Guest Post, Muse

Make the Difference You Were Born to Make from Angela Lauria

Please share this very inspirational message far and wide. “MAKE THE DIFFERENCE YOU WERE BORN TO MAKE.” A.L. I received this very inspirational message from a fellow artist today and I’m sharing it with you, my creative and talented friends… How will you spend the next 90 days? Some very wise thoughts from Angela Lauria… Read More Make the Difference You Were Born to Make from Angela Lauria

An Artist in Business, Guest Post, Marketing, Teaching

MARKETING FOR ARTISTS – 5 TIPS by Lynda Cain Hubbard

By Lynda Cain Hubbard For Help2Succeed After being on your wonderful radio program, and getting such a powerful response, I wanted to also put down the basic information in writing.  Here goes– “Marketing” and “Art” seem to most people like two different worlds.  One is complex and boring and the other is exciting and creative.… Read More MARKETING FOR ARTISTS – 5 TIPS by Lynda Cain Hubbard

An Artist in Business, Guest Post

The Passion and the Rhythm of an Artist Running a Small Business

The Passion Remember when you first put your artist marketing plan together? Remember when you received your first box of artist business cards with your name and your company logo on it; the tingle of excitement when you handed your beautiful artist cards out to friends and relatives, proudly announcing that you were now a… Read More The Passion and the Rhythm of an Artist Running a Small Business

An Artist in Business, Guest Post, How-To, Resources

Copyright Your Content ~ Things you may like to know about copyrights

You may be under the false impression that before you can get your text published, you must “get the copyright” to your own written material. You might also think that in order to get the copyright, you must “apply” for it. This is just not so. In the following few paragraphs, I’ll give you some… Read More Copyright Your Content ~ Things you may like to know about copyrights

Guest Post, Muse

“On Poetry and Social Responsibility” by Michael Graves – Poet

“On Poetry and Social Responsibility” by Michael Graves – Poet Poetry is one of the most dangerous, most powerful, and one of the most unorganized forces in the world. Consider the effect that a single poet can create on the human psyche. Shakespeare, Rumi, Rimbaud, Dylan, Poe, Pound, Dickinson, Baudelaire, Cummings, Neruda, Yeats, Plath, Ginsberg,… Read More “On Poetry and Social Responsibility” by Michael Graves – Poet

Guest Post, Muse, Successful Actions

Art That Sends A Clear Message: Don’t Let Go Of Lifetime Dream

Brom Wikstrom, one of the newest members appointed this month to the Washington State Arts Commission, knew all his life he’d be an artist. He spent hours as a kid watching his father, a local art director, paint his stylized watercolors, animals and nudes, their limbs every which way. He used to copy them in… Read More Art That Sends A Clear Message: Don’t Let Go Of Lifetime Dream