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By Grant Winrich grant_winrich@financial-literacy.info Colorado pastel artists running a small art business often feel stuck between creative momentum and the constant pressure of artist income management. Sales can arrive in bursts from shows, galleries, and workshops, while art business expenses like supplies, framing, travel, and entry fees keep landing on schedule, creating predictable anxiety for visual artists managing finances. Add pricing uncertainty, surprise tax bills, and inconsistent recordkeeping, and common financial challenges for artists can start driving decisions that should be based on goals. Building basic financial skills for creatives and stronger artist financial literacy turns money into usable information, […]

There are two “traditional” routes to you finally receiving the acclaim, recognition and approval from millions of art lovers and the most prestigious art museums around the world. The first route we call “The Johanna van Gogh-Bonger” Strategy, named after Johanna, the sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh. In this clever strategy, you, the artist, first has to die; as in done, fineto, finished, ended. Next step: just like Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, your “significant other” has to dedicate the entire remainder of his/her life and the entirety of their remaining life savings to preserving and promoting your art and legacy, cataloging

By Lyn Farrell Although I am a member of PSC, I am also president of the Pikes Peak Pastel Society—a smaller pastel society in the Pikes Peak region. As such, I am always looking for ways to engage our members in satisfying and challenging pastel painting projects. One of our favorite restaurants in Colorado Springs is Marigolds Café and Bakery. It has an amazing and beautiful selection of desserts for which it is famous around the city. The desserts are even served in the Garden of the Gods at the Trading Post. My husband and I became friendly with the

By Mark Baker —
You would have to be out of your mind to do a commissioned piece of art. There are so many pitfalls, red flags and potential problems with commissions! However, one day you may find yourself broke and in a sufficiently ‘economically compromised position’ to proceed with a commission against all advice. Brace yourself Bridget, the commissioned art business can look like this: