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By Carrie Lewis in Art Business Advice > General Art Advice When most artists think about making money with their art, three things immediately come to mind: selling originals, doing commission work, and selling prints. Some artists might also think of teaching, or design jobs. But are those the only ways to make money as an artist? Absolutely not! In fact, we’ve put together a huge list of 77 ways you could turn your artistic skills into income. Not all of these […]

You already have some great small art business ideas but don’t know where to start? Then this is the right post for you! You’ll learn in 10 steps how to start your own small art business—from planning to actually making money with your small art biz. On top of that, you can download your FREE art business startup checklist to make sure you got everything set to successfully start a small art business!

Gain clarity in your creative business with the Visual Business Plan Template for Artists. The elements that matter most to your art business might be more hidden and less obvious than you think. Google ‘business plans’, and you’re going to find an extremely wide array of types of business plans. There’s so many different categories under each plan, and each category is supposedly ‘vital’ and ‘mandatory’. Each business school teaches you a different way to write your business plan, and each…

ARTISTPRENEURSHIP TIPS Whether you’re diving straight in as a full time artist or taking it slow as a part-time artistpreneur, there are a few strategies that can help you survive your first year. In this article, I’ll go over what you need to focus on to stick with it, make a profit, and expand your

By Lauren Schleider in Art Business Advice > Selling Art Online In 2016, art insurance group Hiscox stated that online art sales jumped 24% from the previous year, totalling $3.27 billion in artist earnings. E-commerce has certainly evened out the playing field for artists at different career levels, but a huge problem remains: in a vast sea of online platforms, how can individual artists stand out from the pack to forge meaningful connections and boost their sales? Increasingly, the answer…

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Most art business owners make the mistake of casting their net so wide that they dilute their offerings. Instead, learn how to find and stick with your niche to make your art business more profitable.

If you are an artist who is looking to start making your own art prints, this is for you. Maybe you've been ordering them from a printer but your profit margin is really low because the prints cost so much. Maybe you don't want to have to worry about communicating with the printer and making sure they don't make any mistakes. Or maybe you don't make art prints yet and you need to find out how to get started. In this post I'll tell you all about how I make art prints from my original…

Discover how easy it is to write an Artist Business Plan that will help you grow your art business. Your Artist Business Plan will...