Leading Your Own Art Workshops and Retreats with Lorraine Glessner (#35)

10/17/19 • 58 min

Lorraine Glessner’s love of surface, pattern, mark-making, imagem and landscape has led her to combine disparate materials and processes such as silk, wood, wax, pyrography, rust, paper, and more in her work. Lorraine is a former Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, artist mentor, workshop instructor and an award-winning artist.

She holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, a BS from Philadelphia University, and an AAS in Computer Graphics from Moore College of Art & Design. She has a diverse art background with skills that include painting, sculpture, graphic design, interior design, textile design, photography, digital imaging and much more.

Since 2016, Lorraine has evolved from an assistant professor of art to running her own workshops and retreats.

Through the process, she has learned a great deal about teaching as a significant source of her income.

In this episode, you’ll hear Lorraine and Alyson talk about how she has set up her workshops and retreats, how she finds venues, the pros and cons of doing for-hire workshops, the tools she uses to stay organized, and how she balances teaching with her studio practice.

See Lorraine’s art at https://LorraineGlessner.net and find her on Instagram https://instagram.com/LorraineGlessner1

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Whether your goal is to increase your income, expand your venues, become more articulate about your work, enhance your online reputation, or nurture your audience, the Art Career Success System gives you what you need. I purposely called it a System because the actions you take in the course are things that you will do repeatedly throughout your career. Your approach this year will be different from the approach you take next year or the year after. But when you follow the Art Career Success System, you can easily update it to reflect your changing needs.

Join us and get your business in shape. See ArtCareerSuccessSystem.com.

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Music for the podcast is by Wildermiss: Wildermiss.com

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Since 2016, Lorraine has evolved from an assistant professor of art to running her own workshops and retreats.

Through the process, she has learned a great deal about teaching as a significant source of her income.

See Lorraine’s art at https://LorraineGlessner.net and find her on Instagram https://instagram.com/LorraineGlessner1

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This episode is sponsored my signature business-building program, the year-long Art Career Success System.

Join us and get your business in shape. See ArtCareerSuccessSystem.com.

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Music for the podcast is by Wildermiss: Wildermiss.com

Read the show notes, see photos, and leave a comment at ArtBizSuccess.com/podcasts (episode 35)

Instagram @AlysonStanfieldFacebook @ArtBizSuccess

#ArtBizSuccess

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Producing an Artist Podcast with Miriam Schulman (#34)

*~* This episode is sponsored by the Art Career Success System, a 1-year training program that gives you the time and space to build a strong and reliable business foundation for your art. See ArtCareerSuccessSystem.com *~*

Living the artist’s life doesn’t necessarily flow with owning a business—with gaining valuable business skills that help you earn income from your creativity.

But every so often I come across artists who are just as interested in learning about business as they are in being an artist. And I feature them in my interviews on the podcast and blog.

Miriam Schulman is one of those artists. She discovered a gift secondary to her art—a curiosity about how the art business works. Combined with the fact that she loves to talk and ask questions, Miriam found her calling in her weekly podcast, The Inspiration Place.

But it was a lot of work to start, and it’s a lot of work to keep up. If you have ever considered starting a podcast or sharing your story on a podcast, this episode of the Art Biz Podcast is for you.

In this interview you’ll hear about:

Miriam’s background in engineering and corporate finance and how she found the courage to transition to a full-time artist.
How she promoted her work early on and why she still believes in using a brag book.
The teaching spot she created called The Inspiration Place to collaborate with other artist teachers.
What gave Miriam the idea to start a weekly podcast under The Inspiration Place umbrella and how she committed to making it happen a few months later.
The production team and systems Miriam has behind her now and the coaches and mentors that have helped her along the way.
Why she feels that podcasting is the perfect platform for her to share her voice and build her influence.
Miriam’s decision to focus on business lessons and translating them as they pertain to artists specifically.
Her automated process for inviting and booking guests and her advice for artists who pitch to be on her show.
Why Miriam plans to keep podcasting every week and how it serves her in her business.

See Miriam's work: SchulmanArt.com

Follow her on Instagram: Instagram.com/schulmanart

Listen to the latest episode of The Inspiration Place Podcast: https://www.schulmanart.com/category/podcast/

You can leave a comment for Miriam or me along with this post at https://artbizsuccess.com/produce-podcast-schulman (episode 34).

Music is by Wildermiss.

Next Episode

Reaching the Other 99% for Your Art Business with Adele Sypesteyn (#36)

Adele Sypesteyn is a New Orleans-born artist whose architecturally influenced abstract work is distinguished by multiple layers of texture, color and pattern. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, particularly the weathered walls of New Orleans and elements of nature. Her abstract art combines warm textures with aged patinas and writings, and utilizes her unique technique developed over three decades as a practicing artist.

Adele has been making a living from her art for 4 decades. But she never got too comfortable with income coming from a particular source. She paid attention to changes in the marketplace and economy. And she educated herself.

In this episode of the Art Biz Podcast, Alyson talks with Adele about the trail she blazed, including her decision to pull out of her galleries and focus on expanding her teaching practice into a major source of income.

See Adele’s art at https://AdeleSypesteynStudio.com and watch her instructional videos on her YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJoxxdEPmXegvzMSywE-L2Q

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This episode is sponsored my signature business-building program, the Art Career Success System, a program I have perfected for more than 17 years working with artists.

All of the lessons you learn in the Art Career Success System are tasks you will do over and over again throughout your art business and career. That’s why it’s a SYSTEM.

In the ACSS you will build a strong foundation using my video and audio lessons, worksheets, and transcripts. And you will be part of a community of artists who are forward-thinking and forward-moving.

Join us now and get your business in shape. See http://artcareersuccesssystem.com

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Music for the podcast is by Wildermiss: http://wildermiss.com

Read the show notes, see photos, and leave a comment at https://ArtBizSuccess.com/podcasts (episode 36)

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