For homebased artists and craftsmen, selling at fairs and shows provides an opportunity to ring up sales and find new customers at little cost and no overhead. Typically, shows charge just a few hundred dollars for a booth and allow artists to enjoy big markups on the work they create–profits they don’t have to share

In the whole process of applying for a grant, your initial steps will probably be the most time-consuming, but also the most important, part. If done well, your preparatory work will simplify the writing stage. 1. Define your project Clarify the purpose of your project and write a concise mission statement. Define the scope of

Writing grant applications is a drag. We all get that. We also get that people are looking for money anywhere they can to help them do the art they are passionate about, and we want to support as many artists as we can. That said, there’s a right way and wrong way to ask for

Las Meninas[a] (pronounced [laz meˈninas]; Spanish for ‘”The Ladies-in-waiting”‘) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Its complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because…

Everyone has their own unique ways of looking at art, but people who look at art professionally, like gallery owners, experienced collectors, curators, critics and other informed individuals look at art very differently than the rest of us. With any art they are interested in, the inspection process is slow, deliberate, detailed, comprehensive and complete.