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Rethinking 2020: Changing your goals in changing times
FLEXIBLE ARTISTS WIN Unless you’re a global researcher or a stickler for following speculative world news, I don’t think anybody was expecting this to happen. 2020 is looking wildly different than 2019, or any year of our lifetimes. That means what we thought our goals for this year would be are certainly changing. If you recall, my major goal was to increase my outreach efforts. I wanted to really put myself out there and be heard. I wanted to travel further with my art shows, get published in a newspaper or magazine, and team up with other artists on cool new projects. But it looks like social distancing is changing all…
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Create multiple income streams in your art business
SAFEGUARD YOUR REVENUE If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this pandemic, it’s that diversifying your income is very important! Having multiple income streams in your art business brings safety and stability to your financial well-being. If your entire business relies on one thing, what happens when something goes wrong with that one thing? For instance, if you only sell artwork online, what happens when there’s a mass power outage? What happens when you have trouble with your personal internet connection for a whole week? In another example, if you only sell at art shows, what happens when suddenly all events are canceled and people are not leaving their houses?…
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How it feels to start taking commissions — the emotional truth
WHAT’S THE TEA, SIS? Well if you don’t have any, I do. It’s not real gossip, because it’s really about me. Here’s my tea: I’m stepping into doing commissions slowly but surely but I want to say out loud that it’s SO uncomfortable for me. Let me explain. NOTE: This article was written in April 2019. My relationship to commissions has changed a lot since this point! But I’m leaving it up because artists early on in their art journey can possibly relate. Check out my more recent post on commissions here. I APPRECIATE THE WORK I love knowing that people like my work enough to pay for something custom…
