Grandma Kernik: Davey, honey? Are you up? School will be starting soon. Grandma Dolores: Well, David. Would you like some cold cereal? Grandma Kernik: I don’t understand. How is that a school on your computer? You kids. Me: It’s an online school, Grandma. You don’t even have to leave the house. Grandma Kernik: Well, I…
Dear Freelancing Artist, Did you know there are hidden rewards in a freelance art career? Rewards that take you farther than the ability to buy tonight’s keg, that is. If you’re new to freelancing as an artist, you need to hear this. I wish they taught this stuff in art schools. It’s about sustaining your career…
Clink. Clink. Clink. jeezzzhhhhhhhhhhhh… shunk! Sorry, I was just grabbin’ up a quick snack. I needed an awesome web site header and just couldn’t get out of the office. This one looks okay. And, it was cheap. I recently read something about “crowdsourcing.” It’s where a business throws out a project to a mass audience…
Guest Post by Lisa Braithwaite Creative businesses are fun! But, like any other business, creative businesses still require a lot of hard work. Most of us start a business because we’ve found something we are good at and passionate about, and we want to make a living doing what we love – for example, turning…
First, a heartfelt thanks to all my new visitors and regular readers. You all rock. Over the past year I’ve moved into the tighter, cozier space that is my niche market: children’s educational publishing. It’s nice and uncluttered in here. I can breathe a little better. My posts here have followed suit, focusing on children’s…
Have you ever used one of those online gig-finding sites to get more work? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out Elance.com or Guru.com. I responded to a post on Freelance Switch yesterday about this and it prompted me to expand on the discussion. In the past year I’ve used one of…
What are you doing right now? Besides reading my blog, of course. Please continue to do so; I promise I’ll be brief today. Maybe you were doing some online shopping. Quite possibly you’re feeding a monkey or recaulking a friend’s bathtub. Waiting for your file upload. Whatever. I hope you were doing something. In an…
With apologies to my friends of other faiths and cultures who may not have heard this song or celebrate the Hallmark-sponsored winter holiday of Xmas, I wanted to share an epiphany I had today about a song that’s been rattling around my brain for 38 years. I never knew the untold marketing lessons lying beneath…
Two things caught my eye recently and I had to share. I’ve followed a few conversations lately on Twitter about spec work and working for free. I can’t tell you how many times I hear artists who are trying to break into freelancing ask, “Should I work for free?” They’re understandably confused because they see…
Small Business Trends posted an article on The Trend of the Artist as Entrepreneur (Anita Campbell, November 29). It reminded me that I really need to explain something about the title of my blog, “Art is Work.” What I don’t mean is that creating the art itself is work. That’s pretty obvious. What I mean…