Meeting people and building relationships is the most important thing you can do for your art career. This means you have to get out of the studio and socialize. You must, gasp, be social in the...
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I sent my first email newsletter on March 25, 2002. When I started, there was one other email newsletter that I was aware of that was published to help artists...
Many artists I encounter are pinning all of their hopes on getting into a gallery. Most of them are adopting this outlook prematurely. In other words, they aren’t even close to ready for...
We are often too quick to ask for feedback. We’re equally guilty of giving feedback when it’s not requested (or wanted). I’ve been guilty of both – especially the latter – and I’ve learned a lot...
Are you like a lot of my clients? You want to do/try it all. You’d like to be everywhere but time runs out. Lack of time is the No. 1 anxiety for most of my clients. It’s not fear of rejection or...
A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about why artists should publish newsletters. I’m delighted that people read it and remembered its basic premise: that artist newsletters aren’t for making...
Are you wasting time on social media sites? I’m not implying that you shouldn’t be on those sites. I’m just wondering if you’re using them to their potential. It’s not that you need to be...
There’s an epidemic going around. Don’t panic. If it strikes, you won’t need to rush to the ER or be quarantined. But you will need to take immediate action. Your physical health isn’t in peril,...
In February, I sat in the audience and listened to husband-and-wife art critics Roberta Smith(New York Times) and Jerry Saltz (New York Magazine). They were in town at the invitation of Denver’s...
