The Thriving Artist
Latest Episodes
Leverage Your Non-Art Expertise for a Career Blueprint—Kristin LeVier
Kristin makes work at the intersection of art and science that connects us to the “extraordinary, strange beauty of the natural world.”
Get Your Art Into Hotels and Corporate Spaces—Rachel Berg
“Make sure you’re always retaining the rights to the work. If someone is asking you to sign the rights, there’s a problem. Because we are asking permission to use it; not to own it.”
Identifying Pivotal Opportunities for Business Growth – Nadia Fairlamb
“I consider myself a business owner, and my business is art. So I know that I’m running a business, and every artist that I know that’s making money is doing it the same way.”
Generate Powerful Publicity: A Sistine Chapel Mindset – Todd Scalise
"The tipping point in my business was being able to educate people about why what I'm doing is different."
Leverage Your Creative Skills to Improve Your Finances – Christina Empedocles
"Your art practice will change; it’s absolutely necessary to plan for it. I don’t want to hustle to find rent money when I’m 80!"
Build a Brand That Gets a Response – Jenny Darroch
"The thing that trips students up the most is embracing that a commercial approach to art is OK."
Getting Down to Business – April 2018 newsletter - Clark Hulings Fund
Insights into the Business of Visual Art
How Creative Entrepreneurs Build Investment Capital – Alice Loy
“Creatives can, and should, own the companies that creatives work at---creative people are uniquely suited to understand opportunities and problems and therefore develop solutions for market opportunities.”
“Continuous learning makes a great CEO… – March 2018 newsletter - Clark Hulings Fund
Insights into the Business of Visual Art
Do Art Fairs Pay Off? – Ray Beldner
“Having one-on-one face time with an artist is what the viewer wants, it’s a good way to sell art and look at art.”