On the 5th anniversary of the day that changed all our lives, I want to know how the events of 9/11 have affected your art career, art business, and direction of your artwork. If you have created a work in memoriam, I would like for you to leave a link to that. Speaking from experience, […]
How Artists Remember 9/11 Read
The good folks at Designers Who Blog (Catherine Morley) featured my blog today. Thank you, Cat! It looks great on your site.
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In today’s Art Marketing Action newsletter, I talk about how important it is to target your message. This doesn’t mean that you can’t do other things. It just means, that if you create a wide variety of artwork, you must market it separately. Each body of work that looks like it was done by a
Art-licensing expert Cheryl Phelps shared with me her concerns about the MySpace.com agreement. She first wrote on the subject in April for theispot. The MySpace agreement has since been changed, but questions remain. The language she is concerned about is highlighted in red with her comments in purple. – – – – – – –
Concerns Remain about MySpace.com Agreement Read
Just got this comment on my blog a mere few hours after I posted about my woes: Hi Alyson: I apologize for the glitch in your service. After reading your post we did some digging and found an issue with our servers that has been fixed. All will be well from now on. Please write
Feedblitz is letting me down and I can’t figure out why. As you can see, I’ve been posting, but not receiving the updates through Feedblitz. They give me a green light, but then tell me they’re not recognizing the "feed format." Hrumph! Just sent an email to the Blog Squad for help. Fingers crossed.
Visit Carol Gillott’s blog Paris Breakfasts to see what an artists’ blog can be. It combines her artwork, personal interests, travels, and stories seamlessly. And it’s fascinating to read. The only thing I have a beef with is that she doesn’t use her name on the page. It’s quite anonymous. For some, this is more
A new charity, United States Artists, is giving out $50,000 individual grants to 50 artists beginning December 4, according to The New York Times. The artists were nominated by anonymous arts leaders around the country and, apparently, are not household names. This should be interesting to watch! (Thanks, Joanie, for the heads up.)
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People with secret creative desires are all around us. If you’re teaching a class, you want to get the word out to as many people as possible. The language you will use to sell your teaching services will be much different that that that you use to sell your art. But once you have the
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I waited until the last week to see “Colorado Modernism, 1930-1970” at the Foothills Art Center and now I’m kicking myself. It’s a show I would like to see again and it closes tomorrow. The curator did a first-rate job selecting and installing the work. So, here’s my warning: visit exhibits when they first come
Catch Exhibits When They First Open Read
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