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Saturday, January 29, 2011

I'd rather be in the studio !

I'd Rather Be in the Studio!

I have been enjoying making my art since 2006, but there was something missing in my development as an artist. Most of my artists friends talked about this, and I finally got the courage to take a workshop about "The business of Art." 

Learning how to market myself and my art has been a confusing and scary journey, but I learned to enjoy doing it as much as I love making my art.

I am always looking to find more information about marketing and self-
promotion. I am so happy to share with you this wonderful book, I'd Rather Be in the Studio!" by Alyson B. Stanfield. Alyson is a great communicator and coach in self-promotion, her book is filled with great tips and guidance.

If you are growing as an artist and your work is being accepted better and better, this is a great book you must have to learn how to self-promote your work.

These are some of her ideas in the book that I really like:

"No one is going to magically appear in your studio, wave a shimmering wand, and give you the success you want in your art career. You have to get out of the studio and make it happen." ~Alyson Stanfield

"In order to have a successful career, you should be able to define yourself and your art in a sea of artist. To do this, you must first find your style." 
~ Alyson Stanfield

Keep playing-Keep creating !!!

Love,

6 comments:

  1. Looks like a valuable book for the jewelry artist that wants to be successful in the world away from the studio~

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  2. It is a great book. I am all the time in my studio but at the same time I learned to self promote my work while I am in my studio. ;-D

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  3. This has always been my problem. I have been an artist for over 40 years and have yet to figure out how to get out of my studio.......it is a constant battle!

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  4. Iam in the process of reading this, I definitely need to work on the marketing of my art!

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  5. You are very talented and your work and yourselves deserve to be OUT there !! You will like reading this book, I am sure. I totally understand the battle between staying in the studio or getting out of it to self promote. I have taken this new challenge one step at a time. If you can do little steps everyday, you will see the difference.

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  6. Lorena, thank you for sharing this book with us. It's definitely one I am going to need to purchase!

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