Hey Artists, it’s Andrea La Valleur- Purvis — I’m the founder of Vivid Creative, a creative consulting company, specializing in training rising visual artists in building the foundations of a thriving studio practice. I’ve been in the creative industry for over two decades and am a practicing sculptor myself. The reason why I’m so passionate about working with visual artists like you, is because traditionally, the art profession doesn’t have a clear path to success. There’s a lot of gatekeeping, opaqueness and outdated strategies in play, and I believe any artist pursuing their career wholeheartedly can define what success means to them and develop long-term strategy to reach their vision and make money from their art. This podcast is here to tell the stories of artists like you and dive deeper into the ways we can build modern art businesses. We talk about creative entrepreneurship, artist websites, online art sales, art marketing strategies and digital studio management. If you want to feel better prepared to achieve your goals, get a blueprint you can implement yourself, I invite you to explore my growing collection of guides, templates and online training. I hope you’re inspired by today's episode and if you ever have a question you’d like to ask a guest or myself, jump to the show notes to submit your question.
About the guest
Barb Stuhlemmer, MBA, CCCTA, is the founder and Exit Strategist at BLITZ Business Success. Barb and her team specialize in helping Canadian small businesses create a solid exit strategy, improve team engagement, and implement effective transition plans. Barb's goal for her clients is to create great value in the business so the owner can afford to either reduce their control in the business or leave it completely.
Barb also serves as a public speaker and professor of entrepreneurship at the college in her region.
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Artwork Barb mentioned by Altalena by Giacinto Bosco - Beautiful installation in Capri
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Taylor Vieger is a Texas based AI Fine Art photographer, artist and copywriter, who works at the intersection of photography, AI, NFT’s, digital art and writing.
His current body of work explores AI-choreographed compositions, challenging the viewer's perception of life-like yet surreal characters, balancing imagination and reality in an evolving cultural landscape.
Vieger is interested in the ways that technology can be used to create new forms of art, and believes that art has the power to challenge our assumptions and open our minds to new possibilities.
Taylor's website
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Brendan Burns has spent over 20 years at leading technology, graphic arts and financial institutions including Culture.tech, 1000|Museums, Moody’s Investors Service, Salomon Brothers, and AdOne, an Internet software pioneer. For the past 10 years Burns has managed consulting, advisory and strategic growth assignments under Stepping Stone Capital Partners and Stepstone Art Resources.
Burns has been a professor and senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Program at Columbia Business School and a faculty member at Sotheby's Institute of Art Enterprise studio Masters program.
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Jaclyn is a contemporary abstract artist living and working between Ann Arbor and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Gordyan has been an artist for nearly 25 years. Working in a variety of mediums including oils, acrylics, ceramics, raku, woven textures, gouache, graphite and photography. Her work has evolved over the years, starting in realism and expanding now to abstract, organic and sculptural. She’s earned a BFA and studied art history, design and learned classic painting techniques. It wasn’t until years later she combined nature and abstract for the first time. It was electric and intuitive all at once for her. She knew she had found her voice and her medium for expression. In 2024, Jaclyn will be participating in the Pouch Cove Residency in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Artists mentioned by Jaclyn
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Linda Mariano oversees the marketing and brand extension efforts for Redwood Art Group. With a career that spans over 35 years, Linda is a leader in marketing, brand management, e-commerce and promotion initiatives for the art industry, contemporary art fairs, specialty retail, art licensing partnerships, media and entertainment, as well as entrepreneurial business environments.
Founded in 2009, Redwood Art Group is the nation’s leader in exhibitions and event production, media, and marketing for the global fine art community. They produce Art Expo New York, Art Santa Fe, Art San Diego, Spectrum Miami and Red Dot Miami.
Linda’s Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-mariano-b69430b/
Linda's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwoodartgroup/
Spectrum Miami Art Fair https://redwoodartgroup.com/spectrum-miami/
Artist Collective https://redwoodartgroup.com/redwood-art-group-collective/
Art Business News https://artbusinessnews.com
Artists mentioned by Linda
Kate Taylor https://www.katetaylorstudio.com/
James Koskinas https://jameskoskinas.com/
Julie Schumer https://julieschumer.com/
Kris and Angela Gerhardt https://artbusinessnews.com/2017/08/meet-kris-and-angela-gebhardt-and-explore-the-future-of-the-art-world/
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Jen has a passion for building businesses centered around art and artists. She has a studio and commercial art background and a BFA in Sculpture.
Jen founded her Gallery in the San Francisco Bay Area in February 2017 and moved to Santa Fe just prior to the Covid Pandemic. She quickly pivoted by creating an online artist community called Artist Alliance.
Gallery https://jentough.com/
Artist Studios https://www.airstudios.art/
Artist Alliance https://www.artistalliance.community/c/generaldiscussion
Rachel Rodgers Book “We should all be millionaires” https://amzn.to/46XjNq9
Destination Art Retreats https://uptrek.com/retreats/art
Marcel Dzama https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/marcel-dzama
Must Have Tools For Visual Artists Resource link
Grants for Visual Artists https://artbizconsulting.com/blog/professional-development-grants-for-visual-artists/
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the guest
Founder Jen DiSisto is a Manhattan native who brings with her over fifteen years of experience within the Music and Art landscape. This includes: celebrity assisting, radio promotions, public relations, book publishing and talent management. Two defining moments directed her career path: her job as the Art Department Coordinator at Warner Brothers Records & befriending iconic illustrator Alan Aldridge.
Jen has collaborated with Art of Elysium, Bookmarc Marc Jacobs, Chronicle Books, Design Within Reach, Hennessey & Ingalls, Hard Rock Hotel, Hurley, Incase, Lipps LA, Legions of Bloom, LACMA, Taschen, Thompson Hotel Group, TOMS Shoes, The Marley Foundation, The Sundance Film Festival, The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and The Museum of Monterey.
Must Have Tools For Visual Artists Resource link
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
Art Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative
About the Artist
Arizona Artist Laura Madden about combining her passions for fashion, art and sustainability. Laura is an influencer and sustainable fashion advocate selling original art, prints and art commissions through her artist brand Refashioned Art.
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
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About the Artist
Vered Brett is a self-taught abstract expressionist painter from Israel, now living in Cascais, Portugal. Her style, materials and process are pure reflections of growing up next to the Mediterranean Sea, and her life today near the Atlantic Ocean – the main source of her inspiration.
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About the Artist
Ellen originally studied Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing at Texas Tech University, though she didn’t always know that jewelry making would be her artistic calling. It wasn’t until she worked under a jewelry designer in Portland that she fell in love with jewelry making and began a fascination and deep appreciation for the design process.
With a background in painting and a career in jewelry design, Ellen Mote now enjoys practicing both crafts out of her studio in Waco, Texas. Her love for painting was reignited after stumbling across a purple weed growing out of a road in her neighborhood. Navigating a difficult season in her own life at the time, Ellen was moved by this picture of beauty rising out of an unlikely place. She picked the weed, brought it home, and used it to create the first of many paintings as she set old dreams in motion.
Inspired by nature and designed with unexpected compositions, Ellen’s paintings are crafted using cyanotypes, acrylic paint, and unprimed canvas. For every person who invites her art into their lives, Ellen hopes it reveals the everyday beauty all around them—because everyone is worthy of having beautiful things they love in their home.
Ellen's art website
Ellen's Jewelry website
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Original Music composed by Hillary Albrecht
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