My Special Guest This Year Is
International Best Seller
ROBERT FRITZ
Your Life as Art
& The Path of Least Resistance
This Onlive Live Art Career
Conference Is For You If…
- You want your artwork in the world and are confused, or overwhelmed, about the best way to go about this.
- You toy with the idea of working as a full time artist, and aren’t sure where to start.
- You work as a full time artist, and want new ideas and inspiration for putting your work in the world.
- You know there are better ways to market your art, online and off, and don’t know which ones work best.
- You have lots of ideas, and want help focusing on where to begin and how to keep going.
- You want help turning confusion into clarity, confidence, and commitment.
What Do Successful Artists Have In Common — Besides The Freedom To Create What They Want, When They Want?
Over the years I’ve noticed that successful artists have at least these three things in common: focus, facts, and fabulous art.
Focus — Successful artists can tell you what their vision is. And they know how to use this vision to focus on the most effective strategies, outside and inside the studio, for getting recognized, exhibited and paid.
Facts — Successful artists learn from others. They take advantage of the newest, most up-to-date facts and information about how to make a living from their art so they end up with a plan that works.
Fabulous art — Successful artists know that compelling art with a “true voice,” is the bedrock of it all. They also know that great art is not enough. The world is changing so fast that they also need realistic action steps, backed by real-world information, from people they respect.
Join Artists From 38 USA States And 16 Countries
Artists from New Zealand to New York took part in our annual smARTist® Telesummits, the only professional art-career conference—online or off.
When I listened to the smARTist® Telesummit audios, they were just as helpful, inspiring, and informative as the smARTist® Telesummit, if not more.
I’m going to keep on listening to these audio presentations all year round to keep me going.
Last year I received an artist grant and it really boosted my spirits. With all the things that I’ve learned to put into practice from the smARTist® Telesummit, I’m feeling closer than ever to achieving my goals as a professional artist.
I just dug out my CDs from last year’s smARTist Telesummit, and started to listen to all the uplifting messages again. I can’t wait for the next smARTist to start!
I’m loving this program!
The first Panel Discussion on Balance has been life-changing! And given the full spectrum of career levels, and temperaments, that you are addressing, you have been very careful to craft a “safe place” for any and all of us to bring our needs forward. Digging deep to get my answers for the smARTist® Vision Questionnaire has had an amazing effect on me…there is something about being honest with myself that gives me a sense of finding my “true North” (like on a compass). And a feeling that I’ve found a treasure box inside that I didn’t know I had.
It’s been absolutely wonderful for me. I feel that you started at the “real” beginning for all of us, and that this has been in integrity for your stated purpose. Thank you!
(right after the live event)
LISTEN TO:
A 2009 Keynote Sample:
Paul Dorrell
on Corporate Collectors
(2 min.)
I have learned a great deal from this and love your enthusiasm for assisting artists. I recently met another smARTist from this telesummit in person for the first time at an international trade show… it was like a little family reunion. Thanks again for all you do!
It’s so great to feel connected to other art professionals. For so long I have felt like I was taking on the art world single handed. Thanks, and blessings to you.
Thank you so much for this week of presentation. It was really amazingly helpful. To my surprise, Michael Bungay Stanier’s presentation really rang a bell for me, as well as Claudine Hellmuth’s. I suddenly realized that communication with other people was my strength, and that I love working with people as emotional human beings.
This year…
Attract Collectors and
Sell Your Art…
with Focus, Facts and
Fabulous Art!
PRESENTING OUR
2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS!
… Ready To Help You Take Your Art to the Next Level.
ROBERT FRITZ
Internationally Best-selling Author,
Composer, Filmmaker & Management-thru-Creativity GuruPresents: Your Life As Art
JEANETTE SMITH
Art Licensing Expert
Presents: Thirty Dirty Secrets of Art Licensing – What you really need to know to get into the business
SHARON PITTS
Watercolor artist and educator
Presents: Travel With Your Talent: Giving Workshops Abroad
JOAN STEWART
Self-Promotion Expert
Presents: Ezines, Bios & Blogs! The Top 3 Writing Problems That Stop Artists Cold… and How to Solve Them
JASON HOREJS
Gallery Owner & Author of ‘Starving’ to Successful (1st printing sold out in 2 months!)
Presents: “Starving” to Successful: How to Find & Keep the Right Gallery for Your Work—at any stage of your career!
BARBARA BOWEN
Coach for Creative Professionals
Presents: Bring It On! How Resistance Can Wake Up Your Creative Process
JENNIFER HOFMANN
Compassionate Expert on Organizing
Presents: Gentle Organizing for Creative Spirits
BARNEY DAVEY
Expert on the Art Print Market
Presents: Putting Art Prints in Perspective: How Can You Build a Second Income in the Art Print Market?
