Make Your Own Pollock
My mother just emailed me this fun link for making your own digital Jackson Pollock. Nothing to do with the art business. Just plain fun. Wonder if they have permission from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Hmmm.
What kind of [art] genius are you?
I have a lot of, shall we just say, “mature” clients. They might be hobbyists-turned-pro or, more likely, professionals who were told at an earlier age that they could never make a living as an artist. As we all know, you can take the student out of art school and stick her in accounting, but
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When do you leave the anchors behind and when do you pull them along?
Harriete Estel Berman wrote: Your recent newsletter about motors v.s. anchors was thought provoking though I am concerned. It seems a little self serving to only work with the motors and ignore the anchors. Somewhere, somehow, I think that for every bit of success comes a responsibility to pay it back. Each measure of success
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Leaving your work at a gallery or other venue?
Just got an email from a client that reminded me . . . If you take your work to a venue because they’ve asked to see it in person and then they ask you to leave it there, make sure you have something in writing. Always get your art business stuff in writing! It should
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Relationships that Drain You
To identify those who might be dragging you down (anchors), let’s look at six types of toxic relationships, courtesy of Cheryl Richardson in her book Take Time for Your Life: THE BLAMER. A person who consistently blames you and everyone else for his problems. Instead of taking responsibility for his life, he blames others. THE
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Plan a Theme Exhibition around Your Art
A few days ago I gave you a link to a very nice interview Art Business News did with me. Now for the better stuff. I wrote an article for Art Business News that encouraged art galleries to build audiences with theme exhibitions. Maybe it will give you some ideas. Also, here are some ideas
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Feature Your Art in Your Home
As you know, I’m constantly on the lookout for how artists are promoting themselves. The corollary, and perhaps more important, piece to that is how they are getting results. Today’s Denver Post ran a front page article in its “Room” section about artist Debi Story Maddox and what she has done throughout her landmark home.
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Liberating Art from the Galleries
The Denver Post recently (6/18) featured the Sculpture Trail at Lyons, the brainstorm of sculptor John King. The website states: The Sculpture Trail™ at Lyons is an interactive art journey woven into the fabric of the town of Lyons, Colorado and its natural surroundings. It is a themed trail involving more than 60 pieces of
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How I got the Art Business News Interview
Yesterday’s entry about my profile in Art Business News prompted this comment from Jay Coffelt: In the vein of a recent newsletter or blog post and to further our self-promotion education, how did this come about? Did you approach ABN? If so, did you already have most of the interview written? Or did the writer/ABN
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My favorite artist, most cherished artwork, how I got started . . .
You can find the answers to these questions and more than you ever wanted to know about me in this very nice interview in the July issue of Art Business News. As you can tell from the article, I’m not too keen on picking “favorites,” but her questions made me think. How would you answer
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