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Paul Klein on How to Succeed as an Artist

21/10/2018

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This video is well worth watching by those trying to succeed as artists.

Paul Klein has been involved in the art world and with artists for over 40 years. He used to run a gallery. He now focuses on teaching an online professional course for artists - and he works as mentor to TED Fellows.

Making good art is a necessary but not sufficient condition for becoming a successful artist.

He considers there are three necessary preconditions for being a successful artist
  1. Be Distinctive - do not resemble other people. Be yourself and find what makes your work distinctive
  2. Become Engaged - it's not all about the art, you have to get out of your studio Associate with those who are better than yourself. Make opportunities for your art to get seen and for more eyeballs to see your work.
  3. Make Good Art - everything is subjective. People respond in an emotional visceral way to your art.
He identifies a mantra I have heard from a number of people - and frequently repeat to artists I've met in the last decade or so.
50% of an artist's efforts should be outside of making art - that means 30-70 of an artist's time should be on making an artist's career.
Sometimes artists can benefit enormously by having
  • a business partner,
  • a long term business strategy - and
  • by applying creativity to their career.
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How to be a successful artist (revised)

1/12/2017

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[UPDATE: This new section and this blog post have been revised since first published]

Back in August I indicated I was developing a new section for the Art Business Info for Artists website.

I've now published the NEW SECTION page which I'm calling PRACTICE  as shorthand in the main menu.

However it's full title is PRACTICE - How to be a successful artist - and it's about what else you need to do to become successful besides making art!

I'm grouping content into three areas - outlined below and publishing contents as I finish each new section.

Live links are shown in red

Business Habits
  • Starting Out - TIPS for an Emerging Artist
  • Moving On - Being a Professional Artist (coming soon)

Real Life Business Practices
  • Studio Practices
  • Office Practices. This page identifies future content - and published content to date e.g. How to back up image files
  • Time Management

Learning Opportunities
  • Art Schools in the UK
  • Art Business Courses
  • The Best Books about the Art Business for Artists (coming soon)
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How you can help

In terms of future development of this section, it would be especially helpful to know what are the things that
  • matter most to you
  • you find it most difficult to find out about.
I've included forms on the published pages if you'd like to make any specific suggestions as to what you'd like to see included and/or prioritised.

I'll be developing more content for this new section over the winter so....
if you want to keep up with more developments and new content
I suggest you
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TIPS for those starting out as artists

1/11/2017

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I've published a NEW PAGE - TIPS: Starting Out as an Artist - in the new PRACTICE section of this website. (see How to be a successful artist) 

It's not about 'how to paint' - instead it's all about the attitudes, habits, knowledge and practices related to the art business which will help emerging artists develop their careers - and exhibit and sell their art.

So If you want.....
  • to be a success as an artist
  • to avoid failing as an artist
  • to be successful selling 'daily paintings'
  • to sell your art online
  • to exhibit your work
  • to be more productive
  • to develop your career
  • to get representation by a gallery
  • to cope in a recession
why not take a peek at it?

It's by no means a finished page. I've got a lot more I can add to it - but it would be very interesting and helpful to me to know what you think of it so far.

Do please take a look. I'd appreciate feedback or leave a comment on this blog post below.

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Why more artists need to study business

18/9/2017

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Paying for health care and business insurance, saving for retirement and recovering from disasters can be tough to handle for artists without traditional jobs
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'The Moneylender and his Wife' by Quentin Massys (1456-1530)
Smart Art: Why More Artists Need to Study Business is an article and a 20 minute podcast (RECOMMENDED). This post provides a quick briefing on what it's about.

