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the summer of love

The summer of love, and the rise and fall of the hippie-dippy business model

2010 by Bill

Back in the sum­mer of love there were a lot of folks drop­ping out so they could make stuff with their hands like macramé plant hang­ers, leather belts and funky weed pipes. They did this so they wouldn’t have to “work for the MAN”.

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on the shoulders of giants

Leaning on the Shoulders of Giants

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

That whole shoul­ders of giants thing? Def­i­nitely going to take advan­tage of that. These dudes and dudettes knew what they were doing. I would be a com­plete idiot to ignore their knowl­edge. I’m an art his­tory book addict, but I’ve never sat down and stud­ied it before.

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edina art fair

44th ANNUAL EDINA ART FAIR

Events by Bill

The Edina Art Fair has grown from a few crafters on the cor­ner of 50th and France to more than 400 artists dis­play­ing a diverse col­lec­tion of art. The Edina Art Fair enjoys its posi­tion as the Min­nesota summer’s first art fair and the sec­ond largest art fair in the state.

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words of and inspiration of an artists journey

A stamp of approval

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

I told myself I wanted to stop sell­ing my art because I wanted to focus my entire being on study­ing and learn­ing. That’s a lie. The real rea­son I wanted to stop sell­ing was because I didn’t think I had a right to. I didn’t think it was fair to try to sell peo­ple low qual­ity art made by a Not Real Artist. I didn’t have the stamp of approval. The “art world” had revoked my license.

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The art of going pro

If you build it will they come?

2010 by Bill

Although Robert was sell­ing some of his work through an occa­sional vis­i­tor to his stu­dio and casual word of mouth he knew he needed to take his busi­ness to the next level. That level for him was sell­ing more work.

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marketing monday the art of going pro

The Art of Going pro: living professionally

2010 by Bill

Today, I’m going to intro­duce some thoughts about that code and what it might look like for pro­fes­sional artists. Much of the first part of the code frames the actions of a pro­fes­sional in gen­eral so we can first under­stand what a pro­fes­sional is and how being pro­fes­sional is dif­fer­ent from being amateur.

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let's talk

Does Beauty Matter? part I

let's talk by Bill

While Scru­ton isn’t posit­ing a new lan­guage he does uncover some of the keys to why beauty/art mat­ters and the place it plays in anchor­ing a culture’s val­ues and beliefs…

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art at highland

Art at Highland

Art at Highland by Bill

Sale of qual­ity work, from 46 juried artists who cre­ate fine crafts and fine arts includ­ing bas­ketry, clay, fiber, glass, leather, jew­elry, paint­ings, paper, wood, and mixed media.

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Surviving the Buyer’s Market: my first wholesale show

Featured Artist by kristen

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.

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