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!

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!

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…

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…

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.

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.

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

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