Michael Vincent Manalo presents his portfolio of haunting and beautiful images. He manipulates photographs to create images about feelings, dreams and everyday occurrences. He discusses his life and inspirations.
25 Ways Artists Can Market Their Work
A list of many ways artists and craftspeople can find exposure for their work, and increase sales. Includes marketing ideas, venues for sales and unusual ways to sell.
Featured Artist Patricia A. Smith
Artist Patricia A. Smith presents her portfolio of work, discusses her inspiration and her methods of creating mixed media abstract art.
Featured Artist Kellyann Gilson-Lyman
Kellyann Gilson-Lyman is a California artist whose colorful abstracts and collages are inspired by culture and humanity. She presents her portfolio of new work.
Helping Artists Find Balance/Interview with Max Shapey LCSW
Artists sometimes can be overwhelmed or unable to move forward with their work. This interview with Max Shapey LCSW addresses issues that can cause this problem, and different ways to cope and find balance.
Build Your Twitter Art Community!
Let’s build our art community on Twitter! List your Twitter user name and your website. Join the conversation, network and share resources.
Featured Artist Francis Powell
Francis Powell, an English artist living in Paris, presents his portfolio of African-inspired masks. He talks about his goals and inspirations.
Increase Business by Building Your Personal Network
Building a personal network of friends and contacts gets you started on giving and receiving business referrals. Word of mouth is a powerful way to build business. How to make contacts, follow up and give referrals, while being open to receiving them as well.
Featured Artist Lucas Albergaria de Magalhães
Lucas Albergaria de Magalhães is a Brazilian artistic who sketches people in public places. His sketchbooks are presented, as well as his story about developing as an artist and traveler.
20 Smart Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Art Website
Attract visitors and gain visibility for your art website. From including tutorials and linking to artist communities to installed Google Analytics to track visitors, all of these methods can help promote your business.
Featured Artist Alice Arisu
Italian artist Alice Arisu presents her portfolio and discusses her work. She is inspired to comment on eating disorders, the role of women, loss of identity due to modern society, and uses her work in mixed media and collage to address these issues.
Build Your Wholesale Accounts/Exclusivity
Entrepreneurs who are wholesaling to retail stores may offer “exclusivity” to certain accounts to prevent over-saturation in a market.
Artists, Sensitivity and Confidence/Interview with Douglas Eby
Douglas Eby is a psychologist who studies giftedness, creativity and their relation to mental health issues.
Advice from a RockStar Sales Rep
Sales rockstar Meryl Hooker helps artists and entrepreneurs get focused on business strategies to help sell their products.