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Greg Manchess Workshop


Arnie Fenner

Later this month master artist Greg Manchess will be hosting a workshop at The Atelier in Minneapolis, MN. As Greg says, "The workshop is filling up, but there’s still room. Join me for a 3-day workshop studying composition using thumbnail sketches. Thumbnails are the critical first step in the process of building any image. You’ll be fascinated at how very simple and immediate your results will be. We’ll build several ideas together so you can…

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Conversations about Pricing


Sarah Finnigan

November 5, 2024 - This blog post is not titled “How to Price Your Art.” There are many articles of that kind on the internet, but they attempt to be prescriptive, yet applicable to all kinds of artists. They fail to explore the nuances relevant to already-working artists, instead catering to artists making pricing decisions for the first time. [caption id="attachment_78609" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo at IX Arts by Jacob Walker[/caption] IX Arts 2024 was last week, and it is a wonderful event for deep conversation. Focused on Imaginative Realism, it provided an opportunity to discuss pricing practices and opinions that were specific to our industry. Over the course of the week of IX, I spoke with (and occasionally sat down and interrogated) several Main Show artists and collectors. These discussions were entirely about the sale of traditional original artwork, as…

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