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How This Artist Uses Art to Break Free from Life’s Responsibilities
August 27, 2024 Artist

How This Artist Uses Art to Break Free from Life’s Responsibilities

Featured Artist Paige Ring escapes life’s rigid responsibilities through her playful, intuitive painting. Here's how Artwork Archive helps manage the responsibilities of her art career, so she can focus on what she loves most.
6 Signs Your Art Business Might Need More Than Excel
August 23, 2024 Artist

6 Signs Your Art Business Might Need More Than Excel

Is Excel truly the best tool to support your growth as an artist? Here are 6 signs that you may be ready for something better—something specifically designed for your art business.
Why This Artist Believes Life Is a Surreal Experience Worth Exploring
August 22, 2024 Artist

Why This Artist Believes Life Is a Surreal Experience Worth Exploring

Featured Artist Maxwell Roath creates surreal artwork that blends humor and nostalgia, exploring the overlap between fantasy and reality.
This Artist’s Work Reveals the Tensions Beneath the Surface Beauty of Female Identity
August 15, 2024 Artist

This Artist’s Work Reveals the Tensions Beneath the Surface Beauty of Female Identity

Artwork Archive's Featured Artist Sharon Shapiro explores female identity, blending utopian and dystopian elements to reveal underlying tensions beneath a beautiful surface.

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GUIDE: Artist Grants & Opportunities in September 2024
August 13, 2024 Artist

GUIDE: Artist Grants & Opportunities in September 2024

The best artist grants, residencies, exhibitions, and open calls for artists—all with deadlines coming up in September 2024!
Collection Conundrum: From Hidden Behind Tubas to World Access Online
August 12, 2024 Artist , Collector

Collection Conundrum: From Hidden Behind Tubas to World Access Online

Learn how a university museum solved a storage dilemma by moving their cherished objects out of milk crates and into permanent, modern collections care, and then into the world through their website.
Why This Artist's "Hands-on" Depiction of Mixed Race Stories is So Powerful
August 1, 2024 Artist

Why This Artist's "Hands-on" Depiction of Mixed Race Stories is So Powerful

Featured Artist April Werle explores her mixed-race identity and multicultural family dynamics through narrative paintings, using black-and-white hands to convey intimate scenes.
Art Business Diaries: Can Passion Pay the Bills?
July 30, 2024 Artist

Art Business Diaries: Can Passion Pay the Bills?

Marisabel Gonzalez combines medicine, motherhood, and migration into abstract art success— all while turning these life experiences into a thriving creative business
What Makes These Modern Collages a Tribute to Classic Art?
July 25, 2024 Artist

What Makes These Modern Collages a Tribute to Classic Art?

Featured Artist Ray Beldner's collages merge fragments from art history books and magazines, celebrating the colors, textures, and shapes of classic paintings and sculptures.
Collection Spotlight: Fine Art is Good Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
July 24, 2024 Artist , Collector

Collection Spotlight: Fine Art is Good Medicine at Cleveland Clinic

This hospital’s contemporary collection boasts over 7,000 artworks, but there’s one gourd in particular we’d like to showcase.
Spotlight on the Berman Museum of Art: From Hidden Gem to Cultural Jewel
July 23, 2024 Artist , Collector

Spotlight on the Berman Museum of Art: From Hidden Gem to Cultural Jewel

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College is the international center for the study of Françoise Gilot’s work, and they are actively working to make her legacy more accessible to audiences near and far.
Art Business Diaries: Kate Joiner on Balancing Creativity and Finance
July 23, 2024 Artist

Art Business Diaries: Kate Joiner on Balancing Creativity and Finance

How Kate Joiner, a California-based artist, leverages Artwork Archive to elevate her art business and fuel her creative process.

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Art Business Diaries: Turning Artistic Talent into a Financially Sustainable Career
July 23, 2024 Artist

Art Business Diaries: Turning Artistic Talent into a Financially Sustainable Career

What does it take to turn an artistic skill into a career? Multi-media artist and gallery owner JJ Galloway has spent 24 years crafting not just art, but a thriving business as well.
The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in August 2024
July 16, 2024 Artist

The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in August 2024

The best artist grants, residencies, exhibitions, and open calls for artists—all with deadlines coming up in August 2024!
How This Fifth-Generation Artist Balances Tradition and Innovation in His Art
July 11, 2024 Artist

How This Fifth-Generation Artist Balances Tradition and Innovation in His Art

Peter Gynd, a fifth-generation artist, blends tradition and innovation, creating unique and colorful landscapes inspired by nature, personal history, and his meditation practice.
How This Artist's Floral Works Capture the Essence of Human Mortality
June 28, 2024 Artist

How This Artist's Floral Works Capture the Essence of Human Mortality

Artwork Archive's Featured Artist J. Myszka Lewis blends 17th-century Dutch floral elements with the Pattern and Decoration movement to explore ornament, time, and impermanence.
How to Craft the Perfect Summer Routine as an Artist
June 26, 2024 Artist

How to Craft the Perfect Summer Routine as an Artist

Summer's long days can throw off your creative rhythm—here's what to think about to tweak your summer routine as an artist and stay productive.
Why Embracing Spontaneity is Key to This Artist's Creative Process
June 20, 2024 Artist

Why Embracing Spontaneity is Key to This Artist's Creative Process

Featured Artist Hasef uses bold colors and imagery to explore identity and memory, aiming to inspire and challenge audiences while enriching Black American memories and cultural landscapes.
The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in July 2024
June 18, 2024 Artist

The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in July 2024

Hand-curated picks from Artwork Archive staff for the best artist grants, residencies, competitions, exhibitions, and open calls for artists—all with deadlines coming up in July!
Inspirational Words are Great, But Here's Some Practical Advice From 8 Working Artists
June 18, 2024 Artist

Inspirational Words are Great, But Here's Some Practical Advice From 8 Working Artists

We've tapped into the experiences of real Artwork Archive artists to bring you practical insights on building a thriving art career.

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