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Encouraging Artists and Their Businesses
Your art is your business, which has its own issues and opportunities.
As a writer, newly focused specifically on writing as my business, I face a lot of new and different matters that require — at the very least — my consideration, and possibly my full attention. This can be particularly daunting, because a lot of the how of this process — most of it, frankly — remains somewhat of a mystery to me.
Artists tend to have ideas and notions that differ from the norm. We have ideas and concepts that trend towards being unique, and which can be tough to understand. No matter the medium the artist uses, you are faced with not just the creation of your art, but getting it out there.
Thus, you have to work on the business of art. Some artists are better at business than others. What matters, and what we can do to support and encourage one another, is worth exploring.
Cross-promotion between artists
While I was on vacation last week, I was surrounded by artists. So many incredible works of art in so many mediums, it was really awesome.
The majority of this was focused on medieval reenactment stuff since that’s the event I was at — but nonetheless, the art and artists were everywhere. Metalworkers, woodworkers, ceramic artists, tailors…
