Audio Archives - The Clark Hulings Foundation: Recent Episodes
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We get more by generating a conversation among artists who are thriving, economically empowered, and independent of tastemakers.
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“I try to put everything, all of me, into the art.” Melissa Whitaker’s work—even for collaborations with corporate clients—is always her own.
The post Stock Art Can Go to Hell: Corporate Art Without Compromise—Melissa Whitaker appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“There is no one who can replace you in knowing what you want and telling your story.” Carolyn Edlund on success in tough times, and how the CHF Conference can help. Part II/II
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Sales Strategy expert Carolyn Edlund discusses how artists can succeed during uncertain times and invites you to The Virtualize Your Art Career™ Conference Oct 19-30. Part I/II.
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The Virtual Edition of The Santa Fe Indian Market offers an atmosphere of delight and awe at a time when most of us are cooped up in our own worlds of social distance.
The post Selling Art in The New Normal: Marketplace, Native Communities, and Virtual Reality appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“It takes years of putting lots of lines in the water.” Pop artist Ashley Longshore discusses guts, strategy, and other lessons learned as a leading artist-entrepreneur.
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It’s a timely moment to hear from Cornelia Carey and Carrie Cleveland from CERF+, a leading nonprofit focused on safeguarding artists’ livelihoods nationwide.
The post Lockdown: Artists Double Down on Building Robust Businesses and Self-Help Networks appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“It was a total mind-shift this year. There is a market for what I want to do, and I am selling. There are buyers for the subject matter that I want to paint.”
The post These Artists Graduated Training But are Entrepreneurs for Life appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
CHF data analysts Lily Dulberg and Daniel DiGriz prove in the Report on the Working Artist that the secret ingredient for artists’ success is entrepreneurial training.
The post Data Science in the Arts: Report on the Working Artist—Lily Dulberg appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Certainly the jobs that are going to go last are going to be the ones that require people to creative problem-solve and come up with unique new ideas.”
The post Infiltrate the Business World in the Name of Art—Noah Scalin appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“The arts are not just an amenity, they’re a critical function of society and a part of the fabric of social, cultural, and also economic life and livelihood for our country.”
The post Artists Are Solving Atomic-Level Problems—Cyndi Conn appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“With the advent of Modernism, there was this idea that training would ruin your creativity.”
The post Classical Skills for Modern Art Careers: The Case for Training and Tradition—Mandy Theis appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“The challenge was to make [the goal] so scary and big that you can never accomplish it, and I'm making small steps towards that.”
The post Fearlessly Take On The Big Daddy Ugly Goal—Willy Bo Richardson appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“I think people who know what their values are...know what their values are! So yes, they're trading, yes they're ‘sacrificing,’ but what they don't trade off is what they value.”
The post If You Build It, They Will Ignore It. Unless…—Mary McBride appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“When you decide what you want to do, you become more intentional about what you choose to do.”
The post Tighten Your Sales Strategy, Then Refuse to Compromise—Donna Lee Nyzio appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"If you don’t file a copyright application in a timely fashion you pay a very, very significant price. […] Artists really need to copyright their works I would say, immediately."
The post Lock Down Your Rights to Your Own Art—Emily Danchuk, Esq. appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“If you always give more than you ask, then networking is effective.”
The post Make the Gig Economy Work for You—Angela Heath appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“There are so many platforms now for an artist living in obscure or out-of-the way places to get their work out and be seen.”
The post Get to Emerging Artist Status and Beyond—Bonnie Clearwater appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Kristin makes work at the intersection of art and science that connects us to the “extraordinary, strange beauty of the natural world.”
The post Leverage Your Non-Art Expertise for a Career Blueprint—Kristin LeVier appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“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.”
The post Get Your Art Into Hotels and Corporate Spaces—Rachel Berg appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“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.”
The post Identify Pivotal Opportunities for Business Growth – Nadia Fairlamb appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"The tipping point in my business was being able to educate people about why what I'm doing is different."
The post Generate Powerful Publicity: A Sistine Chapel Mindset – Todd Scalise appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"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!"
The post Leverage Your Creative Skills to Improve Your Finances – Christina Empedocles appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"The thing that trips students up the most is embracing that a commercial approach to art is OK."
The post Build a Brand That Gets a Response – Jenny Darroch appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“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.”
The post How Creative Entrepreneurs Build Investment Capital – Alice Loy appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“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.”
The post Do Art Fairs Pay Off? – Ray Beldner appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"It doesn’t matter what your art is, if your intention is to earn a living from it and thrive in your art, that proposal will help you figure out how you’re going to get there.”
