It can be a bit scary to make the move to full time artist. The idea of generating all your income strictly from your art can be so hard to fathom. Art is often a passion and a true passion just keeps calling to you over and over again. For many the dream of being [...]
A Blog About The Business of Marketing and Selling Your Art. For Artists by an Artist.
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If Your Not Selling Your Art Online, Where Are You Selling Your Art?
True story.
This morning I opened our local newspaper to be greeted with headlines of another art gallery closing. Based on the many Google Alerts I have running this is common news all over the country and the world. The current economy is just too weak for many art galleries to survive.
Of course this is bad [...]
What are the tools other artists use?
We all wonder what tools other artists use. Especially artists that we like. I know when I visit another artist’s studio I can’t help but look around at their studio to take a peek at their tools. What brands do they use? Do they buy the expensive stuff or the cheap stuff? What unusual tools [...]
Art Palaver Seeks Art Writers And Bloggers To Submit Guest Posts
I have a few goals for Art Palaver. Mainly enable artists to be able to create their art, also build a community around this blog. I believe having more voices will help do both of those things. Which is why I decided to start looking for other writers and guest bloggers.
This is a good opportunity [...]
Are You Insane?
There is a pretty well known quote from Albert Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” These past couple weeks I’ve had some conversations with artists that make me wonder if they are going insane. They continue to manage their art business the same way they did [...]
The ZAF622 Internet Show
Way back in 2005 I started a webzine called ZAF622. The online magazine published Q&A style interviews with local artists. Which meant artists living in and around Fort Collins Colorado. This blog is a spin off of ZAF622. Art Palaver started local as well but grew beyond the borders of Fort Collins, beyond the borders [...]
A Look Over An Artist’s Shoulder
I believe one of the great ways an artist can use the internet and social media is by giving people a glimpse into their process. We like to see the steps that go into making art. It creates a higher level of interest and also lets us get to know an artist. And those two [...]
Building An Artist Blogroll
As part of the ongoing overhaul and effort to breath new life into this blog I am going to be on the look out for artists who are actively using social media and add them to Art Palaver’s blogroll.
Active is the key word. I will not add blogs that have postings few and far [...]
Making Art In Tough Times
Has the economy hit home for you? Have your sales changed? It seems no artist is safe from the economy we have put ourselves into. Have you changed the way you do things? Are you thinking about it? Let me offer up a few suggestions:
1. Turn it up a notch. [...]
More Art Is Needed In Public Schools
Have you heard the news? Kids who take art classes do better in school. (At least in Colorado.)
Colorado high school students with more access to art courses did better at reading, writing and science, regardless of their ethnicity or socioeconomic status, according to the study funded by the Colorado Council [...]
