Category: Artist Resources

2022 Convention Artist Survey

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: < 1 minute

The 2022 Convention Artist Survey will be accepting responses through January 15th, 2023. Many of the questions are the same as in prior years, but a number of COVID-specific questions were added.

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How to Build a Personal Website

March 16, 2022 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 14 minutes

I think reviving the motivation to pursue a personal website in the age of convenience is the biggest hurdle, but even if you’re enough of a control freak to want to make your own space, where do you even start?

Stack of finished sketchbooks with dates on the spines

How to Finish a Sketchbook

January 25, 2021 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 9 minutes

So you’ve accumulated a bunch of sketchbooks over the years, each with a few pages used, but none of them finished. What a shame! It can be incredibly satisfying to finish a sketchbook, and if you can make it through just one, the rest will be easier!

Convention Artists VS COVID-19

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 3 minutes

The effects of COVID-19 on the Convention Artist community are laid bare in this 34-page report, featuring data collected from nearly 500 artists worldwide. How much income has been lost? How effective has the move to selling online been? How do artists plan to move forward?

2019 Convention Artist Census

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 6 minutes

After unsurprising, if not requisite, delays, the 2019 Convention Artist Census Report is ready for perusal! The census collected information about artist demographics, finances, and business status. The report presents the data in a variety of graphs and charts for easy consumption and analysis.

2019 Convention Artist Survey results & conclusion

January 16, 2020April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 4 minutes

The official end time for the 2019 Survey has passed, and the raw spreadsheet of results is available here. With that, this project is mostly concluded, though there are still a few loose ends…

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The Only Way to Beat Algorithms is to Retrain Your Audience

November 27, 2019May 19, 2021 · Artist Resources, Miscellaneous · Reading Time: 9 minutes

Social media is convenient. Not only do you not need any technical expertise, you don’t have to build anything at all. It’s much easier for people to find you, and they don’t have to manually check your feed every day. Everyone they follow is combined into one feed. So handy!

But: algorithms.

2018 Convention Artist Survey results

July 18, 2019April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources · Reading Time: 5 minutes

The 2018 Convention Artist Survey collected 987 artist responses regarding financial and other data for over 300 conventions in North America — how much they made, how much they spent, how far they traveled, how they rated staff communication and organisation, and so on.