by creativeconsultancies | Aug 9, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Creative Process, Ideas, Planning, Retreats, Vision, Workshops
Here are five of the many reasons why getting your vision crystal clear is my number one business strategy for creatives! Leverage Physiology Having a crystal clear vision actually sets up a biofeedback system that works as a physiological motivator...
by creativeconsultancies | May 2, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning
How Michelangelo taught me all I need to know about creative life and business Okay I’m being hyperbolic, but seriously Michelangelo taught me a lot. My dad’s parents were Southern Italians I’m lucky enough to be back in the mother country yet again as I write....
by creativeconsultancies | Mar 9, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Creative Process, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
During my Left of Centre two-day creative life intensive, I work with artists at all kinds of stages of their career trajectory. Some might be brand-newbies and others have been at it even longer than I have (and I’ve been working in the arts for more than 20...
by creativeconsultancies | Feb 24, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Process, Ideas
This has really been one of my hardest learned lessons after a lifetime working in the creative industries. As artists we can feel really shitty about ourselves and work when it’s not flying off the shelves, packing out theatres or revered by oceans of raving fans....
by creativeconsultancies | Feb 12, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Creative Process, Ideas, Planning, Vision
One of the most common types of clients that I have walk in my door are people who are mid-career. They’ve been in the creative industries for a long while but have hit a fork in the road, a block, or a turning point. Perhaps the creative passion that filled...
by creativeconsultancies | Feb 4, 2017 | Art + Money, Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning
Yep, even artists gotta niche One of the biggest problems I find with clients I work with (and I know the arts is not the only offender in this realm), is a lack of niching. Niching is simply finding your thing. The thing that’s special about what you do and...