Grants and Residencies for Artists with Shannon Amidon | Episode 15

06/18/14 • 29 min

Creative Insurgents: Living a Creative Life by Your Own Rules

2:21 Minnie introduces artist Shannon Amidon, and introduction to the concept of the artist's residency.

3:56 Shannon shares about her month-long residency in Iceland.

4:55 How to go about getting a residency of your own (see resources below).

9:05 What kinds of organizations sponsor residencies?

10:52 Remember: residencies are competitive. Shannon's thoughts on dealing with rejection.

11:22 Shannon's history as an artist.

12:51 Shannon's vision for starting up a residency program of her own (a residency for families)!

14:36 What it means to Shannon to live a creative life on her own terms.

15:57 Where Shannon's income comes from, what she's discovered is the secret to higher sales, and the types of marketing that work for her.

18:16 How Shannon's residency experiences ...

2:21 Minnie introduces artist Shannon Amidon, and introduction to the concept of the artist's residency.

3:56 Shannon shares about her month-long residency in Iceland.

4:55 How to go about getting a residency of your own (see resources below).

9:05 What kinds of organizations sponsor residencies?

10:52 Remember: residencies are competitive. Shannon's thoughts on dealing with rejection.

11:22 Shannon's history as an artist.

12:51 Shannon's vision for starting up a residency program of her own (a residency for families)!

14:36 What it means to Shannon to live a creative life on her own terms.

15:57 Where Shannon's income comes from, what she's discovered is the secret to higher sales, and the types of marketing that work for her.

18:16 How Shannon's residency experiences ...

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When Is An Artist an Entrepreneur with Claudine Hellmuth | Episode 14

:30 - Melissa shares her experience with varnishing paintings - acrylic artists will appreciate this a lot

2:40 - Melissa introduces Claudine Helmuth - painter, author, licensed artist and teacher

4:09 - Claudine talks about her history of how she got started in her full time art career (she learned HTML & web design early in her career, before she went full time as an artist)

7:45 - Claudine talks about every entrepreneur’s recurring nightmare: will I make enough money - even after 13 years on the path

11:20 - How Claudine’s various sources of income break down

13:40 - Why Claudine has decided to move all of her workshops online instead of in person

15:30 - Claudine talks about her experience getting dropped from Home Shopping Network

17:40 - Claudine breaks down how she started building each of her various streams of income

22:30 - we talk about acting before you know everything and testing things out without committing to them 100%

27:45 - how Claudine designed her digital downloads that she sells for people to print out on their own and put together themselves

32:00 - Claudine really approaches her art career as a business and she thinks its fun - her attitude is really refreshing - and she talks about how her audience has helped her create new and interesting directions in her art business

To see more of Claudine's work, her website is CollageArtist.com

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What a $1 Million Art Business Looks Like with Owen Garrett | Ep 16

1:20 - If all of the changes Facebook is making are hurting your marketing, then you’ll want to check out the Facebook Marketing for Artists course here:

2:30 - Melissa Dinwiddie’s upcoming live retreat, “Unleash Your Inner Creative Playshop” is coming up as well.

3:30 - we introduce Owen Garrett from Pencilneck.com.

4:30 - Owen talks about how he got his start selling art door to door and how he ended up selling the first piece of his own art for $500.

7:10 - why Owen doesn’t tell collectors that he’s really good at selling art, and where he got his sales training

11:00 - we talk about Owen’s blog, The Colonel, and his workshop elves. This is a great little tidbit about storytelling in selling art

15:40 - *This is the gold* how Owen actually makes money - what he sells vs. what he leaves alone

22:00 - how Owen’s commercial sales lead to additional sales, and what Owen does to help that happen

25:00 - the power of systems and how Owen has trained his employees and his business to function efficiently and smoothly, which in turn brings in more money

31:21 - Owen talks, very specifically, about how he packages his art for shipping

35:30 - last year, Owen’s business generated almost $1 million in sales. He talks about some of the luck and help he had along the way