Ancient Wisdom:Emerging Artist The Business Plan (not just) for the Mature Artist

  Ancient Wisdom: Emerging Artist The Business Plan (Not Just) For The Emerging Artist offers a business plan that is as simple as it is powerful. Whether you are a mature artist or not, there is clear, insightful information and tools you can use to identify pathways to your goals, clarify your artistic vision, and live a creative life every day. 

"At the age of fifty, Sue Favinger Smith decided to reinvent her life and become an artist.  At the age of sixty, she was juried into the prestigious National Association of Women Artists.

Are you thinking about taking the leap and becoming an artist?

Do you want a lifestyle that supports your talents, energy, expectations and goals, but don't know where to start?

Ancient Wisdom: Emerging Artist is a comprehensive guide for the aspiring artist, written from an artist's perspective and experience. What makes this plan unique is the emphasis on age, creativity and art, and the powerful advantages of the mature artist over younger peers.  Written in a warm and engaging style, this book is a source of encouragement and support, offering key insights into building a strong artistic identity, understanding the business aspects of art, and discovering your potential.  Smith shares tactics for identifying obstacles, strengthening skills, and accomplishing creative goals for artists of every age.  There is honest, real life knowledge in this business plan, not just for your art career, but for living a creative life every day.

Part One features the Business Plan, with four sections: Know Your Self, Know Your Market, Know Your Opportunities, and Know Your Potential.  Part Two focuses on the second most important thing an artist can do in How to Mentor Yourself.  In Part Three you will find Humor and Other Nonsense, while Part Four deals with Resources. 

What does success really mean to you?

Get unstuck from the external messages and limiting beliefs, and rediscover your passion for creating art.

 

 

 

Comments

[Barbara Wild]

So glad I found your wonderful site! It all makes good sense to me. I'm definitely over 50, and will be graduating with my MFA (a life-long dream) next month (an excellent online MFA program through Academy of Art University in San Francisco). My site is
www.barbarawild.net

Thanks for the business plan!

[career consultants]

Professional Education Program is a special program designed to help you explore career opportunities in your field of interest, you learn to define your career goals and how you plan your career to achieve your career goals.

[Nancy Rhodes Harper]

It must be fate, an omen or divine intervention that I found your blog today. I am an emerging artist at 57 and although I have managed to accomplish a lot in the last 3 years as far as networking,marketing, creating a presence it is always wonderful to hear it see it live it through another persons eyes who know what you are going through. Many thanks and very nice to meet you! Nancy Rhodes Harper

[Dayle Ann Stratton]

I have always *been* an artist-- but it took back seat to raising a family as a single mom without a lot of resources. I began a professional career in my 40s so I'd have a nest egg for my old age. Unexpected illness erased both career and nest egg.

Making art as I fought to recover kept me sane. I realized that while my circumstances had cost me a lot, they had also handed me an opportunity. I got serious about my art. That was a few years ago, and I am now, at age 66, an "emerging artist" in my region. I don't know how far I can go, but I keep growing. It's important to take risks, both with my art and with getting it known. I have had a blog for years, which has documented my process of exploration, and I acquired my own web portfolio.

[Karen Martin Sampson]

I enjoyed your insight to the "originality sin" that so many artists commit in their bios and statements. I have been aware of this myself for a long time (having been a working artist for over 45 years) and always avoided making statements until it has recently become derigueur for marketing and promotion purposes. Now my buyers are beginning to request a statement for purposes of "provenance" to attach to the back of framed pieces. I have always been a half decent writer but writing about oneself is one of the hardest things to do. I write and later revise my statement and bio all the time, trying to find the right word; to sound authentic but not egotistical, knowledgeable but not a know-it-all, approachable and likeable but not phony...and most of all not too precious about my life story and my artistic "philosophy."
And, congratulations on your courage to become the artist you knew you could be - better late than never!

[Christine Ward]

Inspirational, being over 50 myself and yearning for a more creative environment I am inspired to pursue my dream of a art studio/shop/gallery.

[Carole Guthrie]

A friend sent me your site. I have been a painter and art educator for a long time, but have recently started a new blog: caroleguthrie.com, where I have shared my work, my recipes, and my poetry. I am making Family Heirloom Mixed Media paintings, preserving archival photos of generations. How good it is to be able to see the photos hidden in albums on the wall, looking at generations of your family. I started with 3 generations of women in my family for a theme show this April called Gaia, and I linked my mom, grandma, and me to the Demeter Persephone myth. Then I did 5 generatons of my husband, son, grandfathers, etc. for father's day this year. All images are on my blog and I hope you will look. I really like the look and feel of your blog Sue.

[Stefan Maguran]

Stumbled upon this site and boy I'm happy to see I'm not alone.
Started painting 2 years ago and now, after I've successfully helped my company to move their stuff to China I am( by default) a full-time artist.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[Kathryn Willis]

Thanks so much for your site. I started painting when I was 52, now six years later I'm committed to being a working artist. With the help of your Ancient Artist Business Plan, and many of your articles, this last month I've managed to get a website and blog on-line--quite an accomplishment for one as lacking in computer savvy as I am. Thanks so much for sharing your information

[Aggie Villanueva: Grandma Moses of the American Southwest]

I was drawn to this site too because of the title. I started at 52 in photography and last week I was interviewed on Aging Outside the Box, aired live to 140 countries with 7 million listeners, and also interviewed last week at Growing Bolder. Both are for the mature person who love life and tackles it. Who said we're "too old?????"

Good luck to all of you in all you do. And thankx to you, Ancient Artist for being out there helping!

My site established to help photographers:
www.aggiev.org