Understanding your different audiences as an artist

Sometimes it’s hard to think of who is interested in the work you make, but the press—both the press you go after and the press you get—can help you figure it out.

10 things learned in 10 years / 10 leçons apprises en 10 ans

To celebrate a decade of pro art-making, I made a video full of things I wish I’d known from the beginning.  Pour célébrer une décennie de création artistique professionnelle, j’ai fait une vidéo pleine de choses que j’aurais aimé savoir dès le début.

Art auctions and artists giving back

Though I’ve given a lot to nonprofit fundraisers over my decade as a full-time artist, today I officially announce that it’s not my thing and that I much prefer to help out in my community in other ways.

Is Haley Morris-Cafiero a photographer?

Or is she a performer?  Or a conceptual artist?  Maybe the question should be “does it matter what we call her seeing as her work is so poignant?”  It’s a fair point, but I do think that her title is worth discussing.

The artist’s story / L’histoire de l’artiste

Where you come from has very little to do with whether or not you will manage to be an artist.  D’où vous venez a très peu à voir avec votre capacité pour être artiste.

Civil rights and multipotentialites

This post started out as a glowing review of Kenji Yoshino’s book Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights and turned into a similar sort of endorsement of Emilie Wapnick’s work.

Whose brand is it? / La marque appartient à qui?

When artists make changes to the sort of work they create, it can upset fans, but, when they understand how their brand works, their evolution is received quite differently by their audience. Quand un artiste modifie sa façon de créer, souvent ses fans ne sont pas contents, mais, quand un artiste comprend comment sa marque marche, son changement se déroule autrement.

An art marketing book as an artist would write it

Art marketing isn’t just about selling more art.  It’s about making better art.

Drawing me / Me dessiner

My partner and I both drew me recently as I recorded our progress.  Mon ami et moi, nous avions tous les deux fait mon portrait, et j’ai filmé notre processus.

Books for sale / Des livres à vendre

I created a new section of my site in preparation for a surprise!  J’ai créé une nouvelle section de mon site en préparation pour une surprise!

Waiting on the water

Visiting the coast not too long ago, I found myself really relating to the anemones.

Trouver votre marque d’artiste

Même si elle est souvent considérée comme un concept plus adapté au monde des affaires, une marque est essentielle pour un artiste.  Elle permet à l’artiste de mieux faire son marketing, bien sûr, mais aussi son art.

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