by Artist Organized | Planning
Years ago, a friend of mine mentioned that her family, who are all artists, have family studio rules. I thought this was a good idea to implement for myself. Here are my basic rules. Let me know what additional rules you may have below. No work is started without...
by Artist Organized | Planning, Selling Art
A few days ago my manager went to pick up art from a hotel who had called to say that after a few months, nothing had sold. When he went to pick up the art, he discovered that 1/4 of my work had actually sold. That amount, given the limited amount of time my work had...
by Artist Organized | Nuts & Bolts, Planning
The beginning of the year is always a great time to take stock of the past year and come up with some new goals, or re-emphasis of existing goals. Sometimes this process can feel like a pointless endeavor, because we can become some hung up on feeling that not all...
by Artist Organized | Nuts & Bolts, Planning, Selling Art
Michael J Fox has said: “Do the next right thing, as opposed to doing the next thing right.” When we track what we are doing, what results we are getting, we can get better and better at tracking what is working and what is not. For example, this past year I...
by Artist Organized | Nuts & Bolts, Planning
Last Blog I talked about statistics. And I mentioned something I tend to think of as a “vanity stat.” For example, I worked X number of hours this week. The only reason I even knew that, and still if I’m honest sometimes track it mentally in my head – is I’m...
by Artist Organized | Art & Creativity, Planning
Years ago I went to a Blair Singer Sales & Leadership Conference. What I learned there, I actually now use on a daily basis, but there was one thing I got really wrong. Blair is all about statistic – tracking what you do, so that you can adjust course, and...
