibility, since frames cost real money, and since it’s hard to sell art, buying frames for your art can...

Asking for Money, Part 3

by | Nov 1, 2013 | Fine Arts America

We’ve chatted for the past two weeks about how to ask for money. Let’s finish up with three more essential tips. Read on! 1. Follow up on your requests Don’t send an email and take silence to mean that your email was unwelcome, that you’ve been rejected, or anything...

Asking For Money, Part 2

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Fine Arts America

Last week we looked at three tips for asking for money. Here are three more! Read on … Be affirmative, brief, and clear – the ABC rule! How you ask for money is important. No one likes (or needs) lengthy pleas, whiny or negative pleas, or confused or confusing pleas....

Asking For Money

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Fine Arts America

You need money for art supplies, building your website, your marketing efforts, and, well, just to live! One challenge is figuring out where to look for the money you need. But a second challenge is equally pressing: being able to ask for what you need and want. Here...