You can’t control if your art is bought, or if the piece you’re working on now will be the one that makes a grant application successful. But you can control your goals and what you’re doing to make them happen.
Career Blueprint
The Revenge of the Working Artist
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.
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.
A Weekend of Art-Business Education and Inspiration
Education, inspiration, and community-building. That’s what CHF’s learning events are all about. We saw the impact, reflected in the voices and faces of the artists who joined us in the […]
Being My Own CEO: How I Modified My Mentality, Conversations, and Culture
CEO thinking—and being an artist-CEO in particular—requires extending ourselves, growing into it, moving up from our inner VP, which was probably an upgrade from our inner manager and inner shift supervisor.
The #1 Reason Artists Should Visit the DC Area This Month
Mid-March in our nation’s capital can only mean one thing for artist-entrepreneurs: CHF’s metro DC Art-Business Conference! (Okay, sure, there are beautiful cherry blossoms as well, but when was the last […]
Boosting Artists, Our Non-Obsolete Workforce
Whether you work as a city planner or a nurse or a school administrator, environments that feed your spirit help you work smarter, better, and more efficiently.
Getting to Emerging Artist Status and Beyond—Bonnie Clearwater
“There are so many platforms now for an artist living in obscure or out-of-the way places to get their work out and be seen.”
An Inspiring Weekend of Art-Business Learning in Florida
Thank you, Broward County, for co-hosting CHF’s latest Art-Business Conference, and to our event sponsor Wells Fargo. We’re also grateful to the artists who traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for what proved […]
Congratulations to our 2018 Accelerator Fellows!
For two years, we’ve worked closely with the 12 talented visual artists in our Art-Business Accelerator. Through monthly workshops, labs, small-group meetings, and one-on-one customized support, we’ve pushed our senior-level […]
CHF Selects the Newest Class of Accelerator Fellows
After poring over all of the applications, we are thrilled to name the 16 visual artists who will be joining our 2019 Art-Business Accelerator program in January. It was extremely […]
Calling Artist-Entrepreneurs to Our Nation’s Capital
If you’re a visual artist in the mid-Atlantic US, drive your art career forward at CHF’s metro DC Art-Business Conference, March 23rd -24th at Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville, […]
Leverage Your Non-Art Expertise for a Career Blueprint—Kristin LeVier
Kristin makes work at the intersection of art and science that connects us to the “extraordinary, strange beauty of the natural world.”
Break Down Your Business Goals into Actionable Steps
From dreams to milestones, CHF Education Director Daniel DiGriz helps you work backwards from your big dreams to the specific objectives, milestones, and tasks that will help you achieve them.
Adapting To New Markets by Redefining Genres—CHF Interviews Mian Situ
In this interview, Situ discusses the differing approaches to art education in the East and the West, and how an artist’s passion for his work can affect its saleability.
Counting Down to Our Florida Art-Business Conference – February 1 & 2
Attention, Florida-area artists: Equip yourself to thrive at our upcoming Art-Business Conference in Fort Lauderdale. Develop tangible business goals, come up with a plan for achieving them, and connect with your […]
Hear Ye, Florida-area Artists: Don’t Miss This Opportunity
On February 1st – 2nd, we’re bringing our Art-Business Conference to Fort Lauderdale. This is your chance to get out of the studio, meet other working artists, and learn how to […]
All Roads Lead Artists to Our Nation’s Capital This March
If you’re a visual artist in the mid-Atlantic US, drive your art career forward at CHF’s metro DC Art-Business Conference, March 23rd -24th at Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville, […]
Head South to Florida This Winter For Our Next Art-Business Conference
Don’t miss the boat! If you’re a professional working artist, this is your opportunity to conquer the rapidly changing marketplace, and equip yourself to thrive by attending CHF’s Ft. Lauderdale […]
Metro Washington DC Artists: Transform Your Art Career at This Pivotal Learning Event
Build your action plan, nail your brand story, and multiply your revenue streams. These are just a few of the topics we’ll be covering at our metro DC Art-Business Conference, […]
Our Digital Portal Features an Online Learning Community
What if there were a central, comprehensive art-industry resource that you could access 24/7 from anywhere in the world? And what if that resource instantly connected you to a community […]
CHF Leaders Speak in Miami on the Business of Art
Attention, figurative painters: Mark your calendars for the 2018 Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE), which takes place from November 7th – 10th in Miami, Florida. This immersive four-day event […]
