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Dana Newman is an award winning artist who attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago and in 1978 was the youngest member to be selected into the Art League of Chicago.  He's had an interesting career that nurtured his love for drawing and painting wildlife.  Dana currently sells his artwork through gallery representation and also sells prints of his works through an online venue.  Listen to his multifaceted story of his journey and the knowledge he's gained along the way.

Like many working artists, Ashley Benton has many irons in the fire. She shows in galleries, art festivals, runs her own new gallery and sells her art commercially. As artists, we need to be flexible and have multiple streams of income. Listen to Ashley's story and tips she gives on her journey on staying true to her work and making it as a working artist.

Kimberly Beck is an award winning artist and in her 5th national tour with the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum’s Birds in Art exhibition. Like so many artists, we put our work on hold to focus on other things in our lives that need our attention. Listen to Kim's story on how she took a long break from art to raise her family and came back to become an award winning painter.

Che Leviathan has a very interesting story to tell with her journey of how she immersed herself into the culture and subject of her paintings. Breaking the traditional norms, Che produces beautiful, highly detailed figurative works of people that live what our society calls "an alternative lifestyle." She is an award winning artist and has been featured in magazines such as American Art Collector and Southwest Art Magazine. Che has now broken free and has been working as a full time painter for the past year in Long Beach, California. I hope you enjoy hearing her very story as much as I did.

In this podcast I talk to you about the Top 3 Ways to Share Video Now and why you should be using it to promote your art business. If you're not using video you're going to want to listen to the podcast and find out WHY you should be and why you're missing out. Video is really hot right now, so if you're not on the boat, your going to hear why you want to be.

Aaron Pines has been working as a professional artist for over 20 years and is a self taught abstract mixed media and digital media artist. Like many artists, he balances working a non-art related job with creating his art.  Listen to his story as he shares the highs and lows and struggles of his artistic journey that may resemble your path and our journey to create art.

Yu Kai Lin has been the owner and directer of Kai Lin Art gallery for over seven years. He not only curates in his gallery but has also assisted private collectors and organizations such as the High Museum of Art and Coca Cola. Yu Kai is also a concert pianist and teaches students of all ages how to play the piano. Listen to his story of how he persevered through the downturn of the economy when he was first starting his business and the tips he shares for artists who not only want to make a living as an artist but rather thrive as one. Read more >

Jessica Burke has been working as a full time professor and artist for over 10 years now.  In addition to teaching, she exhibits her artwork both nationally and internationally.  Jessica tells her story about the art she creates, her struggle with staying focused on the style of artwork she chose for her path and the importance of believing in yourself and exhibiting your artwork.

Sara Drescher has been working as a full time professional artist for over 10 years now.  She teaches workshops, paints commissions, shows in exhibitions and sells her art at local shows as well.  Sara tells her story of these different avenues of income, her experience in being a part of the board in juried exhibitions, the importance of thinking like a business owner and how doing this will enable you to live the life of creating art full time.

Jacqueline Allison is an award winning artist who balances her life between working a full time job and producing art. Much like the rest of us, she has to utilize her time wisely and in this interview she not only shares her journey but gives us tips on her social media choices and the importance email building has been for her artistic career.

Chin Cheng is a successful full time professor at Savannah College of Art & Design, figurative painter and owner of his own teaching art studio.  In this interview, he talks about his artistic journey from Taiwan to the United States, sharing the ups and downs through his artistic career. He has received numerous awards from different juried competitions and has been featured in international art publications such as “International Artist”, “New American Paintings”, and “The Pastel Journal” magazines.

Ashley risked it all and took a leap of faith to pursue her dreams as an artist.  She left the full time corporate world to open her pottery art studio business where she's catered to hundreds of people throughout the years. Listen to her story of how she made it happen on this week's artist interview.

Besides holding a full time job as a graphic designer, Jonathan owns the shop Horror in Clay. He has ran four very successful crowdfunding campaigns to help him fund the production his amazing Tiki mugs. Big words advice he says "be good to people" because you never know who that person might be.

The 404 page is the page a user lands on when you have a broken link. You may have deleted a page or post and forgot to update the link OR the user typed in a link incorrectly. THAT’S what will bring them to the 404 page and it happens all the time.

“What is an Opt In” you say? An Opt In is when followers/fans/subscribers give you their email address in exchange for something like an e-book, cheat sheet, tutorial or other digital bonus. I have one on this website. It is on the homepage and in the sidebars called “9 Ways to Make Money as an Artist.” This is the Opt In for my website. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

I’m so glad you asked! As I explained in my previous post () it is SO important to the long term success of your online art business to build your email subscriber list. Read about the reasons in this post here. Today is not about the “why” but more about the “how” of setting up a basic widget in your website so you can start building that super valuable email subscriber list. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...

What is an “email autoresponder”? That is the email that is sent to a new subscriber as soon as they sign up on your website to receive updates from you. It is extremely valuable and really, really nice. Not to mention how much time it saves you. Imagine if when each person signed up on your website, you had to open your email,...CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

I decided to write about this as my first online marketing article for artists because I think it is by far the MOST important thing you can do to build your online business and fan following. The thing about accumulating a good email list is that if your blog breaks down, an online venue blocks you or shuts down (or worse…shuts YOU down) CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Samantha Meeker talks about "the pivot" she is making in the podcast to focus the interviews not only on the artist's concepts but on how they are running their art business as well.  She mentions that future episodes won't only be artist interviews but will also focus on how artists can build their online business and presence as well. Samantha also announced that there will also be weekly breakdowns of helpful apps and websites that will benefit online artist entrepreneurs. Links referenced in this podcast: www.facebook.com/artevaggio www.artevaggio.com  

Samantha Meeker interviews Daniel Sachs, an Atlanta based artist. Daniel Sachs is almost entirely a self-taught artist.  Disgruntled with the approach to studio classes as an undergraduate, he quickly switched his major to art history, as a freshman.  He received his B.A. in art history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1978, specializing in Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture. Following his undergraduate studies, he attended the Boston Museum School, one of only three schools in the nation that offered a course called “Techniques of the Old Masters,” and then did an independent study in oil painting with John Burns (Unlike most little boys who dream of being astronauts or firemen, Sachs dreamed of being an artist from the time that he was old enough to wield a pencil).  Following this period in his life, Sachs worked as a freelance illustrator in New York City after moving there in 1981 and then returned to his studies in art history at Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1987, where he received his M.A. in art history, concentrating on American Watercolor Painting, in 1990. He then went on to complete is Ph.D. in art history at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in nineteenth-century American landscape painting, but he continued to practice his art.  Today he is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Kennesaw State University and also teaches a four-cycle course called Historical Studio Practices in which he teaches the students an art historical period. To learn more about Daniel Sachs, you can read his written interview at: http://www.artevaggio.com/ or visit his website at: http://www.daniel-sachs.com Thank you for listening!