Survival Tips for Artists

Survival Tips for Artists

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moderator: Yarrow Summers | Biography | Resume
Yarrow Summers is a Professional Personal Coach trained through Coach University. She has worked as an artist/designer for over 20 years and has managed galleries in Santa Barbara, Carmel and Mendocino, California. Yarrow will respond to questions about working with galleries, pricing artwork, art as a business, self-promotion, creativity, and inspiration, as a free service through this forum, or by private email.

This is general information. No client relationship is intended or created. For legal information, please see our Legal Information for Artists forum. For accounting or other questions beyond the scope of this forum, please see a professional in that field.

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Topic 2: Finding Time to Create

Topic 3: Artists' Administrative Coop

Topic 4: How to find artists who are looking for Assistants?

Topic 5: Shortage of Time

Topic 6: sending artwork overseas

Topic 7: Grants

Topic 8: questions about artist's statement and bio

Topic 9: Selling in location of artwork subject

Topic 10: press releases

Topic 11: www.ar-t-facts.com is giving FREE gallery space for the month

Topic 12: What is your biggest challenge as an artist?

Topic 13: Post show depression (?)

Topic 14: How do you find a reputable agent/gallery?

Topic 15: GETTING SOME SHOWS TOGETHER FOR A GROUP OF ARTISTS?

Topic 16: virtual assistant

Topic 17: art/business seminar

Topic 18: Getting Exposure

Topic 19: Juried shows

Topic 20: Gallery Commissions

Topic 21: soliciting art consultants and publishers

Topic 22: Pricing for murals and other art work

Topic 23: Live/work co-operatives

Topic 24: Live/work co-operatives

Topic 25: Royalties

Topic 26: Band names as registered business names

Topic 27: Representation Fees

Topic 28: Lost My Fire

Topic 29: next step after canvas

Topic 30: art impulse re-awakens at 40

Topic 32: HOW 2 START

Topic 33: a new career

Topic 36: Pricing paper castings

Topic 37: link exchange

Topic 39: how to do an artist statement

Topic 40: What am I doing?

Topic 41: What am I doing?

Topic 42: Marketing my current subject matter

Topic 43: Selling Pictures, Slides, Galleries and Everything else... Help!!

Topic 44: Artist statement

Topic 45: tile murals

Topic 46: social activist art/ how do I survive financially?

Topic 47: How to approach galleries

Topic 48: How to approach galleries

Topic 49: Am I pricing my work too low??

Topic 50: Artist Statment's for Graduate School

Topic 51: Egyptian artist

Topic 52: how to take slides of art work

Topic 53: making the leap

Topic 54: Insurance for show

Topic 55: photography grant

Topic 56: Evaluation Do I have the talent to do better?

Topic 57: Evaluation

Topic 58: Are You Ready To Sell Your Art On The Internet??

Topic 59: Are You Ready To Sell Your Artwork On The Internet??

Topic 60: Promotional Material

Topic 61: studio or storefront space

Topic 62: Artis

Topic 63: Artist Publicity in the Contemporary Art World

Topic 64: Starting a band

Topic 65: Why art festival patrons won't buy your artwork

Topic 66: Royalty fee for reproduced artwork for cover of CD

Topic 67: royalty fee for art work to be used for cd cover

Topic 68: Reaching Out

Topic 69: Contacting A Respected Art Consultant

Topic 70: my work!

Topic 71: Payment for artwork

Topic 72: Starting a Band

Topic 73: diversity or focus?

Topic 74: How do I find illustrating jobs

Topic 75: How much do I charge for my illustration to be used in a $15 calender

Topic 76: Courage to start

Topic 77: Finding the Right Galleries....Again

Topic 78: Finding insurance brokers

Topic 79: Celebrity Portraits

Topic 80: starting a bamd

Topic 81: I have a question

Topic 82: Art Rep Percentage

Topic 83: photographic royalities

Topic 84: starting a band

Topic 85: CONTRACTS

Topic 86: Starting a band

Topic 87: this actually works, dang :-)

Topic 88: Starting a band

Topic 89: A Band

Topic 90: copyrighting my artwork

Topic 91: Approaching Galleries After Sept. 11

Topic 92: Importance of degree when selling art

Topic 93: painting from photos in magazines

Topic 94: starting a band

Topic 95: question for art show

Topic 96: Free-hand Illustrations

Topic 97: exhibiting internationally

Topic 98: Copyright Question

Topic 99: shipping art across country?

