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Teaching at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas. Photo by Rafael Aguilera.

My Top Teaching Secrets

I have been teaching artists online and at live events since 2002. While students pay to get valuable content from me, I learn almost as much from them as they do from me. That’s one of the great joys of teaching, and why I will continue to offer live learning. I can’t possibly put all I know about teaching into a single article, but I have selected a few gems in hopes that they help

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Earlier Work Hasn't Sold: What to Do?

You are up to your eyeballs in unsold work!

What you’d really like to do is just get rid of it. It’s taking up your energy and you can’t afford to rent storage just for early work.

Deep Thought: What do you do with early work that hasn’t sold and no one seems to want?

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An Appreciation of Fathers and of My Dad

Here’s to the fathers who are artists. And to the fathers who raise healthy, informed artists who make the world a better place. To My Dad Who loves history and culture and encouraged this curiosity of the world for me. Who paid for all of my extracurricular art lessons that Mom found for me. Who praised my art. Who paid for my undergraduate and graduate degrees in art history, even when I didn’t know what

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Twitter Tweekly for June 13, 2014

It’s a very lucky Friday the 13th, indeed, for you. It’s time for my top tweets (according only to me) from the past two weeks! Art & Marketing Strict anti-spam law goes into effect in Canada on July 1. Are you compliant? See @lisacall ‘s weekly schedule. Marvel at the detail! blog.lisacall.com/2014/06/spendi… RT @kiffaniestahle: Stellar advice by @mariabrophy on how to deal with a client who doesn’t want to sign contract. shar.es/PcBHi Google Is Documenting Street Art Around the

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Virginia Folkestad discovers insights into her life’s work by using a visual timeline.

Your Life’s Work: The Artist’s Retrospective

A retrospective is an exhibition that shows off the entire oeuvre of an artist’s career. Typically arranged chronologically and later in an artist’s life, retrospectives treat art viewers to the progression of the work in a single space. I try to visit as many retrospectives as I can for artists I admire, which sometimes involves traveling and going out of my way as necessary. You never know when they will happen again since it’s difficult

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Virginia Folkestad discovers insights into her life’s work by using a visual timeline.

Your Life’s Work: The Artist’s Retrospective

A retrospective is an exhibition that shows off the entire oeuvre of an artist’s career. Typically arranged chronologically and later in an artist’s life, retrospectives treat art viewers to the progression of the work in a single space. I try to visit as many retrospectives as I can for artists I admire, which sometimes involves traveling and going out of my way as necessary. You never know when they will happen again since it’s difficult

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Consider 44 possible reasons why your art isn't selling.

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  • External Factors
  • The Work Itself
  • How You’re Showing It
  • The Buying Experience
  • How You’re Connecting
  • How You’re Promoting It

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