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Blog List

  1. ​Your Studio Practice 1/29/2018
  2. Asking for Career Advice 2/12/2018
  3. ​Overcome Rejection Quickly 2/26/2018
  4. ​Are you Comfortable using Technology? 3/12/2018
  5. ​Art Resources in Your Community 3/28/2018
  6. ​Talking about Your Art 4/9/2018
  7. ​Your Work's Signature Style 4/23/2018
  8. Being Clear About Your Goals 5/21/2018
  9. ​Following an Action Plan 6/4/2018
  10. ​Finding Your Work Online 6/18/2018
  11. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level One 7/9/2018
  12. ​Stages of an Art Career - More on Level One 7/23/2018
  13. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Two 8/13/2018
  14. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Three 9/10/2018
  15. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Four 9/25/2018
  16. ​What’s Your Question? 10/8/2018
  17. ​Ask Another Question 10/22/2018
  18. ​What’s on Your Mind? 11/5/2018
  19. ​Happy Thanksgiving! 11/19/2018
  20. ​Questions about Art Licensing? 12/4/2018
  21. ​A Positive Mindset for Artists 12/17/2018
  22. ​Happy New Year! 12/31/2018
  23. ​Moments of Insight 1/14/2019
  24. ​Finding Your Community 1/28/2019
  25. ​Your Art is Personal 2/11/2019
  26. ​Are You Ready? 2/26/2019
  27. ​Are You Stuck? 3/12/2019
  28. ​Your Artist Statement 3/26/2019
  29. ​How to Approach a Gallery* 4/9/2019
  30. ​How to Approach a Gallery, Part II* 4/26/2019
  31. ​Talking with a Gallery 5/7/2019
  32. ​How to Approach a Gallery, Part III* 5/31/2019
  33. ​A Good Gallery Contract 6/11/2019
  34. ​What’s a “Pay-to-Play” Gallery? 6/25/2019
  35. ​Summer Inspiration 7/9/2019
  36. ​How Your Artist Brain Works 7/24/2019
  37. ​A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words 8/20/2019
  38. ​Your Art Career is a Jigsaw Puzzle 9/10/2019
  39. ​Pricing Your Art 9/25/2019
  40. ​Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 10/8/2019
  41. ​How Artists Learn to Write 11/6/2019
  42. ​Checklist for a Successful Art Career 11/20/2019
  43. ​Mantras for Artists 12/18/2019
  44. ​Be Strategic 1/15/2020
  45. ​Get Organized 1/29/2020
  46. Ask for Help 2/12/2020
  47. Making Room for Making Art 2/26/2020
  48. How Artists Grow 3/11/2020
  49. Find Your Strengths 3/25/2020
  50. Keep Making Art 4/08/2020
  51. What Has Changed? 4/22/2020
  52. Welcome the New 5/06/2020
  53. Artists Need All Five Senses 5/20/2020
  54. Don’t Give Up/Get Ready 6/03/2020
  55. Your Unique Vision 6/17/2020
  56. What's in a Business Plan? 7/1/2020
  57. A Call to Artists 7/15/2020
  58. Creative Recovery 7/29/2020
  59. An Art Fair for Introverts 8/12/2020
  60. Finding Renewal 9/9/2020
  61. Stay Connected 9/23/20
  62. Political Art Now 10/08/2020
  63. Your Art Matters 10/28/2020
  64. Circle of Gratitude 11/18/2020
  65. Visit a Hybrid Art Fair 12/02/2020
  66. Planning for 2021 12/16/2021
  67. Shape the Day, Every Day 1/13/2021
  68. 8-bridges 2/3/2021
  69. Do You Need a Coach? 2/24/21
  70. What is Crypto Art? 3/24/21
  71. Are You Invisible? 4/7/21
  72. Create Negative Space 4/21/21
  73. Is Your Work Coherent? 5/5/2021
  74. Is Your Art Good Enough? 5/19/21
  75. Opening Doors 6/16/21
  76. Speak Up! 6/30/21
  77. Building Confidence 7/21/21
  78. Nurturing Spaces 8/11/21
  79. Making Choices 8/25/21
  80. Centering Your Life 9/08/21
  81. It's Not Too Late 9/22/2021
  82. Learn from Nature 10/6/2021
  83. New York Art Now 11/10/21
  84. Happy Thanksgiving 11/24/21
  85. Myths about Art Careers 1/19/22
  86. Get Off the Teeter Totter 2/2/22
  87. Real Art Makes a Comeback 2/23/22
  88. Your Art/Your Story 3/9/22
  89. Ask Better Questions 3/23/22
  90. Art is a Risky Business 4/6/22
  91. Getting on the Radar 4/20/22