The post How to Grow Your Customer Base and Increase Sales – Steve Pruneau appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
It’s been an evolution to be a professional artist, and it’s taken me a long time to get here....I’m coming around to really seeing this as not only what I do, but my lifestyle and my income.”
The post Engage New Sales Avenues to Increase Art Income – Aaron Laux appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"The best way to learn business is to start doing it."
The post Identify Product-Market Fit for Entrepreneurial Success – Arree Chung appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Successful people say 'Yeah, I failed, but I did learn, and this is how I’ll apply it to the next thing I do.'"
The post The Learned Skills of Successful Entrepreneurs – John Furth appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"One has to focus on strategy instead of tactic: tactic is the thing you’re going to do, strategy is the plan of how you’ll get respect, get well-known and get people to buy your work."
The post What Independent Publishing Can Teach Visual Artists – Eric Rhoads appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"There is a shame around making money off of swag or reproductions or something else that isn’t art---but that is making money off of art."
The post Why Are You Working for Free? Examining Arts Labor – Alexis Clements appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Art is a cool business---it's the only one I know where the customer often buys dinner.”
The post How to Collaborate with Museums – Seth Hopkins appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
They’re not separate at all---the market and museum---there are galleries now where there’s very little work in the exhibition that’s for sale. They’re publishing books and ‘competing’ with museums. The lines are becoming blurrier and some of that is positive."
The post Best Practices to Engage With Curators – Dr. Catherine Futter appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"I don’t mind letting people see the process and where I go wrong, that’s part of the creative process and what people are interested in."
The post How to Meet Stakeholder Demands – Holly Van Hart appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"I see a lack of confidence standing in people's way, they don't trust what they're thinking, they don't trust what they're painting, and as soon as they get a little confident I see a huge change."
The post Find the Best Representation for Your Art – Stephanie Birdsall appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Every day something new happens in the world and art is really primed to look at those global changes and shifts."
The post Translate Social Media to Sales – Gregg Chadwick appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"An artist recently said this to me about success: ‘You really just keep doing what you feel you need to be doing and if you do it long enough people believe it too’."
The post On Selling Tools of the (Art) Trade – Ron Whitmore appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"When you’re younger, it’s fun to get that pat on the back, but you learn quickly that a pat on the back doesn’t pay the mortgage."
The post Control How Your Art Business is Perceived – Maria Brophy appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“I’m no Salvador Dalí, but I have built enough of a market that now I can start to work on leaving a legacy.”
The post Create Your Own Success – Dean Mitchell appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Average people were very afraid to walk into galleries. Affordability became the key. You didn’t feel the intimidation.”
The post How to Find Your Audience – Mary Ann Weems appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Sometimes they [artists] think earning money, charging for their work, is not something they want to do. They feel embarrassed to do so. It's an attitude, I have no idea where it begins, but a lot of artists just look at the word ‘money’ and see a four letter word.”
The post Beyond Arts Education: Why Artists Need Business Training – Betsy Ehrenberg appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“As an artist, you need to be as prolific as you can because you will need a body of work to solidify your situation.”
The post Manage a Successful Art Career – Dan Anthony appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Documentation is a very important part of the object and the care of collections.”
The post Art Collections Management: Caring for Your Collection – Maura Kehoe Collins appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Young people need to have that experience and the effects can be dramatic over a lifetime. Experiencing an artwork in person is so much different than seeing it on a phone."
The post Student Curated Art Collections: A New Way to Experience Art – James Kitchen appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“I think living artists should be very optimistic that there's still a healthy appetite for art... It's just occurring in different ways.”
The post Recognizing the Legacies of Overlooked Artists – Peter Trippi appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Many of the things that people approach in business - when they're talking about a business plan or return on investment - they're really talking about similar things to what happens in art.”
The post Between Creativity and Commerce: Art Thinking – Amy Whitaker appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Artists need to ask themselves, “What do I need to support myself and my family and my art business in the way that I'm accustomed to or want to and what it's going to take for me to get that?”
The post Balancing Art, Life, and Business – Aletta de Wal appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Business has a hard time understanding the arts, so… I'm advocating for the professionalizing, that within the organization, the artist is seen just as professional as the accountant, just as professional as the director and the other typical roles…”
The post Economics of the Art Market – Neil Ramsay appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“It's important that an artist be involved in showing their work and takes ownership of what he makes rather than have somebody else take over his business.”
