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Mastering The Business of Being an Artist

A recent survey in the US showed that 75% of self described “full time artists” earned less than $10,000.00 per year and half of those earned less than $5,000.00. They must be doing something wrong.

In this course featuring a 4 hour presentation and 2 hours of Q&A Tim Packer explains where he believes most aspiring artists go wrong.

This Course Includes the Following:

  • Understanding Why Most Artists FAIL and CONCRETE Actions that You Need to Take to SUCCEED

  • The Difference Between Pursuing Art as a HOBBY and Pursuing Art as a CAREER

  • How to Manage the Competing Interests of BUSINESS vs CREATIVITY

  • The Importance of MINDSET 

    • Issues with a Fixed Mindset
    • Strategies to create and maintain a Growth Mindset

  • The Three Behaviours that you Absolutely NEED to Adopt for Success

    • Passion
    • Willingness to Learn
    • Work Ethic

  • Understanding the Art World

    • The theory of Post Modernism
    • Why pursuing an art degree can actually HURT your chances for success

    • Why for some a urinal can be considered great art and for others, myself included… it is just a toilet.

  • How to Get Exposure For Your Art

    • Commercial Galleries

    • How to Approach Commercial Galleries

    • Art Festivals
    • Studio Open House
    • and other non traditional opportunities.

  • Strategies for Facing Your Fear of Failure

    • Why Failures are necessary?
    • How to properly deal with failures when they occur

  • How to Use Social Media Effectively Using

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn

  • How to choose what subject matter you should focus on

  • I will dispel some common MYTHS about becoming a Successful Artist including the WORST advice that I ever received… which I STILL see being routinely given to artists.

  • My Story

    • Detailed telling of how I went from STARVING to SUCCESSFUL. Including some great pieces of advice that I received that literally changed my life…
    • Other “Aha” moments that had a dramatic impact on my career.

  • Publishing

    • My experience one of the worlds largest publishers.
    • How we are able to generate SIX FIGURES PER YEAR through self publishing.