Art business

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 […]

Find out how to make money as an artist and turn it into a side hustle or business!

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…

The art world is booming thanks to the creative people around the world. It is amazing when you think that you can turn your art hobby into a profitable business. Here is the Nine-Step Guide to Start A Profitable Art Business.

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.

Building an art business? Use this checklist to make sure your have business planning, portfolio, pricing, marketing, and other practices in place.

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…

Turn your passion project into a dreamy business that sells art on your website by learning who wants to buy your art and how to talk to them.

The art world can be a mystery to many, with prices often reaching into the millions for works of art that, to the untrained eye, may not look like much. However, contemporary art has become increasingly popular in recent years, and many people are willing to pay thousands, or even tens of thousands, of dollars for a