When you’re selling artwork in person and accepting payments on-site, the convenience of mobile payment systems is great—but so are the fraud risks. Below is an updated overview of relevant threats (including credit card fraud, charge-back schemes and “cash back”-type manipulations) followed by five actionable strategies you can implement at your booth to protect yourself…

For many artists, talking about the price of their work is one of the most uncomfortable parts of the creative business. There’s a familiar internal tug-of-war: you want your art to be accessible, yet it also reflects hours of labor, years of experience, and materials that aren’t free. Too often, this discomfort leads to apologetic…

One of the most important yet misunderstood aspects of running an art business is pricing. For many artists, it feels like a guessing game—part emotion, part hope, and often, too much compromise. But pricing shouldn’t be arbitrary. It should reflect your time, training, materials, and the reality that you are a working professional. Artists deserve…

For experienced festival artists, the cycle of the art show season often becomes second nature — from applications and booth planning to engaging with patrons and wrapping up on Sunday evening. Yet amid this routine lies one of the most valuable tools for long-term success: live, unfiltered audience feedback. Over the course of a weekend,…

As someone who works closely with artists — producing shows, serving on jury panels, and attending art shows as a patron — I’m often part of conversations around artistic voice. What does that really mean? How important is it? And how does it translate — to a jury reviewing applications or to a patron stepping…