Dear Friends: With the end of April upon us (I know, I can hardly believe it either), we’ve been reviewing the first quarter of our 2017 Business Accelerator. Considering that …
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How to Find Your Audience – Mary Ann Weems
“Average people were very afraid to walk into galleries. Affordability became the key. You didn’t feel the intimidation.”
Willy Bo Richardson
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Santa Fe, New Mexico. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? It was 1994, and I was …
Charlie Mostow
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Seattle, Washington. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? I was in middle school was when I …
Peter Scaturro
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, though I also spent a total of five years in Spain and Italy as …
Holly Van Hart
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? New York City. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? I always knew I was an artist. …
Belgin Yucelen
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I spent the first half of my life in Istanbul and then moved to Boulder, Colorado, where I currently live. When/how did …
Gregg Chadwick
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? My father was in the US Marine Corps so we moved frequently and traveled a lot. I was born in New Jersey, …
How Discrimination in the Arts Impacts Your Business
Discrimination—it happens in every field and can take many forms. In the art industry, it’s the curator who leans in and says he really enjoys working with “cute little artist …
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Gonzalo Fuenmayor
2014, 2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, but I’ve been living in the US (New York, Boston, and Miami) on …
Boots on the Ground – March 2017 newsletter
Dear Friends: It’s spring…and as I write this, there are still piles of snow on the streets of New York. I hope it is not snowing wherever you are (unless …
Nadia Fairlamb
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? My dad was a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. I was born in the States, but I spent my childhood …
Beyond Arts Education: Why Artists Need Business Training – Betsy Ehrenberg
“Sometimes they [artists] think earning money, charging for their work, is not something they want to do. They feel embarrassed to do so. It’s an attitude, I have no idea where it begins, but a lot of artists just look at the word ‘money’ and see a four letter word.”
Karen Fitzgerald
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? I was born in Oregon, but moved around a lot, from Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, to the Virgin Islands, Georgia, …
Aaron Laux
2017 Accelerator Fellow Where did you grow up? Madison, Wisconsin. When/how did you first know that you wanted to be an artist? I was certain of my identity as an …
Recognizing Buying Signals Can Mean the Difference Between Bulging Wallet and Broke
I was asked by a Fellow in the CHF Business Accelerator Program if I could shed some light on buying signals and behaviors–what they are and how to recognize them. …
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