for the Business of Being an Artist
Connections are critical for everyone’s art career. Being around other artists can build your confidence, support you emotionally, and challenge you to do better work. Start an art-marketing salon and become an instant leader in your art community. +Podcast
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Each week I share highlights of my tweets on Twitter. There are tips and resources here that you don’t want to miss (on the very off-chance that you weren’t following along in the first place!).
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Every artist has a hero–whether verbalized or not. We admire artists we know, but there are also artists in the past that we wish we had known and rubbed elbows with. Who would you like to study with and why? What would you hope to learn?
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Join our Twitter book club. It’s FREE! I select a book, anyone who wants to join in gets the book and starts reading, and we share our insights on Twitter. We’re reading about Gertrude Stein in September.
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The About page is sometimes the only page with a lot of text on an artist’s site so it becomes a candidate for including the name and description of the artist’s work, making 3rd person a choice, sort of by default. Guest author Patricia J. Velte shares a compromise for using 3rd person text (which Google likes) along with the more informal 1st person.
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While biographies are stiff and formal, your About page is informal. It’s injected with your personality! You can turn any fact into a more interesting story with just a little creativity (and I know you’re creative!).
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Does it look like the recession is over for you? How will you know when it’s over? How will your life be different? Tell us on today’s deep thought.
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Nobody is responsible for your success–or lack thereof–except you. Of course, there will always be bumps along the road that are not your fault. Get a good set of shocks and ride out the potholes.
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Artists need biographies for grant applications, websites, and more. If you’re confused about how to write your biography–or the different tones it might take–read this week’s newsletter. I give you an easy 3-part approach to writing a bio.
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Lots to tweet about this week! But in the Tweekly I only give you the best of the best. Check it out to find out my favorite “fake” queso recipe, our next Twitter book read, and more.
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