Topic 100: Unique & lucrative source of income

Topic 101: Good Side Jobs for Artists

Topic 102: commission requests for greeting cards

Topic 103: Selling and reselling

Topic 104: selling and reselling

Topic 105: how can i sell my art with the help of this page

Topic 106: I want to Make it

Topic 107: Hi

Topic 108: costs allocation-limited edition bronze sculptures

Topic 109: costs allocation-limited edition bronze sculptures

Topic 110: Lending a painting to a prospective buyer

Topic 111: Mural

Topic 112: Mural Pricing

Topic 113: How to make extra income

Topic 114: have stories want to sell

Topic 115: Writing Songs or Poetry bad?

Topic 116: Release Forms

Topic 117: Using other people's art as guidelines.

Topic 118: NEED HELP

Topic 119: i need band help

Topic 120: BAND

Topic 121: interested in starting a group

Topic 122: interested in starting a group

Topic 123: How do you know if you are a good visual artist?

Topic 124: Fun, light paintings

Topic 125: Gallery Percentages/Framing

Topic 126: Liability insurance for freelancers

Topic 127: music

Topic 128: testing

Topic 129: Greeting Card Publishers

Topic 130: starting a band

Topic 131: For those of you posting questions regarding starting a band...

Topic 132: Sales Tax

Topic 133: 18 year old aspiring artist

Topic 134: Concerned about Tax & selling art

Topic 135: Band Members Needed,Gothic Death Metal Band (Houston,Tx.)

Topic 136: Royalties for my Art

Topic 137: marketing agent

Topic 138: greeting cards and calendars

Topic 139: greeting cards and calendars

Topic 140: artist statements

Topic 141: Selling papier mache sculptures

Topic 142: Need Representation In CA

Topic 143: Need Representation In CA

Topic 144: Why the emphasis on "body of work"

Topic 145: starting an band is kinda easy! well for me i will show you

Topic 146: starting an band is kinda easy! well for me, I will show you

Topic 147: starting a band

Topic 148: Finding a rep for products

Topic 149: Finding a rep for products

Topic 150: Making prints of art

Topic 151: on line galleries

Topic 152: An inexpensive way to showcase your artwork

Topic 153: Artist's subjects

Topic 154: Firing a band manager

Topic 155: START YOUR OWN RECORD LABEL

Topic 156: Is it time to quit ?

Topic 157: Mural Commission

Topic 158: 27 Tips To Becoming A Successful Artist

Topic 159: Should I mention my racial background in my Bio

Topic 160: artist statment

Topic 161: commissions

Topic 162: Art Rep

Topic 163: Need to find out if this name is registered

Topic 164: Advice for a teenage artist

Topic 165: Starting a band

Topic 166: Question

Topic 167: Portrait pricing?

Topic 168: Portrait pricing?

Topic 169: Art co-op agreement/contract

Topic 170: Virtual Assistant looks for Artist (s)in Need of Services

Topic 171: art work on paper

Topic 172: How to put on an art show

Topic 173: artists co-operatives

Topic 174: Info

Topic 175: What does "Creativity" mean to you

Topic 176: having trouble making a song

Topic 177: Writing Songs Or Poetry Bad?

Topic 178: BAND MEMBERS NEEDED

Topic 179: singer need for punk alternative band in houston

Topic 180: royalites? how to know if your entiled to them?

Topic 181: How Do I choose the right people

Topic 182: CV for artist

Topic 183: starting a band

Topic 184: Work never paid for

Topic 185: limited edition prints

Topic 186: sculpture rep's percentage

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