They both focus on why artists need to be more than just talented artists in order to succeed and survive in the art world and what they need to know and do. 
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All quotations are from the article unless otherwise stated.
Traditionally, the artist was seen as this type of person who was aloof or being unaware of the real world. It gave them some X-factor. But not anymore, because there are more than 2 million artists in the U.S., and they have to survive somehow. According to data, we know that only 40% of them will remain as working artists within five years, and only 10% of them will persist in the long run. 
Gizen Saka
The participants are:
  • Jenifer Simon, director of  programs and outreach at  CERF+ - a nonprofit that helps provide artists with a financial safety net, and also helps people needing emergency relief and being prepared for meeting an emergency
  • Gizem Saka, an artist who is also a senior lecturer at Wharton Business School.
CERF+ is committed to helping artists build resilient careers through sustainable business practices that can contribute to the likelihood of rebounding from setbacks, whether due to minor mishaps or major emergencies.
​CERF+ - Craft a Career
Key points include:
  • every art school should have a business class for their students
  • artists need insurance otherwise a setback might mean their career ends with a nasty accident which destroys their artwork, art materials or studio.
  • artists MUST have public liability insurance for any interaction with the public by them or their artwork in a gallery or other location. 
  • studio safety is critical - artists need to be well informed about the space they are going to be inhabiting (see 
  • artists need to consider risk management - how to manage risk and identify what they can least afford to lose. What is the most critical event that could affect your ability to make art and how likely is it to happen?
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Ghost Ship - Site of a fire on December 2, 2016 that killed 36 people in an artists' collective housed in a warehouse in Oakland, California
Artists need to know:
  • what their hidden costs related to business expenses are
  • whether or not their studio use at home is covered under their normal residential home insurance policy
  • how to avoid injury - and become unable to make art - due to repetitive strain injuries
  • how to find affordable places to work and be safe
  • why artist communities are so essential to helping each other out in an emergency
  • why financial plans are essential to developing an art business or a business related to art.
  • how to be a savvy artist when it comes to getting funding and making a living from their art or interest in art.

and finally......

My response to the first comment on this article from Luis G. Renart, Emeritus Professor of Marketing, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain is my 2013 post Picasso the businessman - branding and the value of art a.k.a. this man doesn't understand what an astute business man Picasso was!
REFERENCE:
  • Insurance for Art and Artists
  • Retirement and Pensions for Artists
  • This is Studio Plus - the Artists' Guide to Emergencies
  • This is Studio Protector - the Artists' Guide to Studio Safety 

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NEW section about being an artist - under development

22/8/2017

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I'm currently developing a new section on Art Business Information for Artists to make room for all the tips I've developed and collected about
  • being an artist and
  • how to be a successful artist!​

STEP UP

The name keeps changing but it's essentially about stepping up to the reality of what it takes to become a successful artist. It's about:
  • habits
  • practices for real life
  • learning - and continued professional development.
Below are a sample of some of the topics it will cover
plus two topics I've recently posted about on Making A Mark.
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HABITS

This is essentially about being an artist and
  • what are the things which make an artist different,
  • what are the challenges they will face,
  • what are the habits they need to develop if they want to be successful

Topics will include
  • Starting out as an Artist - moving on from being an amateur to becoming a professional artist
  • Being a Professional Artist - this will include coverage of the nature of an artist's career. This section will include a page devoted to examples of the working lives of professional artists. Yesterday I wrote about A Portfolio Career as an Artist
  • Teach Art - this might be a seperate section, but will cover the various ways you can teach art and what the requirements are if you do. 
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Step Up #2

REAL LIFE

This is about real life and professional business practices for artists. 
Art is not all about making art. There's a lot of routine which you need to make time for and which need to be followed if you aren't going to be wasting your time and living and working  and storing your art in a complete mess. Plus professional practices which can make a difference between being a successful artist and an "also ran".

Topics will include:
  • Studio Practices - what needs to happen to if you want to e.g. how to be safe in your studio; how to store your art; how to inventory your art
  • Office Practices - things that need to be done to keep on top of the paperwork - and the art! Examples include: How to back up your images; how to comply with legislation relating to data protection - see below. 
  • Time management - how to differentiate between the important and the urgent
  • I'll also be adding in book-keeping, budgeting and business planning into  the Money & Tax section
I've just written a blog post on Making A Mark about Is your art organisation or business ready for GDPR - the replacement of the Data Protection Act? - which is about the new mandatory legislation which will be introduced and become effective on 25th May 2018. It applies to all artists maintaining a contacts database for marketing and/or sales.

LEARNING & Continued Professional Development

Topics will include
  • The Best Business Books for Artists
  • Art Schools in the UK - for those wanting to develop further by taking a degree in fine art at undergraduate or postgraduate level
  • Art Business Courses Online - for those wanting to develop their knowledge, skills and competences relating to the business of art. I'll be giving particular emphasis to those where I've had positive feedback
  • Mentoring - opportunities to consult with me in relation to different aspects of your development or conundrums to face.
"I want to thank you hugely for such a very useful and shrewd report and for all the time and thought you have put in. I agree with virtually every point you make and recognise the need to address a lot of the issues"
a recent client

Let me know your priorities
​

I'm always very interested to hear about people's priorities as to things they want to know about. So let me know what you think. ​You can
  • leave a comment on this blog post
  • or, if you'd prefer to be more private write to me via the feedback form on my Contact Page.

​Step Up #1 Photo by Daniel von Appen on Unsplash
Step Up #2 Photo by Mikito Tateisi on Unsplash

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