When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money. – Oscar Wilde I have yet to meet an artist that doesn’t feel the need to do a better job organizing their finances. It’s important to keep track of your income and expenditures so you can identify issues, evaluate your product sales, and get your taxes straight. Over the last few years I’ve been putting together a set of spreadsheets to manage our studio finances. It occurred to me that this might be useful to other people, especially those starting out, so…
Published May 5, 2015 by Christy
Sitting in an Artist Alley is pretty different from being in the dealer’s hall. You have much less space to work with and you’re working (sometimes literally) shoulder to shoulder and back to back with your fellow artists. There’s often few to no barriers between the artists beyond what your display can bring. There are many, many advantages to being friendly and open with your fellow artists. Being a good neighbor helps foster a positive attitude in the alley. Happy artists mean happy attendees and happy attendees are more likely to stop, browse and make purchases. Additionally, when in the…
Published April 30, 2015 by Alysia
Over the last year, we’ve spent a lot of time figuring out how to get more things done. For the last few years, we’ve had to accept that we can’t work the way we did in our early twenties. Back then, it wasn’t an issue to work a full time job and stay up until 3am drawing or writing. That isn’t working anymore, and it’s been tricky figuring out how to keep up a reasonable level of productivity while staying on top of our other priorities like health, day jobs and relationships. I’ll go over a few things that have…