  92. Artist Residencies:  Where do you want to go? 5/11/22
  93. Find 20 Minutes for Art 5/25/22
  94. Keeping Up with the Art World 6/8/22
  95. Revisiting NFTs 6/22/22
  96. It Happened by Chance 7/20/22
  97. Is it Time to Change Direction? 8/3/22
  98. This is my 100th post 8/17/22
  99. Time Crunch 8/31/22
  100. Artist Friendly Business Practices 9/14/22
  101. How Change Happens 10/5/22
  102. Break the Rules 10/26/22
  103. No Trust Fund? 11/9/22
  104. Genius Curators 1/11/23
  105. Now Push! 1/25/23
  106. Perfect 2.0 2/8/23
  107. Cancel the Noise 3/1/23
  108. Can of Worms 3/22/23
  109. Bird by Bird 4/5/23
  110. How to Visit an Art Fair 4/26/23
  111. Get Back to Work 5/10/23
  112. Let It Go 5/24/23
  113. How Do You Become More Business-Like?​ 6/21/23
  114. How to Handle Rejection 7/12/23
  115. The Time is Now 7/26/23
  116. Summer Challenge 8/16/23
  117. My TV is Too Smart for Me 8/30/23
  118. Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? 9/27/23
  119. Made in L.A. 10/18/23
  120. Nothing Great Gets Done Alone 11/1/23
  121. What's On Your Calendar? 11/15/23
  122. Grow Your Ideas 12/6/23
  123. How to Make a New year's Resolution 1/10/24
  124. Is the Art World Just Smoke & Mirrors? 1/24/24
  125. Let Go of Illusions 2/20/24
  126. A Creative Career 3/20/24
  127. America Grows Artists 4/24/24
  128. Should You Apply for a Guggenheim? 5/8/24
  129. Value Your Work 5/29/24
  130. Solve Small Problems 6/13/24
  131. An Independent Artist 7/4/24
  132. How to Create a Miracle 7/24/24
  133. Do You Need to Change Your Habits? 08/21/24
  134. A Cultural Moment 9/11/24
  135. Creating Momentum 10/02/24
  136. Is There a Magic Key? 10/23/24
  137. Small Wins 11/13/24
  138. The Circle of Gratitude 11/27/24
  139. Looking Back at 2024 12/18/24
  140. Looking Forward 2025 1/22/25
  141. Making Art Is a Real Job 2/12/25
  142. Amy Sherald: American Sublime 3/12/25​
  143. An Umbrella Lifts You Up 4/2/25
  144. Change the Channel 4/24/25
  145. Ruth Asawa: The Uses of Adversity 5/15/25
  146. Fail Better 6/5/25
  147. Making Art is Good for You 6/26/25
  148. Look Back to Move Forward 7/18/25
  149. Art Talk 8/14/25
  150. How Art Careers Happen Now 9/4/25
  151. An Artist Who Broke the Rules 10/2/25
  152. Made in L.A. 2025 10/23/25
  153. Find An Artist Partner 11/20/25
  154. Can AI Help You Write? 12/22/25
  155. An Authentic Art Career 1/22/26
  156. Art & Commerce 2/11/26
  157. What's Next? 3/19/26
  158. Building Confidence 4/16/26
  159. The 15 Minute Rule 6/4/26
  160. Living with Uncertainty 6/25/26
  161. Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Art 7/30/26
Blog
​Checklist For A Successful Art Career
  1. Your Studio Practice 1/29/2018
  2. ​Asking for Career Advice 2/12/2018
  3. ​Overcome Rejection Quickly 2/26/2018
  4. Are you Comfortable using Technology? 3/12/2018
  5. ​Art Resources in Your Community 3/28/2018
  6. ​Talking about Your Art 4/9/2018
  7. ​Your Work's Signature Style 4/23/2018
  8. Being Clear About Your Goals 5/21/2018
  9. ​Following an Action Plan 6/4/2018
  10. ​Finding Your Work Online 6/18/2018​​
Stages of an Art Career
  1. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level One 7/9/2018
  2. ​Stages of an Art Career - More on Level One 7/23/2018
  3. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Two 8/13/2018
  4. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Three 9/10/2018
  5. ​Stages of an Art Career - Level Four 9/25/2018
How to Approach a Gallery
  1. ​How to Approach a Gallery* 4/9/2019
  2. ​How to Approach a Gallery, Part II* 4/26/2019
  3. ​Talking with a Gallery 5/7/2019
  4. ​How to Approach a Gallery, Part III* 5/31/2019
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