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Creative Immersion and the Value of Connection

I interviewed Anne Paris, author of Standing at Water’s Edge: Moving Past Fear, Blocks, and Pitfalls to Discover the Power of Creative Immersion, for my membership program a couple of years ago. To give you a taste of what my members receive, I would like to share this interview with you. Anne and I discussed creative immersion and the importance of connecting through relationships to facilitate creativity.

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Group Energy You Can't Duplicate Online

Online connections have their place in marketing your art, but most in-person experiences can’t be duplicated in the same way on a computer. I’ll go one step further: certain in-person opportunities would never arise if you relied only on the Internet. Last week I was reminded of this during a 3-day Florida workshop in which I participated.

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6 Ninja Tips for Getting Noticed

If you’re feeling a little like a wallflower or left out of the art conversation, here are six tips – short of renting billboard space – to get you back on the radar of the VIPs in the art world. Most of these actions work well with arts administrators, arts writers, gallery directors, or curators. Any one of them would be a step in the right direction.

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Amy Evans talks with Cynthia Morris during a painting demo on gallery walk night at the CCI Summit in Breckenridge.

5 Essentials for Face-to-Face Networking for Artists

The value of face-to-face marketing is being drowned out by the cacophony of online marketing advice. I am just as guilty as the next advice-giver, but I’m going to start reminding you more frequently not only to get out of the studio but also to get out from behind your computer and meet real live people.

I recently returned from two days in the mountains for the Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) Summit.

By conference standards, this wasn’t a big one, but it was sold out. Two-hundred creatives under one roof helped each other solve problems, made connections, and exchanged business cards.

We dined together and, in the evening, walked from gallery to gallery like a clan of trick-or-treaters.

It was electric! And it’s not an experience you can duplicate online.

As someone who spends most of her time in front of her computer, I must remind myself what is required of face-to-face networking every time I venture out. Thought I’d share some observations with you.

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Your Artist Mailing List: Rethinking + Assessing

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