They say living well is the best revenge. The world tells you that artists are doomed to starve, but Carolyn Edlund breaks down this insidious lie and encourages working artists to flip the script.
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Balancing the Demands of Being a Working Artist—Deb Slowey
To be successful, working artists have to be good multitaskers. That includes balancing studio and business time, and applying new technologies to maximum effect. Read how artist Deb Slowey juggles it all.
What the Heck Happens at These Things?
The central features of the CHF Art-Business Conference are: Accelerator Training for Professional Artists; The Thriving Art Exchange; and Continued Collaboration. Unlike a lot of conferences, this is not an annual, one and done event.
Register Now for the Santa Fe Art-Business Conference
Taking place September 16, 17, and 18 at the Santa Fe Convention Center, this might be one of our best events yet.
CHF Responds to The New York Times
The biggest hurdle we face is helping artists to overcome the archaic belief that they don’t deserve to make a sustainable living from their work.
White Supremacy in the Art World (and How to Fight It)
White supremacy is affecting many artists’ abilities to compete in the fine arts world. Here’s how we can combat it from the business side.
Creatively And Successfully Run Your Business
Mary McBride is a international speaker, an executive coach, editor of Catalyst, and the chair of the Arts and Cultural Management and Design Management graduate programs at Pratt Institute School …
Sales Conversations: Don’t Fix Everything
We often refuse to let other people sit with something that’s been said and just breathe in it for a few moments. We fix it. Before it’s even broken.
How to Sell More Art? An Unexpected Answer
Art isn’t a job like making widgets, where you’re content to do the same thing over and over again for the rest of your life.
The Key Role of Artists in Transforming Our Communities—W.C. Richardson
In this “Spotlight” interview with CHF Editorial Director Sofia Perez, Richardson discusses changes in the art industry, academia, and our culture at large, including the many ways that artists enrich our communities.
What Literary Artists Can Learn from Visual Artists
Visual artists cut a little straighter to the bone. They don’t have to obsess about the small stuff because if they can’t buy something they need, they’ll probably make it.
It’s The Annual Report And We Are Thriving
Another year has gone by and the numbers are in: The Clark Hulings Foundation has grown bigger and better. Our data shows that 100% of our Fellows are now clear …
Pairing Art with Buyers—CHF Interviews Joyce Creiger
In this Q&A with CHF Editorial Director Sofia Perez, Joyce talks about the changes she’s witnessed over more than four decades in the industry, and describes the process of matching artwork to client.
Determining Where You Belong in the Art Industry—Donna Lee Nyzio
Based in the coastal town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Donna captures and preserves the maritime history of the eastern seaboard, whose images come alive in her work.
Professionals Need Not Apply—Originals Only
No one remembers “professionals” built according to the factory model, with its cattle call for generic, processed types. The rest of us want to meet originals.
DC Area Artists Get Down to Business
As Elizabeth Hulings kicked off the first working session, “Blueprint Your Career,” she encouraged participants to shoot for a career goal in that sweet spot between achievable and quixotic. “You want to have butterflies in your stomach,” she said, “without feeling like you’re going to be sick.”
