Helping visual artists become sustainable businesses
As soon as I knew I was attending the Buyer's Market of American Craft (BMAC), I wrote a couple of notes to Wendy Rosen. She’s an amazing woman and a terrific advocate for the artist. She is the founder of the Rosen Group and the Buyer’s Market of American Craft. She immediately suggested … [Read more...]
Deciding to do the show. So, as I was looking through Arts/Craft Show application deadlines online, I found the application for the "Buyer’s Market of American Craft" (BMAC) at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The jury fee was $10.00 and I decided to apply along with several other … [Read more...]
Well, I finally made time to do a print run of the Celtic Heart I designed earlier in the week. I drew it free hand using the carbon pen supplied with the machine. However, next time I am going to prepare the design digitally and print with a laser printer. The design incorporated strong clean … [Read more...]
Leaders are not afraid to help others learn to lead and they aren't afraid of grooming their replacements. It is no secret that realm of handmade creative work regardless of the end product is experiencing a shift both in the process of making and the process of consuming. As art and creative … [Read more...]
Late last year I bought a Gocco printer. I had wanted one for ages and when the rather talented Mel from Inkmeup bought one and blogged about it, I decided to get one. I bought a second hand PG10 from the lovely Liz at Dreaming Spirals. However, as with most things in my life, it took a while to … [Read more...]
What non-traditional methods do you use to market and sell your art? What constitutes ‘non traditional’ nowadays. I supposed non traditional could be used to describe old fashioned advertising, e.g. fly posting, leaflets though doors, advertising in local papers and magazines, etc. I don’t do … [Read more...]
As a graduate student in design I was able to see how my much younger classmates were able to see the world with much more clarity than traditional liberal arts students. The more I observed this phenomenon the more I believed that a design/visual arts education was far better at equipping young … [Read more...]
One of the my primary reasons for initiating the Featured Artist series last year was to spot light artists who are successfully selling their work so other artists, whether emerging or veterans, could have examples and role models. Each of the artists selected are in various stages of turning their … [Read more...]
Our next featured artist hails from the UK, I found Lorrie while searching through art and art related forums and groups and was immediately struck by her diversity and depth. As I dug deeper I was reminded of my posts in early 2009 around right and left brain integration. Not only is Lorrie a … [Read more...]