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    Author: Crista

    Portrait of Artist Wendi Schneider

    Meet Working Artist Wendi Schneider

    “I create because I must. It’s the joy and flow of making work that fulfills me and keeps me somewhat sane.” Wendi Schneider is no…

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    Crista January 31, 2019
    Art gallery

    How To Work With Art Galleries

    I think that we can all agree that it’s difficult to break into the art business. Emerging artists usually have little sales or exhibition experience…

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    Crista December 6, 2018

    How To Work With Art Galleries

    I think that we can all agree that it’s difficult to break into the art business. Emerging artists usually have little sales or exhibition experience…

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    Crista December 6, 2018
    Portrait of Artist Ann Dunbar

    Meet Artist Ann Dunbar

    Artist Ann Dunbar says that one of her earliest art memories was having her first painting of a horse framed and proudly hung in the…

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    Crista April 25, 2018

    Art Fair Essentials For Working Artists

    FACT: Did you know that more art is now being sold at art fairs than at brick and mortar galleries? Overall, artists are now reporting that…

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    Crista March 8, 2018
    Portrait of Artist Tami Bensen

    Meet Working Artist Tami Bensen

    Tami Bensen is an intuitive artist. Working without a plan, her art is about letting go. She paints what comes to her organically, which often…

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    Crista February 8, 2018

    An Important Question For Artists

    Who am I? That’s a question every artist needs to ask themselves often. Because it’s who you are as an artist that will guide you…

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    Crista January 11, 2018
    Working Artist Woman with Brush

    What Did Your Family Think?

    Was ‘creativity’ a bad word in your family when you were growing up? Or was it a badge of honor? What did you do with…

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    Crista September 20, 2017
    Crista Cloutier looking through camera

    How To Sell Your Photographs

    I once had an art gallery that showed a lot of photographic work and I also ran a studio where we collaborated with many highly…

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    Crista May 24, 2017
    photos at the roden crater

    There was only one thing to do. We broke in.

    At the extraordinary James Turrell exhibition at Pace London, I felt as if I was falling back in time. I’ve shared so many conversations with…

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    Crista May 24, 2017
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