All posts in category Being An Artist

A Few Small Repairs

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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, artists of all kinds often depend upon a “day job” as a means of support while they work to develop their careers.  I’m no exception, and have always sought out positions that are somehow arts-related.  Since graduating from college I’ve worked for a state arts agency, an art gallery, [...]

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Adopting Art

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Artists are always happy to sell a work of art.  A sale is a sale, right?  Well yes, but I think there’s more to it than that.  As an artist I create things that I enjoy, and then I hope to find the right people who enjoy them too, enough to purchase them.  Creating art [...]

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Going to Market

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Last weekend we had a wonderful experience at the inaugural Marketplace, Indianapolis’ newest art and food fair.  It featured almost 200 artists and craftspeople from Indiana and Kentucky, most of whom were juried members of the Indiana Artisan Program.  This program was launched in 2008 as a means of creating a designated “brand” of Indiana [...]

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