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July 1, 2025 Artist Collector

Planning Ahead: How to Organize Your Art Collection for Estate Planning

What happens to your art collection when you're no longer around to manage it? Learn how Artwork Archive helps.

June 27, 2025 Artist

Ask Artwork Archive: "How Much More Energy Can I Give Before Something Has to Change?"

How do you know when it’s time to shift your strategy, or step away for a while? In this week’s Ask Artwork Archive, one artist is ready to find out.

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June 26, 2025 Artist

Why This Artist Assembles Hundreds of Small Objects to Say One Big Thing

Molly Gambardella turns every day materials—colored pencils, yarn, even gummy worms—into layered sculptures that explore healing, survival, and a shared human instinct.

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June 19, 2025 Artist

This Artist Rarely Used Color. Now It Covers Every Inch of His Work

Featured Artist Michael Gadlin shares how trust, color, and creative discipline shape his intuitive studio practice—and how staying organized helps him focus on what matters most.

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June 12, 2025 Artist

How Karen Kuo Builds a Visual World—And Keeps It Organized

Peek inside Featured Artist Karen Kuo’s studio mindset, where geometric forms meet emotional clarity, and nothing gets lost to memory.

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June 11, 2025 Artist

The Joys and Frustrations of a Professional Artist's Work Week

How collage artist Sarah Short balances exhibition deadlines, gallery outreach, and plenty of time for creativity.

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June 9, 2025 Artist

[GUIDE] The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in July 2025

Here's our list of artist grants, residencies, competitions, and open calls — all with July 2025 deadlines.

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June 5, 2025 Artist

You'll Never Look at Bubble Wrap the Same Way Again

Learn how bubble wrap became a breakthrough medium for an artist whose process involves over 100 colors, thousands of syringes, and a whole lot of patience.

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May 29, 2025 Artist

This Artist's Advice? Don’t Chase Success—Make the Work You Need to Make

Self-taught artist Adrien Saporiti proves you don’t need language to feel understood. Blending street art and design, he builds a practice rooted in instinct, impact, and staying true to the work.

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May 27, 2025 Artist

Ask Artwork Archive: "What Do I Do When a Gallery Partnership Starts to Feel One-Sided?"

An artist enters a gallery contract with high hopes—only to face months of silence, no sales, and unclear expectations. In this week's Ask Artwork Archive, they’re looking for a way to speak up without burning a bridge.

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May 22, 2025 Artist

How Painting Joy Became a Daily Act of Resistance for This Artist

Jackie Liu moved from painting pain to painting joy—using her creative practice as an act of resistance, healing, and self-preservation. Here's how she reclaimed her art and built a system to support it.

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May 16, 2025 Artist

What I’d Tell My Younger Artist Self About Running a Studio

10 years, hundreds of paintings, and one powerful system. The tool that Randy Purcell has trusted over the last decade could be what's missing from your own art practice.

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May 15, 2025 Artist

Why This Artist Journals Before He Paints (and Keeps 500+ Playlists)

Discover how Ty Nathan Clark turns journaling, playlists, and physical movement into a deeply emotional art practice. Plus, the tool that supports him behind the scenes.

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May 15, 2025 Artist

How Artist Kate Joiner Prepares For a Successful Art Show

Get ready with painter Kate Joiner as she selects pieces, sets prices, and reaches out to collectors for an exhibition.

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May 12, 2025 Artist

GUIDE: The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in June 2025

Here's our list of artist grants, residencies, competitions, and open calls — all with June 2025 deadlines.

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May 8, 2025 Artist

The Ancient Stories That Shape This Artist’s Career (and Show Up in Her Work)

Featured Artist Shelby Little shares how Greco-Roman mythology fuels her work, how she stays creatively grounded, and the tools that help her run a professional art practice.

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May 8, 2025 Artist

Artists: Keep Detailed Notes, They’re More Important Than You Think

For globetrotting artist Nicky Myny, having an easy way to store her notes and notebooks has been transformational.

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April 30, 2025 Artist

Why Slow Growth Might Be the Best Thing for Your Art Career

Learn how Featured Artist Matthew Jay Russell built a fulfilling art career through patience, consistency, and small, steady steps—and how you can too.

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April 30, 2025 Artist

Stitch by Stitch, an Artist Builds the Career of Her Dreams

Textile artist Regina Jestrow uses an expansive quilt of tools to stay on top of all her art business administration.

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April 28, 2025 Artist

Ask Artwork Archive: "Am I Even Cut Out to Be an Artist?"

"What if I’m not cut out for the art world?" This week on Ask Artwork Archive: a conversation about burnout, creative doubt, and reconnecting with your work.

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April 18, 2025 Artist

This Artist’s Secret to Creative Success? Organization

To become the artist she always wanted to be, contemporary abstract painter Ann Flemings found that a little structure makes a huge difference.

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April 11, 2025 Artist

[GUIDE] The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in May 2025

Here's our list of artist grants, residencies, competitions, and open calls — all with May 2025 deadlines.

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Planning Ahead: How to Organize Your Art Collection for Estate Planning

Ask Artwork Archive: "How Much More Energy Can I Give Before Something Has to Change?"

Why This Artist Assembles Hundreds of Small Objects to Say One Big Thing

This Artist Rarely Used Color. Now It Covers Every Inch of His Work

Bring structure to the work behind your art.

How Karen Kuo Builds a Visual World—And Keeps It Organized

The Joys and Frustrations of a Professional Artist's Work Week

[GUIDE] The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in July 2025

You'll Never Look at Bubble Wrap the Same Way Again

This Artist's Advice? Don’t Chase Success—Make the Work You Need to Make

Ask Artwork Archive: "What Do I Do When a Gallery Partnership Starts to Feel One-Sided?"

How Painting Joy Became a Daily Act of Resistance for This Artist

What I’d Tell My Younger Artist Self About Running a Studio

Get new art business resources in your inbox.

Why This Artist Journals Before He Paints (and Keeps 500+ Playlists)

How Artist Kate Joiner Prepares For a Successful Art Show

GUIDE: The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in June 2025

The Ancient Stories That Shape This Artist’s Career (and Show Up in Her Work)

Artists: Keep Detailed Notes, They’re More Important Than You Think

Why Slow Growth Might Be the Best Thing for Your Art Career

Stitch by Stitch, an Artist Builds the Career of Her Dreams

Ask Artwork Archive: "Am I Even Cut Out to Be an Artist?"

This Artist’s Secret to Creative Success? Organization

[GUIDE] The Best Artist Grants & Opportunities in May 2025

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