Starving Artist Syndrome
…been thinking about philanthropy and the “starving artist” since watching a great BBC television series “The Impressionists.” (which you can find through Netflix) It’s a three-part series about Claude...
View ArticleArt For Free?
How often do artists create and give away their art for free? I witness it quite a bit (and have done it many times myself, I confess…). Like donating a painting to an art auction (often to help raise...
View ArticleWhat DOESN’T make a successful ArtSpark campaign (part 2)…
Today’s post examines and tosses around ideas for what didn’t work for Michelle Otero’s ArtSpark campaign while she was writing her memoir, Vessels. In ArtSpark’s quest to discover how the internet and...
View ArticleResource ThuRsday: Promoting your art as a business
LinkedIn Bootcamp Happy Thursday! Today we are going to discuss how to create an attractive LinkedIn profile. Providing a link on your Google+ page to your LinkedIn profile is essential since LinkedIn...
View ArticleResource ThuRsday ArtSpark/Aspiration Workshop @Working Classroom
spectogram activity! Here are the proceedings/materials from the ArtSpark/Aspiration workshop for artists, artisans and arts organizations hosted by Working Classroom in ABQ on July 27th, 2013. All...
View ArticleLife in the Day of an Artist, OR when do I have time to make ART?
This post is inspired by James Judd, writer/comedian/NPR storyteller, who wrote an article for Pyragraph in early spring entitled “My Day as a Working Artist.” It’s a funny piece, but...
View ArticleLife in the Day of an Artist, OR when do I have time to make ART?
This post is inspired by James Judd, writer/comedian/NPR storyteller, who wrote an article for Pyragraph in early spring entitled “My Day as a Working Artist.” It’s a funny piece, but also poignant...
View ArticleARTISTS FIRST!
Halloween Ballerina (circa 1963) Across the breakfast table at an Oakland cafe, my friend and colleague’s eyes fill with tears. “I’ve been so worried about my films. I haven’t been able to finish the...
View ArticleBig Changes In Today’s Art World: Crisis or Opportunity?
“How the Widening Income Gap Is Affecting the Art World” is a recent Nonprofit Quarterly article describing how small and mid-sized galleries are closing in New York (as reported in the New York...
View ArticleBack to School
Many thanks to guest blogger and artist Annie LeFevre for this post and accompanying comic strip. Right on Annie! This September, “back to school” holds new meaning to me as I will be commencing my...
View ArticleLegacy as Practice: How We Come to Creative Fruition in Later Life
Portrait by John Lawson I’d like to introduce you to a novel way of thinking about crafting our legacies. Typically, when we refer to an artist’s legacy we mean what comes...
View ArticleStarving Artist Syndrome
…been thinking about philanthropy and the “starving artist” since watching a great BBC television series “The Impressionists.” (which you can find through Netflix) It’s a three-part series about Claude...
View ArticleArt For Free?
How often do artists create and give away their art for free? I witness it quite a bit (and have done it many times myself, I confess…). Like donating a painting to an art auction (often to help raise...
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