You Need To Know These Things
An expanding vault of helpful tools that I tend to recommend frequently.
The Art Biz
Listen while you work!
More than 100 episodes of The Art Biz to inspire you with stories from artists who have been there, met challenges head on, discovered strategies that worked, and overcome obstacles along the way.
IRBITS
I’d Rather Be in the Studio is out of print, but I reference it in places and want you to have a copy of the 4th and final edition (2019) with my compliments.
Artwork Archive for Inventory and Collector Management
New to Artwork Archive?
Use Alyson’s special link for a lifetime 20% discount on Artwork Archive. This truly is the gold standard for inventory and customer management for your art business. Instead of earning referral fees from them, I have asked them to give you a discount.
Notion
We use Notion to organize everything behind the scenes at Art Biz Success. While I (currently) don’t teach how to use Notion, it is something that you’ll hear about during Artist Planning Sessions and probably from our members. Alternative app: Evernote.
Mindset Training
Elevate Your Art is a fundamental training for conveying the value of your art to potential buyers and collectors. You don’t want to skip this.
Contracts & Agreements
The forms you use to run your business are discussed in this lesson. If you don’t yet have access to that, here are some important resources for you:
- FREE Members shared their forms for commissions, loans, sign-up sheets, and questionnaires in the comments of this community post. Please reciprocate and share yours!
- FREE Kathryn Goldman on The Art Biz about protecting your art (contracts are a big part)
- FREE Harriete Estel Berman’s professional guidelines <You’ll want to bookmark this resource
- FEE Tad Crawford’s Legal Guide for the Visual Artist should be on every artist’s bookshelf
ArtPlacer
ArtPlacer offers room mockups, virtual exhibitions, and more. Find details about their services on their website at https://www.artplacer.com/ .
They have generously offered a discount. Go to https://www.artplacer.com/signup to start a free trial and enter ARTBIZSUCCESS promo code for up to 30% at checkout.
