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It’s Time To Use Your Creative Intelligence
We’re in a new reality now. As we rebuild the ways we live and work, the people best positioned to do that are those who “admit” to being creative.
An Economic Powerhouse Hiding In Plain Sight: The Creative Sector
Innovation and creativity will ensure our survival through our current crises, and are fundamental to human success—yet many hold onto the false belief that artists are incapable of leading us.
Art As A Verb: Why We Need Art Now
As artists challenge institutions, reflect inconvenient truths, and build communities; the art world is realizing their viability is dependent on artists themselves.
Millennials Aren’t Killing The Art Industry
Whether they are using the app or not, more young people are looking to turn a quick profit from “art flipping.”
Get Inspired By Pixar’s 4-Part Business Plan
Clearly defining where your talents lie and where you need to leave yourself time to grow can be part of how you can build a creative business over time.
What Makes a Whitney Biennial Artist?
The 2019 Whitney Biennial has 68 living artists—and they have more in common than you might think. Take a look at what helped set these creatives apart.
Say Goodbye to the Fantasy of Being Discovered
Think you need the approval of industry gatekeepers to have a thriving art career? Think again. Seize control of your art business today and follow your own unique path to success.
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Artists
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.
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.
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.
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.
Artists Boost the GDP and Drive Economic Growth
Artists bring beauty to our world, call our attention to the issues of the day, and use their creativity to inspire us and get us to think, but they do a heck of a lot more than that.
