Business of Art Workshop – continued
The Business of Art workshop is over. Not quite. We are going to use this Web log to tie up loose ends and to let workshop participants share information about their businesses, get answers to questions and share resources with each other. If you want to find out more about the workshop sponsors, just click on the links on the right side of the page.
If you are new to navigating around Web logs, here is a brief intro. Links to other pages on the blog are the blue hypertext on the right side of this page. These links will take you to other pages on this blog and to other Web sites in some way connected to workshop resources or sponsors.
Blog viewers can join in our conversation by posting comments on any page. Please try to keep your comments in some way relevant to the information on the particular page you are viewing. Workshop participants can send us any comments, resources or links to their Web sites using the comment feature. It is worth your while to browse through comments on these pages. Some we have left on so you can see the historical development of this blog and others may have been posted this afternoon. It is a little chaotic, but it also makes for interesting reading.
We will also be adding at least two new pages that will be listed on the right hand side of this page. One page will be for workshop participants to post their comments giving links to their Web sites. The other page will be for participants to post links and information about resources they have found useful in their work.
If you have any other comments or questions for the workshop organizers or other participants please post them on this page.
At the beginning of the workshop, we asked everyone to tell us what their expectations were. Here is the list of what people wanted. If you don’t see your exact wording, don’t worry, I have changed some of them so that they are more concise and readable. How well did you think the workshop met these expectations?
I would like to learn how best to network and get exposure for my work.
To learn the voodoo;to get those people who say “I love your work” to fork over the money.
I want to be educated in ways I can profit from my art. I need to market my products so I can spend more time creating art and less time marketing.
I want knowledge on how to market my work. I have been unsuccessful in the past.
To make the arts into businesses to create jobs and to foster arts in our community
To learn more about the selling and buying of art
To catch up with changes and trends in the economy
Help with marketing my artwork, with pricing, with Web site development and anything that will help me get my art “out there”
To enhance the appeal of my product and bring people to my booth;managing relationships with galleries
I want to learn where and how to market my work.
To learn how to improve my work;to improve my sales “presence” and more inviting display
To better market my work and make it more profitable so that I can afford to do it full time in the future
To learn better networking skills;to improve my merchandising and booth design;to find my niche
To learn the principles of great booth design and how to do great slides for juried shows
Marketing information
To see if what we are doing is right in our display and slides;before investing in new slides, I’d like input. For 20 years I’ve had to figure this art biz out on my own. This is my first workshop. I am pumped!
How to make changes and when to make them; how to improve my booth flexibility
Tips and techniques for getting into markets and selling products
To help me earn a living by expanding to markets outside SE Ohio, internet sales, finding fine art print services at reasonable prices
Marketing tips;booth design aesthetics;show and gallery selection
How to better market my products and how to appeal to juries of higher end shows
To learn how to better represent myself and my work;to learn and share with my peers
To learn ideas and techniques to improve my display and selling;to find a market for products;to find craft shows and galleries where my products might sell
To learn more about the arts and crafts festival business for my art students and myself
To learn to develop a marketing plan, to learn something new and to network
To learn specific strategies that will increase my income from my art;to learn how to find my market and sell to it
How do I make money at this art game? I’m ready to say enough’s enough after 3 years of taking a loss.
Hope for information to help my business grow in the electronic age
To learn more about how to market and promote my art work to increase sales and appeal to a wider audience.
soartbiz.wordpress.com 
June 1, 2007 at 9:42 am |
Happy to see this happpening.
This is my 20th year in business as a full time freelance commercial artist and performer.I do graphic design, cartoon portraits, book illustrations inside the studio and outside the sudio I am a traveling cartoonist and singing storyteller.
June 6, 2007 at 4:01 am |
I’m a full-time classical guitarist in Parkersburg, WV and am pleased to see an effort made that will benifit the art community. Area schools, business and industry will also benefit by being able to attract top talented employees as a result of a strong cultural community. When our art communities pool resources, information, and energy it will benifit everybody.
June 27, 2007 at 7:06 pm |
I’m thrilled to see this process underway. I attended ‘my’ local conversation last night and was happy to have my input taken seriously.
I will attend the October workshop and I look forward to all the opportunities this opens up.
I’m willing to accept any help/direction made available, but I also realize nobody can help me like my fellow artists… the networking opportunities are the most exciting to me.
July 3, 2007 at 2:53 pm |
The Business of Arts conversations are so important, not only to determine exactly what information Ohio artists are looking for that will assist them, but also for the networking among artists before, after and during the workshop in October. It is an opporunity to discuss techniques, problems that other artists have solved, resources for printing, framing, marketing, etc.
I would encourage artists to get involved by telling other artists you know about the conversations and the Business of Arts workshop to be held at Hocking College October 20 and 21. There will be plenty of PR closer to the time of the workshop, but if you know people who are looking for more information, please direct them to this blog.
Or log onto http://artofohio.com and contact me.
July 11, 2007 at 3:21 pm |
I’ve been a full-time potter for 30+ yrs. in Cabell Co., WV. I will keep abreast of developments via conversation blogs as there do not appear to be any local meetings prior to the October workshop in Nelsonville. I would like to hear from others who have had experiences working with county school systems (doing artist-in-residence programs), and artists who have had success with public art installations. I think a Charleston, WV sculptor, Joe Mullins, would be a great presenter as he has had lots of experience with “government contracts” and art in the capitol city.
