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This Artcast by Judah Mahay and John Sleek focuses on the article “The Artist Supplemental Income” by Kimberly Prosa. A great article and a fun Artcast. Check it out and leave your comments below.

Also, you can send suggestions for other articles you want to be added to Art Notes by emailing artnotes@beyourart.com. Though most articles will be from BeYourArt.com we are more than willing to consider articles elsewhere.

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BeYourArt.com has gone live with a podcast entitled Artcast. It is a video and audio podcast, which merge business and art for every kind of artist, so they may live their art without compromise.

We divide our podcast into the following categories:

Art Interruptions
- Dialogue on living as an artist, based on listener submitted questions. Send questions to artinterruptions@beyourart.com.

Art Notes
- Discussions about articles published on BeYourArt.com and elsewhere, dealing with the business aspects of living as an artist. Send your suggestions to artnotes@beyourart.com. Read more…

BeYourArt.com now has job listings for artists. Look over what’s available. Spread the word to galleries, publishers, and more to post their own jobs.

http://jobs.beyourart.com

Let us know if you have questions and what you would like to see on BeYourArt.com as we continue to grow.

Co-Published: BeYourArt.com and The North Shoreian Magazine, The Irish Issue, Volume 2, Issue 2, Practicalities of the Surviving Artist, March 2009. Article written by Derek McCrea.

Pet Portraits by Derek McCrea

As an artist in today’s changing environment it is vital to create a marketing strategy capable of meeting the demands created by tense competition. Different areas to focus on for marketing include: identifying and promoting to your target market, carefully select what you pay for as an artist and compare the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision, seek alternate means of exposure, and explore different options for getting your art “seen” by your target market.

Identify your market and attempt to promote your work through the various media of today, magazines, books, Internet, and traditional galleries. Be careful what you pay for. Lately I have seen a large amount of galleries charging a fee for placement of works. In some galleries this may be productive for the artists, but there are also those galleries who make their profit off of the artists almost solely. Read more…