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Estate Planning for Art Collectors

Estate Planning for Art Collectors

Tim Newton and Shelley Farmer explain the options available to art collectors when they are planning for the future of their art. Tim notes that art can be considered the “atm …

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Collecting Relationships

Collecting Relationships

Jack Esterson and Tim Newton are collectors who understand the importance of relationship within the art world. For Jack, buying out of instinct and connection, “Friendships and relationships are…completely essential.” …

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Leonardo Da Vinci cross bow sketch

Technology Serves Artists

Technology has changed our lives dramatically—we communicate, learn, shop, and unwind in all kinds of newfangled ways—so it’s no surprise that it’s also had a huge impact on the world …

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Art Business podcast

Serious Business: Marketing Your Art in a Flat World – Bette Ridgeway & Sue Roderick

Being serious about your business as an artist is more than paperwork; it’s also mindset.

Stephen Zimmerman

More Wall Space: The Collector’s Journey To Connoisseurship – Stephen Zimmerman

“Anyone with a genuine interest at any economic level can acquire a collection.”

Jane Robinson

Stripping Down to Your Soul and Selling Art Like Hotcakes – Jane Robinson

Building your brand without sacrificing your craft requires both finding your public and going deep into the artist.

Valencia Peddler, Clark Hulings

Art is Not a Charity

I grew up in a middle-class household, and my father happened to be a successful visual artist who worked out of his home studio, sometimes at 3:00 am. If you …

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Forecasting a Brighter Future for Artists

Forecasting a Brighter Future for Artists

In a recent article for ArtSpace, Andrew M. Goldstein surveyed a wide array of art professionals to solicit their 2016 prognostications for the art world. Representing a cross-section of the …

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Market-dispute

Patronage, Not Parentage

In a recent blog post for Americans for the Arts, Sofia Perez, the editorial director of the Clark Hulings Foundation, wrote about the shrinking hoops that artists must jump through …

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Americana Feast by Robert C. Jackson

Don’t Go It Alone

The work life of a visual artist can be a solitary one. It’s an individual profession where most of the work is done alone in a studio. Even when there …

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Working with Galleries

Working with Galleries

Many artists seek to work with galleries, but, as Constance Scopelitis points out, artists need to do their research before placing their art in the hands of just any gallery. …

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Artist’s Reputation

Building Your Brand and Reputation

How does an artist build their reputation and brand? For H. David Wright, nearly a decade of creating private commissions led him to realize that no one within the art …

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Overcoming Challenges

Overcoming Challenges

“How do you do the painting while, at the same time, sell the painting?” For P.A. Nisbet, this has been one of his greatest challenges, balancing the need to create transformative …

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Frank Juliano

Art Curation and Curriculum – Frank Juliano

Frank makes it his mission to bring innovation and community building to all aspects of the Arboretum’s programming and operation.

Opportunities that Build Relationships with Art Professionals

Opportunities that Build Relationships with Art Professionals

Attending events, shows, and parties can help young artists to build relationships with art professionals and collectors, but H. David Wright, Krystii Melaine, and P.A. Nisbet highlight the opportunities that …

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Preparing for Emergencies

Preparing for Emergencies

Specializing in trusts and estate management, Rosanna Roizin, Esq. underscores the importance of estate planning in the case of an emergency or disability. In this clip, she speaks about Advanced …

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