July 19, 2007 at 10:50 am |
I attended the conversation at Southern State Community College on July 17th and would like to recommend a very helpful resource that addresses several of the challenges that we face as members of the artisan community. “Crafting as a Business” By Wendy Rosen is an excellent tool for beginners, as well as for those of us who have been in business for several years. I have been in business 20 + years and still refer to it often. From pricing to product development, it is great.
The book is published by The Rosen Group, Inc.
Distributed by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
July 26, 2007 at 11:41 am |
FYI — Russ Brewer, Enterprise Center Coordinator, Southern State Community College suggested this book as a potential resource: ~dsg
Incubating the Arts: Establishing a Program to Help Artists and Arts Organizations Become Viable Businesses
Author: Ellen Gerl with Joy MillerUpton and Meredith Erlewine
Publisher: NBIA Publications
“… this book is a practical guide to all aspects of developing and managing an arts incubation program and serving clients. The information comes from the collective experiences of members of the Arts Incubator Alliance, a group whose experiences provide a wide range of approaches to incubating artists and nonprofit arts organizations. The book covers program financing, development, marketing, technical assistance to clients, staffing, facility design and more. An extensive appendix contains sample forms and documents.
Catalog ID: 252
NBIA Member Price: $26.95
Nonmember Price: $29.95
rbrewer@sscc.edu
July 27, 2007 at 11:56 am |
7/27/07 – Chillicothe Gazette
The Pike Arts Guild is attempting to gather input to help put together a two-day “Business of Art” workshop at Hocking College in Nelsonville in October.
Toward that end, it is seeking out anyone within a 40-mile radius of Pike County interested in the art community to attend a “Business of Art” community conversation sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (August 2, 2007) at the Market Arts Center on North Market Street in Waverly next to the Garnet A. Wilson Public Library.
The conversation, facilitated by Carma McCreery, is one of several conversations throughout the spring and summer conducted by the Ohio Arts Council, Hocking College, the Voinovich Center and Ohio River Border Initiative.
The co-sponsors have also been inviting artists and craftspeople across Appalachian Ohio and western West Virginia to share their experience and ideas with workshop planners.
The goal of both the community conversations and the workshop in October is to improve the ability of artists and craftspeople to respond to their business challenges. Organizers hope to do that by showing how to build support networks linking them to fellow artists, local business communities and new marketing and financial resources.
The local community conversations are designed to help participants connect with other area arts businesspeople and identify local businesses and organizations that can support the artist’s work.
August 14, 2007 at 9:59 pm |
I attended the Arts West Forum and found it very stimulating. I’m sure the meeting in Nelsonville will be great. If writers/artists/ theater folks/ musicans come together to promote arts in the community, Athens County Ohio will be richer culturally and artists will be able to gain more professional recognition and compensation.
One terriffic suggestion was for a (weekly? monthly?) arts advertiser newspaper that could be distributed to local restaurants, motels, and colleges and businesses through the region, telling folks where they could view/ attend/ purchase local art events.
I am an exhibiting glass artist who teaches studio glass work at Hocking College. My interest is in cultivating and attracting an educated consumer who buys quality local artwork and understands its $$$ value.
The artwork on the masthead for this page is from Hocking College art students (3-d wood, cast glass and fused glass). My best hope is that these graduates can not only find themselves as artists, but that the market will exist for them once they do.
August 21, 2007 at 9:17 am |
Folks,
You might wish to check out this website… http://sea.noctrl.edu/…there may be some information and resources that might be beneficial to many of you in the world of art.
August 28, 2007 at 12:29 am |
Here’s another lwebsite that really has some key info about the role of the arts/crafts in state economies. The website is
http://www.codacraft.org
the home page of Craft Organization Development Association.
Once you’ve seen their homepage, try this link:
http://www.codacraft.org/pages/survey/impact.htm
CODA has done done surveys
in many states, including West Virginia, that reveal the impact of the arts on the economy of the state, and the demographics of artisans. CODAs work has proven that the arts play a key role in drawing in revenue to an area- especially when the business of arts is linked to tourism.
Contact Linda Van Trump to receive email updates of employment opportunities and craft confereces in North America. Their annual CODA conference will be held next year in April in Arkansas, and the theme will be “Creating Consumers, Collectors and Leaders.”
October 12, 2007 at 9:56 am |
I too would like to know when another event would be planned. I will be out of town at a prior commitment but see the potential of this event. It appears to be touching on everything I need to help my business grow as I seem to be following the cliche of the “starving artist.” I work insane hours yet seem not to get ahead no matter how hard I try. Any help would be greatly appreciated since my children would like to see me a bit more!! Thanks….Cheri
October 17, 2007 at 8:28 pm |
For those of you wanting to know if another BOA workshop will be scheduked for 2008 — I suggest that you continue to monitor the Blog. I promise that we will post something as soon as we know more. ~donna sue
October 18, 2007 at 6:11 pm |
We are fine furniture builders. We do wooden crafts and beadwork. We have already been accepted to the 8th Annual Appalachian Juried Art Show. We want to know if the Business of Art Workshop will apply to our marketing needs and if they are any future workshops planned to help us?
December 20, 2007 at 3:32 am |
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
October 27, 2010 at 11:50 pm |
most community college offers a good educational standard at par with the ivy league schools~*;
September 11, 2013 at 10:12 am |
I have one picture of this artist an i will like sell but i need to know how much is wort it.
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