CHRIS BUFFALOE
Expert in Social Media Management
Presents: Beyond Beginners: Selling More Art on Facebook
JONATHAN TALBOT
Painter & Collage Artist, Exhibited At The Museum Of Modern Art In NY, Has Produced over 35,000 Pieces Of Work
Presents: Making Your Passion Your Business: Learn How Passion Yields Success in Both Art & Business
Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.
Creator of smARTist
and Your Host for 2010Gifted by life and hard work,
artists illuminate our world.But if this work is not in the world
and of the world,
the candle sputters and dies.Learning to nourish and shelter
the “offering” that is your art with
knowledge and action,
keeps the artist and the art
shining for us all. —Ariane
LISTEN TO:
A 2009 Keynote Sample:
Alyson Stanfield
on Marketing
(2 min.)
IS THIS YOU?
- You are an emerging, mid-career, advanced, or outsider artist.
- You work with 2-dimensions, 3-dimensions, multi-media, or digital.
- You can lose yourself for hours, if not days, working on your art.
- People who see your work love it.
- You have so many ideas that they bump up against each other.
- You don’t quibble when it comes to really good art supplies.
- And you know, in your heart, that it’s time to give your one-and-only art career the same commitment and consideration you give your art.
For truly, how can the two survive without each other.
I LOVE the fact that you are recording each of the live sessions, and then making the recordings available later. Today, I got stuck in town, but I didn’t panic, because I knew I’d be able to listen to it later!
I am so inspired by all that I’m hearing. I made a copy of my vision/goals that I wrote at the beginning, and am going to keep that posted where I can see it. It will take a while to get all of this in order, but what a delight to do! Thank you!
I want to convey how immensely grateful I am to you for creating and facilitating the smARTist® Telesummit and the two coaching follow-up calls. Indeed, you did a magnificent job making the entire event flow smoothly…. with an attractive, informative website and handouts.
I’ve been enjoying the stimulating, uplifting ideas from each session, especially your wisdom and insights about how to effectively market artwork through a website. Ariane…hats off to you!
Great going, Ariane! The first day’s panel this year was terrific! And I didn’t even think that was the part of the telesummit I would be interested in. I’m so glad that I signed up again.
Even though I’ve worked as a commercial artist, illustrator and portrait artist, the fine art market was not as clear to me. But smARTist® has given me both the guidance and concrete steps I needed to move ahead.
After my first smARTist® I made huge strides, taking very practical and concrete steps to shape my career. Now with my second smARTist®, and Mark Silver and Eric Maisel’s very helpful presentations, I realize the parts of myself that might be holding me back and slowing me down.
After being a part of smARTist®, I’m looking forward to building on the successes I’ve already accomplished from the first smARTist® information!
I’m so glad it’s possible to listen over and over again to this material, whenever you want to refresh your mind about what was said.
It takes patience and perseverance to make a go of selling fine art paintings, but now I have a support system in place that didn’t exist two years ago. And that makes an enormous difference!
Thank you for putting this great team of experts together. What I’ve read/heard so far is outstanding. It is a priceless experience.
This Conference Is Probably Not For You If:
- You are successful & feel confident that you’ve already mastered the important art-career information.
- You are proficient in Social Media marketing strategies.
- You want 100% external applications and zero information about how inner realities impact your success.
- You are in a “survival only” cash crunch and are looking for a quick fix.
Great going, Ariane! The first day’s panel was terrific and I didn’t even think that was the part of the telesummit that I would be that interested in. I’m so glad that I signed up again this year.
I found Mark Silver and Eric Maisel very helpful and will continue to tap into what they have to share. After last year’s smARTist® Telesummit, I took some very practical and concrete steps to shape my career. Now this year, those two men in particular made me realize that once again I need to work on the parts of myself that might be holding me back and slowing me down.
For some reason, the steps to take to make contacts and get work as a commercial artist and illustrator and then as a portrait artist were clearer to me than those necessary to make a go of selling my fine art paintings. Your program and a number of the presenters have given me the guidance and concrete steps to in that direction.
I’m delighted with the strides I’ve made so far, and I’m looking forward to building on the successes I’ve already accomplished. I feel like I have a support system in place now that didn’t exist two years ago and that makes an enormous difference. Thanks Ariane.
LISTEN TO:
A 2009 Keynote Sample:
Joan Stewart
on Social Media
(2 min.)
I think the telesummit is amazing! I especially appreciate that you have included some people “outside” the art world. It’s a great mix. Kudos to you! Thanks again for such a comprehensive, inspiring enterprise.
Wow!! So much to digest. Thank you for creating smARTist® and bringing these wonderful experts together for this conference.
I’m very pleased that I decided to register for the smARTist® Telesummit. Listening to the material is like having a private coach who repeats herself over and over again, and each time there is something new to digest. Thank you!
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
- A phone. A computer.
- A desire to make all or part of your living from your art.
