Grow An Online Audience Of Art Buyers & Sell Your Work In Reputable Venues


Professional Artist MBA

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  • Speak & write about your work with confidence
  • Perfect your artist website for conversions
  • Build your email list of art lovers
  • 10x your Instagram following
  • Raise your profile by showing with artists you admire
  • Get gallery representation with a proven system
  • Become a prolific artist with consistent sales
Stage

Emerging, Re-emerging or Transitioning Artist

The Goal

Forever-sustainable art business

Course Length

8 Weeks

Course Format

Cohort Based Course

The Quick Summary:


  • What is it?

The Professional Artist MBA is an 8-week-long intimate workshop-style course for visual artists who are serious about making it as a professional artist, designed by a faculty of leading art professionals.

  • How does it work?

This course is 100% online and consists of short training videos and weekly implementation workshops.

  • Why does it exist?

To remedy the growing wave of “one stop shop marketing gurus” claiming to know it all about the Art World. We have invested years and close to six figures in producing the ultimate curriculum to flourish as an artist today.

  • When does it start?

This program offer is self-paced so it starts when you are ready! (if you enroll before the offer expires).

Who this course is for


Emerging Artist

You are an ambitious emerging artist with no time to waste, you want clear instructions to build your reputation and sell more work.

Re-Emerging Artist

You’ve had to put your art on pause for years and finally have the time again -- but so much is new, you need help to catch up (eg. technology overwhelm).

Transitioning Artist

You always dreamt of being an artist and are ready to make the jump from your current career - but you are lacking a proven step by step plan.

Our Faculty has been featured in or worked with...

Meet the Faculty


(Because no one “guru” has all the answers)

Miguel Mayher

Director of Education, Ex-Partnerships for Google Arts & Culture

Mindset & Business Strategy for Artists

Rosalind Davis

Artist-Curator & Author

Group Shows with Artists You Admire

Jason Horejs

Gallery Owner & Author

Getting Gallery Representation

Dina Brodsky

Social Media Influencer, Artist & Curator

Instagram for Your Artist Career

Gigi Rosenberg

Author of The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing

How to talk about your art and yourself

Vicki Krohn Amorose

Author of "Art-Write"

Everything you will ever need to write

Guest Faculty


Ana Blanco

Course Facilitator & Head of Art Business Coaching

Former Director of the International Arts & Culture Group

Anibal Luque

Lawyer for Artists

Demystifying Legal Documents for Visual Artists

Ellaine Grogan Luttrull

Author of "Arts & Numbers"

Multiple Income Streams for Artists

Daniel Sharp

Former Arts Outreach Lead | Kickstarter

Getting Paid For Your Art Before You Start, With Crowdfunding

Paul Dorrell

Author of Living the Artist’s Life | Leopold Gallery

Creative Financing for Artists

Curriculum


After taking this course, you’ll be able to grow an online audience that buys your work, show your work with artists you admire, and become a gallery-represented artist. You will leave with a clear roadmap to becoming the recognized professional artist you always dreamed of being.

PART 1: Professionalize Your Profile

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WEEK 1: Talking

Objective: Talk about your art with confidence

Description

You’ve been creating your latest art project for more than a year and still when your family asks, “What are you working on?” you don’t know what to say. Or you serendipitously meet a curator and when they turn to you and say, “What do you do?” you’re tongue-tied.

A good introduction is a concise, compelling description of you and your latest project—and is the basis for all your marketing and connecting the world with your art. It sounds so simple! But it’s not easy. If crafting those few sentences that convey who you are and what you do hasn’t been a breeze for you, you’re not alone.

In this lively workshop, Public speaking coach and author of The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing, Gigi Rosenberg, will show you how to distill years of work on a project into a memorable hook that has many uses: virtual introductions, videos, in-person meetings, grant applications, follow-up calls with the funder, bio statements, press packets, and more.

What we cover

This session answers questions like:

  • How do you condense years of work on a project into a sentence or two?
  • What’s important to emphasize?
  • How do you begin and end?
  • What if you have several projects in the works?
  • How do I look and sound my best in person, on the phone or in an online meeting?

Additional Assets:

  • 4-pages of follow-along worksheets so you can start to create your introduction
  • 8-page PDF guide to elevator speeches, “How to introduce yourself with grace and authority” which includes artwork from all the featured artists

Breakdown:

  • Introduction
  • How to look and sound your best online or on video
  • Step-by-step creation of content to include in your elevator speech
  • Real-life examples of artist introductions and teaching by example why these work
  • The Take Away

Mindset Lectures: Entrepreneurial Mindset for Artists

  • Business Mindset: when it helps, and when it can hurt you (3:13)
  • Ownership: managing your own art career (3:41)
  • Be So Good They Can't Ignore You (2:43)
  • Using Empowering Keywords (5:36)

Includes 45 minute Live implementation workshop

WEEK 2: Writing

Objective: Perfect your professional writings

Description

Learn how to express your work and what you stand for in writing. From polishing an artist statement you (finally!) feel strong about, to making your bio memorable, to knowing what to do with your non-art background in your resume. Let the author of the book on this topic guide you, and use her fill-in-the-blanks templates for a head start.

What we cover

  • Introduction (4:31)
  • Why Does Writing Matter? (8:43)
  • Artist Statement (30:18)
  • Bio (5:19)
  • CV or Resumé (2:40)
  • Press Release (4:43)
  • Email Etiquette (6:36)
  • Applications & Proposals (10:23)
  • The Take Away (4:28)

Mindset Lectures: Productivity & Prolificness

  • The 80 20 Principle (6:51)
  • Parkinson's Law: how work expands to fit the time you have (3:20)
  • Daily habits that build your destiny (7:21)
  • You are not a widget factory: optimizing for states of being (7:22)
  • How much time do you need to make great art every week? (5:57)
  • The Time Audit (2:02)
  • Carving out your ideal "nest" of weekly hours (3:35)
  • BONUS: Design & establish your ideal morning & evening routine

Includes 45 minute Live implementation workshop

WEEK 3: Website

Objective: Polish your artist website so that it converts into leads and sales

Description

This module boils down 20 years of website building experience into the few principles and tactics that matter most for a visual artist -- even if you are not tech-savvy at all.

You will understand how to create the two key outcomes that matter: raising your credibility, and converting visitors into subscribers or collectors.

Through this module, you will create a clear vision for an artist website that makes both you and your work shine. You can then follow the simple steps to bring that vision to life.

When you complete this module, you'll have a fully updated professional artist website you feel proud of. You won’t be shy anymore when people ask to see your art on their phone, or when submitting applications to prestigious international calls for artists.

Everything about your website will clearly state, “I am a professional artist. Here is my work. You can buy now or join my private list.”

What we cover

  • Introduction (3:12)
  • Disclaimer (1:09)
  • Why (5:40)
  • Domain Name & Hosting (5:00)
  • Front End & Back End (4:30)
  • Types of Artist Websites (17:14)
  • Credibility (9:20)
  • Website Areas (20:29)
  • Maintenance (1:55)
  • The Takeaway (2:31)

Mindset Lectures: Navigating Uncertainty

  • The Power of Testing (5:10)
  • How to make uncertainty benefit you (5:35)
  • Rejection & Failure (4:41)
  • Why mindfulness is specially important for artists (1:58)
  • Your unique entrepreneurial path: make a plan, but be ready to burn it (3:18)

Includes 45 minute Live implementation workshop

PART 2: Grow Your Audience ONline

WEEK 4: Email

Objective: Get your first 100 email subscribers then grow into the thousands