How To Build a Following for Your Art [90]
Art Juice: A podcast for artists, creatives and art lovers
Louise Fletcher/Alice Sheridan
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This week, we discuss how to attract a following for your art - a topic that was prompted by a question from Maureen, who wrote: “Could you discuss the challenging task of selling artwork? It’s all very well to produce a good selection of work, maintain a well-designed website, upload to Saatchi (or wherever) and add the best hashtags until you’re blue in the face! However the stumbling block in my case is clearly apparent. I, like many other artists, have no great following. Building a following takes years for the average person. I’d love to hear your thoughts.”
We actually agree with Maureen - all those things mean nothing without a following and yes it takes years to build a big following - but it doesn’t take years to start attracting new people to your work and it doesn't take much for you to start selling paintings. In this episode, we share how we each developed our audiences, particularly via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Our tips include choosing one or two platforms rather than trying to do everything; showing up consistently; acting like a pro even at the very beginning; focusing on sharing things that are of interest to others rather than just selling; engaging with others; and above all - being yourself.
Mentioned:
Ira Glass: The Perpetual Struggle to Find Your Creative Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMbguAg1zM
"Ted Hughes: an unauthorised Life" by Jonathan Bate: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00W0TMW7S/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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| 0:00.0 | I do not want to go back into the workplace working for somebody else. |
| 0:05.0 | I just not want to go back to be. |
| 0:06.5 | So there has to be a kind of fire in your belly for it |
| 0:10.5 | if you want it to work. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi and welcome to episode 90 of art juice. |
| 0:18.0 | This is honest, generous and humorous conversations to feed your |
| 0:24.8 | creative soul and get you thinking with me Louise Fletcher. |
| 0:29.0 | And me Alice Sheridan. |
| 0:30.5 | Today's main topic was prompted by a question from a listener so we're going to talk today about building a following for your art. |
| 0:39.0 | But before we get on to that, what have you been up to this week, Alice? |
| 0:43.8 | The week has flown by. |
| 0:46.3 | I have been a happy bunny this week. |
| 0:48.6 | Oh good. |
| 0:49.6 | I have. |
| 0:50.6 | I have. |
| 0:51.6 | I have. I've been, I had a couple of complete non-negotiables and they were being in the |
| 0:57.7 | studio for a whole day on Tuesday and a whole day today and I did it hoora yay yay and I did it, hoora. |
| 1:03.2 | Yay. |
| 1:04.1 | Yay and I also managed to kick in to touch a whole load of horrible organizing |
| 1:11.1 | e-complicated email software connection things or things like that which you know |
| 1:19.8 | never anybody's favorite things to do is it but it's really good when you get them done. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah, it feels really good, but I just have lots of those things at the moment hovering over my head. |
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