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So You’re An Artist. Now What?

By crista-cloutier | November 30, 2020

  So you’ve taken the jump and chosen to be an artist. Now what? Where’s the fabulous gallery opening in…

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Crista Cloutier looking through camera

How To Sell Your Photographs

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

I once had an art gallery that showed a lot of photographic work and I also ran a studio where…

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photos at the roden crater

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

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

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

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How to Approach Galleries, Curators, and Art World Decision-Makers (Without Being Ignored)

How to Approach Galleries, Curators, and Art World Decision-Makers (Without Being Ignored)

By Crista Cloutier | December 28, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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Photo of a hand with a "Fear Not" ring on the smallest finger

Most Artists Don’t Have a Talent Problem

By Crista Cloutier | December 23, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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Tip of a Converse shoe can be seen on the cliff by the sea with texts saying "Fear whispered, I jumped anyway"

The Artist Who Could See

By Crista Cloutier | December 22, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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Holding a single feather, a photo by Crista Cloutier

The Questions Every Artist Must Ask

By Crista Cloutier | December 22, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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the working artist badge wirh card and brush

How to Write Your Artist Biography

By Leahlyn | December 17, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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A black and white picture of hands holding a round item with text at the bottom saying "I am an artist"

I Am An Artist

By Crista Cloutier | December 3, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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Crista in her studio asking ‘Do you believe in magic?’ during an art business lesson

Artists, Have You Forgotten How To Believe In Magic?

By crista-cloutier | October 21, 2025

Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is…

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Crista holding her certificate from the French Academy for her arts and culture recognition

The roomful of artists…

By crista-cloutier | October 16, 2025

I’m so honored to share something extraordinary that happened last Saturday in Paris: I received the Gold Medal from the…

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Crista with French Academy of Arts, Letters & Sciences logo

Gold Medal of Honor from the French Academy of Arts, Letters & Sciences

By crista-cloutier | September 17, 2025

Something I never thought I’d write to you…and yet. That little girl, that worn-out woman, the doubter who sometimes wonders…

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