Top Art Career Tips & Articles

Pursue your dream and learn how to sell your art with tips from our experts. If you want to take your hobby to the next level you must learn how to market through social media,
generate referrals
, build relationships with galleries and, apply for art grants. Becoming a professional artist or entering an artistic job can be exciting & challenging, so learn how to navigate the legal, technical and social elements with our art career columns and articles.

Happy, Healthy and Successful: Create a Positive Work-Life Balance, by Lori McNee

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There is lots of information on finding balance in our lives available. Nevertheless, for freelancers, small business owners, and aspiring artists, it might seem as though the only way to get ahead at work is to get behind at home. As a professional artist who juggles a busy painting career along with blogging, teaching, writing, social networking and family, I can speak on this subject with authority, because I have been guilty of imbalance myself. Full Article

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There’s No Better Time Than the Present

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To become a professional artist, build your own online presence; be it through a social network such as Facebook, your own blog/website, or through an online gallery. Learn more today! Full Article

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How to Hang Your Solo Show: Show Your Works to Their Best Advantage, by Jonathan and Marsha Talbot

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Installing a solo show of your own work is a challenging and rewarding task. A solo show is probably something you’ve worked toward for a year or more. You have a substantial emotional investment—and often an economic one as well—in its success. If your show is in a museum or commercial gallery, installing the show will most likely be the responsibility of the museum curator or gallery director. But if your show is in a co-op gallery, art association, alternative art space, library, bank, restaurant, office space or your own studio, part or all of the responsibility for arranging and hanging the work will probably fall on your shoulders. Exploring the installation process will help you create a cohesive exhibition that will show your work to its best advantage. Full Article

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Granting Your Wish: Enhance Your Résumé and Secure Funding, by Christopher Reinhardt

My Secret Valentine oil painting by JoEllen Reinhardt

Many artists are unaware of the career benefits that winning a grant can have. A grant can provide help for you to focus on a favorite theme and can lead to publicity for your work in the local press and TV, as well as in social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. Listing an award on your curriculum vitae adds considerable weight to your accomplishments as well. Full Article

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10 Rules for Being a Professional Artist

Acrylic Painting by Mark Gould

Acrylic artist Mark Gould shares his philosophy for professional creatives in this free excerpt. Full Article

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Selling Your Art | Why You Need the Art of Writing

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Painting and drawing are prime examples of expression and creation, and while you may not create art with the intention of making money off of it, at some point you may start to ask yourself questions about selling art: Should I sell my art? What do I need to do to get started? Full Article

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Negotiating the Contract, by Ilise Benun

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Every business book you read will tell you that you need a contract for every client and every project. But in the real world of doing business, it’s easy to let this detail slip through the cracks, especially if you aren’t particularly comfortable with it in the first place. Is it because you don’t have a good contract? (If you read this article, you won’t be able to use that excuse anymore.) Full Article

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The Budget Game: How to Play the Numbers Game and Win, by Ilise Benun

How many times have you submitted a proposal and then never heard from your prospect again? Or worse, learned that the project was awarded to someone else because your price was too high?

If either of these is a common occurrence, you’re probably wasting valuable time writing proposals you will never win. The only solution is to learn how to distinguish the viable prospects from the deadbeats before you agree to write anything. And that means you have to find out what the prospect’s budget is.

But that’s a problem, because either you’re afraid to ask, or you ask and the response you get is useless. Either way, you’re back to square one. That’s the moment to do something different. Full Article

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Strengthen Your Business: 7 Lessons for Leading, Marketing, Using Time Wisely and More, by Marcia Hoeck

2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

In the early days of my marketing communications firm, there was nothing I wanted more than a blueprint for what I should be doing as a business owner. I was doing well, but I had no idea how to manage my business, and didn’t know if I’d be around next year—or even next month. There wasn’t a resource specifically written for creative professionals available to me back then, so I had to learn on my own. What follows is a brief overview of the plan I created for myself—the guide I wished I’d had handed to me all those years ago. Full Article

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Behind the Scenes: Jurying The Artist’s Magazine’s 29th Annual Art Competition

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Learn what the jurors of this international art contest looked for when choosing the winning paintings for The Artist’s Magazine’s 29th Annual Art Competition. Full Article

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