My goal with this post is to create a little bit of a discussion via the comment form. Please offer your opinion on this one. If you get this via email just reply and I’ll add you comment to the site.

What I am trying to figure out what is the best way to help the individual independent artist. I am sure most of you know the type of artist I have in mind with this question. The artist that holds down a day job but also spends a fair bit of time in the studio producing work but the work is piling up faster than it is selling. Artists who do not have any type of gallery representation. Artists that feel stuck because they don’t know what to do next. Artists working from a corner of a room in their house, or in the garage, or basement, dreaming of one day turning a corner and being able to make a living full time through their art. What would help those artists the most?

Money is the obvious answer but is it the best answer? I’ve created and awarded artist grants through a prior business before but always wondered if that was the best use of the money. Sure I was able to help one artist at a time but there was always a stack of applications from other artists that I was not able to help. Would more grants for lesser amounts be the answer? More specific grants where an artist asks for certain tools or supplies?

“The arts” get a lot more support than “the artist.” It is important to me as this blog starts to generate revenue that I always give back to the community that supports it. With that in mind I’d like to do what I can to lift up more artists. Or better yet create a community where artists lift each other up. So tell me what do you need? What one thing do you believe would really help your art career? Please let me know in the comments.

Thanks,

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What Is The Best Way To Help Artists? is a post from: Art Palaver The Artist Marketing Resource.

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