Pivotal Projects Archives - Clark Hulings Fund

Getting Your Art-Business Project to Market—The Viability Shark Tank

Shark Tank is a reality TV show in which ambitious entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to the metaphorical “sharks”—five successful entrepreneurs who advanced their careers exponentially by turning some initial project […]

Professionalize the Personal: Bridge the Two Sides of Your Art Career

When you decide to become a professional artist, you’re putting a wild and personal realm under economic pressure. How can you manage that?

Helping Art Collectors and Foundations Buy, Sell, and Manage Their Art

Building and Managing an Art Collection—CHF Interviews Megan Fox Kelly

Art advisor and appraiser Megan Fox Kelly helps collectors and foundations buy and sell art, and manage their existing collections.

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 Not To Do When Outsourcing Your Business

Building a brand for your business is hard, but maintaining it is even harder. Can you delegate work while maintaining a clear and compelling brand story? CHF Education & Messaging […]

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Tighten Your Sales Strategy and Refuse to Compromise

Recently-graduated CHF Art-Business Accelerator Fellow Donna Lee Nyzio might paint coastal themes, but she isn’t going to coast through as a painter without a plan. In this episode of The […]

The Truth and BS About Outsourcing Large Chunks of Your Business

Being real about what we can outsource requires us to acknowledge that there’s no escape from doing the work. You can’t outsource a business; you can only outsource FROM a business.

Make the Gig Economy Work for You—Angela Heath

“If you always give more than you ask, then networking is effective.”

Manage Your Time Effectively by Decluttering Your Work Life

This process is about decluttering your life, not adding more “to-do’s.” Make one small change at a time and be patient with yourself. Enjoy your freedom!

CHF Highlighted in Forbes for Our Agile Approach to Projects

In his latest column for Forbes, CHF’s Education and Marketing Director Daniel DiGriz extols the virtues of agile projects—a method of achieving goals that allows businesses to be nimble and adapt to the […]

Project Management for Artists – Meredith Bergmann

Meredith helps us understand what goes into managing large scale art projects.