Don’t Sell Out!! – Find Artistic Success through Context
This is a simple, yet often overlooked aspect of selling art in our modern age: Context.
In our hearts, most of us yearn to be “found” or “recognized” by a kingmaker in the art world – someone with the cachet …
Sunday Art Quote – Paul Gauguin
When all is said and done, success as an artist has its foundation in authenticity. All the fanciest marketing efforts are on shaky ground unless the artist understands his or her voice. I thought the following quote from Paul Gauguin …
$50,000 in grants for artists
A new charity, United States Artists, will give $50,000 grants to 50 artists. – New York Times:
New Charity to Start Plan for $50,000 Artists’ Grants
A new charity, United States Artists, will announce today an ambitious plan to …
Sunday Art Quote: E.M. Forster on Destiny
Think on this as you wake up and smell the coffee this morning……
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. …….E.M. Forster
Have …
New uses for the hipster pda
This Artist Is A Horse!
If you’re ever wondered if you need a MFA, its good to be reminded that talent and inspiration can still win the day. With that in mind, we’d like you to meet Cholla.
What is special about Cholla? Well its …
A good artist website portfolio will make you sales!!
How many of you artists sell your work from your websites? I have found my portfolio website www.josseford.com an excellent tool for selling prints as well as originals. Usually patrons have already been exposed to my work through an art …
A Call To All Artists
Here’s a call to action from Nietzsche:
“We, the new, the nameless, the hard-to-understand, we firstlings of a yet untried future – we require for a new end also a new means, namely, a new healthiness, stronger, sharper, tougher, bolder, …
Alfred Steiglitz – The Eloquent Eye
I’m fascinated by the artists and arts professionals who were there at those key turning points in history to define the new directions for art.
One who had profound influence on defining art in America was Alfred Steiglitz. Like Theo …
Andrea Zittel at the Whitney
Recently I attended a panel at the Whitney curated by Andrea Zittel. Andrea and her friends who live at Joshua Tree talked about their influences and experiences on building community in the context of art. Here’s what the Whitney had …