Blogs

How To Sell Your Art Locally

By Crista | July 10, 2024

Wondering how to sell your art locally? With so much emphasis on selling online, it’s no wonder many of you…

Read More
Crista Cloutier looking through camera

How To Sell Your Photographs

By Crista | May 24, 2017

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

Read More
photos at the roden crater

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

By Crista | May 24, 2017

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

Read More
Crista Cloutier and Jason Sikes speaking together in an online video meeting about AI and art.

The Future of Artists in the Age of AI

By Crista | May 13, 2026

AI is changing the creative landscape faster than most artists expected. Some artists are excited. Some are afraid. Many are…

Read More
Two artists concentrating on an artwork, one scribbling with a pencil while the other observes.

Is It Really Possible to Build a Life as an Artist?

By Crista | May 5, 2026

For years, artists have been told a story. That it’s not a real career. That it’s irresponsible. That if you…

Read More
Crista Cloutier speaking on camera in a video screenshot about time management for artists.

Surprising Secrets Artists Use for Time Management

By Crista | May 4, 2026

Do you constantly find yourself up against time? Afraid you’re wasting it? Never feeling like you have enough? If time…

Read More
Crista Cloutier in a video thumbnail, speaking about building an art career.

The Day I Made An Artist Cry

By Crista | April 28, 2026

 Years ago, when I ran a gallery, I used to receive hundreds of emails from artists every week. “Here’s my…

Read More

The Best Art Marketing Advice That No One Ever Told You

By Crista | April 21, 2026

The Journey of an Artist No one said it would be easy. My mentor, Bill Jay, used to say that…

Read More
A mockup of a laptop displaying an artwork inventory spreadsheet alongside the PDF cover of An Artist's Guide to Inventorying Artwork by Crista Cloutier of The Working Artist — representing the essential professional practice of documenting, archiving, and protecting a lifetime of creative work.

Artists’ Guide to Documenting and Archiving Your Work

By Crista | April 1, 2026

Most artists spend years — sometimes decades — building a body of work. Then they leave almost no record of…

Read More
Photo featuring Jeannie Motherwell in her studio environment beside her abstract painting, representing a working artist’s daily practice and the evolution of a long-term art career shaped by discipline, identity, and creative exploration.

What Happens When You Stop Hiding Your Story as an Artist

By Crista | March 30, 2026

There’s a moment in many art careers that doesn’t get talked about enough. Not when you begin. Not when you…

Read More
An artist seated in front of a computer with another co-artist, engaged in digital work that represents the creative and business process of producing and selling art online, photo by Crista Cloutier.

What It Really Takes to Sell Art Online

By Crista | March 24, 2026

Have you noticed how casually people talk about selling art online? Post it!  Share it!  Link it! And somehow… success…

Read More
1 2 3 35