Gabby Malpas, a New Zealand born artist living in Sydney is becoming very well known for her still life art. In this podcast episode, Felicity O’Connor chats with Gabby about licensing her artwork.

Gabby shares what her personal experience has been to cause her to license her art. She provides advice for artists on what they can do with their art work when it comes to selling their art.

Felicity and Gabby talk through:

• Licensing and how this equates to royalties.  Once an image of her art is sold, a percentage of this goes straight to her and Gabby explains how this percentage is worked out.
• Copyrighting and how this is automatically in effect for all Australian artists
• The importance of having legal agreements in writing always!
• What comes around goes around.  Gabby’s belief that you should be supporting your fellow artists and why.
• The definition of success for Gabby and why this isn’t about money or Instagram followers

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Art for Bales

Art Activator Andrea Hamann talks about Art for Bales, an initiative with Kate Pittas in support of Australia’s farmers suffering by the current drought situation.

• Andrea is an artist and mum based in the Southern Highlands
• Art for Bales started after speaking to a farmer about the recent drought situation and how difficult it is to feed their animals
• The idea sparked when her friend and fellow artist Kate Pittas said that she would donate the sale price of a painting to buy a bale – and the painting sold instantly!
• Art for Bales initially started with 10 artists and has now grown to over 200 artists through Instagram and raised over $54,000 in just 3 weeks

Check out their Instagram profile: @ArtforBales

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I am such a fan of painter Catherine Cassidy and I am so excited that I had the opportunity to chat with her!

• Growing up, Catherine was always drawing and painting, she remembers doing her art forever
• In the end, self-doubt becomes your friend. If you don’t have it, you’re missing something. Good artists are not driven by confidence, they are driven by absolute excitement
• Catherine can be a bit of a loner and this sometimes shows itself while looking at other people’s work
• She does painting for fun and doesn’t want to take the fun out of it by doing art prizes. What she’s doing makes her free as a bird and doesn’t want it contained in any way
• We also discussed her views about being a female artist in a male-dominated industry and some tips about juggling art and family

 

 

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Show notes:

• Most of us love to sell more artwork
• The mindset level of why you’re not selling more work
• Stumbling to be seen as an artist
• Felicity gives you a couple of tips on how to sell more work and marketing ideas

If you are struggling about marketing yourself as an artist, get your free mini-audio from Felicity called Mini-Marketing Series for Artists! The mini-course is packed with information and tips to help you with your creative career. Get it here: bit.ly/MMSfA

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• Claire Bridge is an independent artist and the founder of Art World Women in Melbourne
• Being an artist is the centre of her life
• Her art practice has a basis of painting (figurative realist painting) but also stretches into sculpture, film, video, ceramics and quite interdisciplinary
• Art World Women was founded in 2011 and saw it’s beginning by doing online interviews, etc
• Out Front exhibition will be on March 8th – all women artist to celebrate the range and diversity of modern art by women.

 

Get access to my FREE audio mini-series called “Marketing Mini-Series for Artists here at bit.ly/MMSfA

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Show notes:

• Tash Corbin is an extrovert and proud of it!
• A successful business is built by knowing your strengths
• As long as you are in control and you take responsibility on how you feel you can do things exactly your way
• Business success comes from 50% strategy and 50% business mindset
• We discuss the biggest mistake that artists are making in business

Plus a FREEBIE – get access to Felicity’s Marketing Mini-Series for Artists

http://bit.ly/MMSfA

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Emily is the Founder/Director of The Artists Guild.

According to Emily, they have created The Artists Guild to provide an innovative art hub and community that provides peer support for female artists to create, connect and collaborate. They support women in their individual creative journeys through co-creating sessions, provocations, artistic circles, critiques, conversations, showings, group exhibitions and workshops.

Follow her on Instagram

Check out their website

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• How to plan ahead and strategise for the coming year
• What’s coming up for Felicity O’Connor and the Art Activators
• Workshops or trips away to work plein eir
• Why you need to keep fresh, keep learning and keep improving as an artist
• Being a part of Art Gallery on Darling
• Collaborations with local interior designer to create bespoke art and with Edward Gee of Pigment Lab
• Working with business coaches and also business mentor, Tash Corbin
• Podcast interviews to help you in your creative journey

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Podcast interview with emerging female artist Natalie Verriest

• Her personal story told through her exhibition artwork
• The realisation that her previous artworks were scared to be feminine and vulnerable
• After a big year personally and professionally, being in the Art Activator group gave her the confidence to explore her personal and feminine side and therefore change her style and tone in a subtle way
• Bravery has always been seen as a masculine trait but she looks around and sees so many women who have shown courage and bravery and inspired her to put her art on the walls
• She hopes people won’t underestimate the work that it takes to be an artist

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Another great interview from Art Activator, Jemma Calavassy

• Jemma started sewing from a young age and always had a sewing machine in her room growing up
• She is a milliner by trade
• After being in the corporate world for 15 years, she still loved to paint and draw so moved her career to something creative
• Originally started painting again to “escape” from the chaotic-ness of everyday life
• ‘I need my mind to be empty to be able to create what I create”

See the happiness in Jemma’s work in person! RSVP here https://www.herstoryexhibition.com/

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