Podcast Searching with Tina Mammoser

Tina Mammoser, an artist in London who some of you now follow on Twitter, has been following our activities here in What’s Your Story, and she sent me an email in response to some of the questions that were raised last week about how to search for relevant podcasts.
Here’s what Tina had to say:
I heard [...]

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Thank you – Take the Survey!

Thank you all for a terrific course! Your participation means more to us than you could know — and your feedback means even more!
Please tell us what you thought of the course — and what you would like from future courses — by completing this brief survey.
You can download Leslie and Chris’ presentation on [...]

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Podcasting for Artists Wrap Up

We had a great session tonight with Len Edgerly, who led us through the basics of podcasting and videocasting. I live-twittered the class, which you can find here on Twitter.
Len recorded the audio during the session, and has promised to post it at www.lenedgerly.com soon.
If you’d like to check out some of the links [...]

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Last Word from Jessica – Wrapping Our Weeks With A Bow

From Jessica Burko:

Working with all of you for four weeks has been really invigorating. Your questions have made me think about arts marketing from new perspectives, your cocktail speeches were impressive, and seeing each one of you blossom into new artist professionals was worth every minute of that long drive to [...]

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a word from len edgerly

An Audio Podcast Sampler

In preparation for my Arts Foundation of Cape Cod “Tell Your Story” presentation, I have prepared a sampler of audio podcasts that might be of interest to you.
All of these podcasts are available for free at the Apple iTunes Music Store. If you don’t have the iTunes program on your computer, you [...]

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artists overcoming sales anxiety

Jim Hill, our presenter from Week I on Personal Branding, sent me the link to a fantastic article on how some artists are overcoming their anxiety about selling their art and promoting themselves.  It’s an excellent article, and I think you would all enjoy it.
But Geiger says what most sellers need to know doesn’t require [...]

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how to get published in print & online

It was great seeing everyone again in Cape Cod!
Here is a summary of what we discussed in the workshop on April 29:
REVIEW…
Hopefully you are working on developing an Artist Statement and a Bio or re-working these materials from past versions. Artist Statements and Bios should be revised regularly as your work develops and your [...]

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guest post by Jessica Burko

Great seeing everyone again the other night!

I was really impressed with your “cocktail speeches” and with all the thought and work that you have put into them. Now grab a cocktail and practice!

This week we talked about written elements that you need to have ready to go for galleries, collectors, juried shows, [...]

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twitter for artists

Tina Mammoser is a London artist I know through Twitter. She just posted an insightful rumination on the usefulness of Twitter to her as an artist, and how this and other new media might alter how artists live, work, and communicate.
The bulk of the post is a copy of an email she sent to [...]

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blogs galore

Many thanks to everyone who posted links to their new blogs in the comments! I have linked them all in the sidebar to the right.
If anyone would like to add their link, just post it in the comments and I will be happy to oblige.
I see that many of you have questions about how [...]

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