The post Playing Your Art Forward – Sabin Howard appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“As an artist, you're a small business owner and you're in charge, you're the boss, and you have to manage that like any other small business would be managed. You have to keep your books organized, plan for big expenses, and plan for investing in those big projects.”
The post The Long-Term Art Career – Ryan S. Brown appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Artists have never had more opportunities to advocate on their own behalves, to get their work out there, to talk about what's behind it, to talk about themselves as artists.”
The post Create A Thriving Art Business – Alan Bamberger appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
The Business Accelerator Program allowed me to “discover how applicable a lot of those strategies would be for promoting my personal work as well.”
The post Make Your Art Economically Viable – Elizabeth Corkery appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“I think we make better art because we're really truthful with each other, and we can tell each other exactly how we feel something is being read or how it gets taken.”
The post Project Management: An Impressionistic Art Form – Ghost of a Dream appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“There’s no substitute for seeing it live, looking at the texture, looking at the brush strokes, being able to really examine the work.”
The post Anyone Can Be a Collector of Original Works – Shannon Robinson appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Mastering the business side of art is “a completely different scale from what you're doing in the studio, but it's essential.”
The post Make Your Art Career Sustainable – Carla Crawford appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Create what you love but balance that with what will also sell”
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An artist should think of it as a challenge to connect with people, tell their story, and get an audience excited about the project.
The post Professionalize Your Studio Practice with Business Training – Cristina DiChiera appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Exhibition is about “Seeing the world through the physicality of language and bringing the presence of experience into play through language.”
The post Taking the Plunge to Become a Working Artist – Leslie Hirst appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Etsuko's interview offers an insightful look into public art commissions, the importance of vetting galleries before you work with them, and how to tackle brand management even as your career evolves.
The post Maintaining Momentum in an Evolving Art Career – Etsuko Ichikawa appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“The creative legacy is not necessarily an issue of résumé, but about the creative spirit itself shown through your works."
The post Preserve Your Artistic Legacy – Jennifer Cohen appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
“Collectors have a vested interest in supporting the work of The Clark Hulings Foundation because what goes around comes around in the collecting world.”
The post Collector: Steward of the Arts – Tim Newton appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Artists need a platform to market and brand their skills as potentially both experts and instructors.
The post Creating and Teaching Hand in Hand – Carolyn (Charlie) Bogusz & LaVonne Ewing appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Vanessa Diaz reimagines architectural pieces to distort conventional perceptions of how rooms and physical spaces should be used.
The post Artist as CEO – Vanessa Diaz appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Those that produce the work are often the least in control of what happens to that work."
The post Planning for Residencies, Shows, and Travel – Lauren Frances Adams appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Large-scale artist Molly Dilworth explains the challenges of both producing such works and operating the professional side of the business for scale.
The post Setting Up an Art Business for Scale – Molly Dilworth appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Most artists never talk about business and, as a result, most artists never make a living from their art."
The post Becoming a Five-Day-a-Week Artist – Robert C. Jackson appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Color within the lines and you get pigeonholed; cross media and genres, and they don't know where to put you."
The post The Catch-22: Mixing Media & Crossing Genre – Cheryl Gross appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Gonzalo's comments on the role of the artist in an emigre environment (and in general) are fascinating.
The post Art and The Politics of Geography – Gonzalo Fuenmayor appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"When people sheared sheep 100 years ago, it wasn't just work, it was their life; work wasn't a separate thing." Art and business are like that.
The post No Separation Between Work and Life – Laura Petrovich-Cheney appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Being serious about your business as an artist is more than paperwork; it's also mindset.
The post Serious Business: Marketing Your Art in a Flat World – Bette Ridgeway & Sue Roderick appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
"Anyone with a genuine interest at any economic level can acquire a collection."
The post More Wall Space: The Collector’s Journey To Connoisseurship – Stephen Zimmerman appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Building your brand without sacrificing your craft requires both finding your public and going deep into the artist.
The post Stripping Down to Your Soul and Selling Art Like Hotcakes – Jane Robinson appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Frank makes it his mission to bring innovation and community building to all aspects of the Arboretum’s programming and operation.
The post Art Curation and Curriculum – Frank Juliano appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Waiting until the future to think about the future is a mistake.
The post Planning the Future of Your Art – Kristin Gary appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.
Carolyn's emphasis on the lifestyle of the artist as one of glamour and freedom is insightful and balanced by the call for creating a skill set to further one's deepest professional aspirations.
The post The Enviable Lifestyle of the Working Artist – Carolyn Edlund appeared first on The Clark Hulings Foundation.