Hi Reader! Dropping you a line to let you know about a few cool things going on right now with The Abundant Artist and the online art business world. Coaching Sessions with ArtPlacerWe've been collaborating on articles with ArtPlacer for years. In August we started holding live coaching sessions for their users. They recently published a guide to Lead Generation for Artists on their platform. Check out the guide and if you want to join us for a live coaching session, you can do that by signing up for their platform (the free or paid version) and checking out their Academy. Complete Guide to Selling Art Online: Strategies and Best PracticesTAA published a new, revised complete guide to selling art online. This blog post runs down the basics of selling art online, with links to some of our best past articles that explain some things in more detail. If you're wondering how to get started or what to do next, this blog post is a great resource to bookmark and look at again later. You can also check out the book, which is still selling more than 8 years after publication! What's going on with your art business? I'd love to hear about it. What are you celebrating? Have a great day! Cory |
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Hello Reader, Recently I was having a conversation with a small group of artists who have seen some moderate amounts of success. They know how to make good art, but they’re struggling with the business. We had previously gotten together to discuss their marketing plans, and in this follow up, some of them had struggled to follow through on their plans. What came up is a common theme I hear from a lot of artists: “I got discouraged by negative feedback and isolation.” We’ve all been there....
Hi Reader Last week I wrote a new blog post on the effect of AI on fine art businesses. The post had some great and thoughtful responses via email (people don't really comment anymore). A lot of artists are understandably upset about the mere suggestion that AI might be used anywhere in the creative process. As one reader said, creativity should remain in the hands of humans. See a great video discussion about this on Steven Zapata's YouTube channel. My response to that reader was that I'm...
Hello Reader Quick update since it’s been a few weeks and I wanted to let you know about a few things I’m excited about. Consider this a shoutout email where I share some cool stuff my friends and colleagues are working on you might be interested in. Some rad art I saw this week: @caseypaintings enamel shark reveal @artloversaustralia posted a new work by their artist @joshualaaampour Gallery owners Nancy & Jarrod had me down to Australia back in 2019 to speak at an event and I got to meet so...