- A desire to learn how to market your art more effectively.
- An open mind… sometimes our speakers challenge conventional ways of thinking. If the 15% of presentations about psychological best practices, or alternative world views, will turn you off to the 85% of nitty-gritty, down-to-earth material, then… this isn’t the event for you.
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Note From Ariane: 3 months after the live event, this email landed in my inbox, and reminded me, once again, why I love my work:
The smARTist® Telesummit is still echoing and resonating within me. Since the live event, I have experienced more clarity about my art career than I have ever known. I’ve shifted my outlook from a tentative position to one of confident exploration and direction.
The presenters’ information helped me get a clearer look at the combined view of my business, self-care, and creative practices. I began to see how they interconnect; where the stronger and weaker links are, and the effect these have on the entire process. Rather like the inner workings of an antique wall clock, each part contributes to the overall function. My biggest surprise has been finding how very small adjustments often yield big results.
Another benefit of smARTist® came from the sheer quantity of information shared. There wasn’t enough time to digest it all during the live event, but this turned out to be a gift. I began “sifting” through the information, listening and analyzing each topic to see what works now, what will work later, or won’t fit at all.
I could afford to do this sifting because I knew the speakers were recorded, and I had access to the information whenever I wanted it. I can’t express how grateful I am for the recordings.
After a few days some common threads began appearing. Learning what I “don’t want” has helped me define what I “do want.” I used to be stuck in a maze of so many options that I couldn’t find my way out!
To deepen my study and strengthen some of my weaker links, I have already purchased some books written by one of the presenters. I am starting with my topmost-needed priority, and I’m looking forward with excitement to working my way down the list — little by little, moving with confidence and intuition — toward an art career built on solid business practices that will support my creative vision and its expression. It’s not a “maybe” anymore; now it’s just a matter of time.
Your “smARTist® 13-Week Follow-Up Email Program” is a great idea. I’m still working my way through the thirteen conference presentations, so having this parallel email structure to follow each presentation is very helpful.
This smARTist® conference was a resource-packed week, both necessary and timely. Now I feel well equipped to do everything; to take on my business challenges armed with support and new dot-com strategies.
I am anticipating your “smARTist® 13-Week Follow-Up Email Program”, which is a brilliant response to how we all learn, procrastinate, and forget. (You would probably say it’s just logical!) Best regards and thanks again from this entrepreneur and photographer.
Already I have gained a great deal of useful information and confidence about where I am in my art career from the recordings and PDFs. Thanks to all concerned!
What I realized, after attending smARTist® and with the facts presented there, is that I got a solid feeling for the millions of opportunities available, and a belief in the greater good of the art world. My LD ADHD brain fits right into the new milieu, and now I know how to pull together my art, my IT background, and the business feminist networks I’ve cultivated. So now I’m back for more with this year’s smARTist®!
First of all I do want to say how much I have enjoyed the material presented at the Telesummit. I had a family emergency the night before it all began, but now I have been listening to the audios and catching up. There have been so many fabulous, exciting ideas presented and I do know that I don’t want to let them fizzle away.
I have lots of “intentions,” but selected one that needs my attention immediately. I felt it best to stay focused, not add additional stress to my life, and to tackle just this one. I loved how Mark Silver took a long deep breath at the beginning of his presentation. That small gesture made a huge impact in itself.
So I am taking a deep breath, and planning to tackle one task at a time. Here goes!
A Subtle, Inner “Take Away” That Could Be Worth 10 Times The Fee To Participate…
We’re a smart, scrappy bunch, we artists. We know value when we see it.
We understand that spending a small fortune on art supplies, and nothing on our art careers, is out of balance.
The truth is that launching a career, or business in the arts, challenges the best in us. And establishing a career or business in the arts is just plain challenging!
But what if you developed the clarity, emotional certainty and inner confidence to put into action even 25% more of what you already know, what kind of difference would rain down on you in the next 12 months?
What strange and wonderful plants of possibility could grow?
I am SO glad that I signed on to the smARTist® Telesummit. I have been struck with your ingenuity and the presenter’s generosity. I’ve gleaned both joy and gratitude. THANK YOU Ariane and Presenters.
I listened to the first session until 1 AM Sunday evening—WOW, what a wealth of information!
Already I’m setting my goals, freeing up time to work in my studio, and doing a website makeover based on this information from smARTist®.
I had a pretty firm foundation for what I wanted to do, but wasn’t sure where to start. With the information from your telesummit I now have direction and things I’m excited to pursue. I cannot thank you and your speakers enough for my new beginnings.
Not having done much marketing in the past, what you provided was invaluable. It’s hard to imagine, at this point, how the telesummit could possibly get better but I have no doubt you will make it happen.
It’s so great to feel connected to other art professionals. For so long I have felt like I was taking on the art world single handed. Thanks, and blessings to you.
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