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Happy, Healthy and Successful: Create a Positive Work-Life Balance, by Lori McNee
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.
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There’s No Better Time Than the Present
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!
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Photographing Paintings | Keeping a Record of Your Work
Photographing finished paintings can be one of the most frustrating aspects of painting, but still one of the most necessary. These photographic records are invaluable when reminiscing about past accomplishments, a necessity for entering most juried exhibitions, and a prerequisite for publication. Since most artists either sell or gift their works, it’s paramount to keep a high quality photographic record for future reference.
How to Hang Your Solo Show: Show Your Works to Their Best Advantage, by Jonathan and Marsha Talbot
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.
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Framing Tips for Pastel Paintings | Reusing Frames
Framing can be one of the most costly aspects of our pastel painting careers. Frames are expensive, never mind the glass, mats, backing, and fitting charges when a professional framer is utilized. We invest in the hope that someone will open their wallet and purchase a painting, helping us to recoup some of our overhead. It’s a speculative business at best.
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Making Art Business Connections | Social Media Tips
Free webinar! Successful and cyber-savvy fiber artist and business woman Jane Davila explains how you can use social media to forge a community and reach potential customers and clients faster and more inexpensively than ever before. She’ll discuss the pros and cons of all the major social media outlets and even show you how to create an avatar for your site!
Granting Your Wish: Enhance Your Résumé and Secure Funding, by Christopher 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.
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Selling Your Art | Why You Need the Art of Writing
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?
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