by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Apr 25, 2025 | Artist Statements, Selling Your Art
Post-surgery scattered my sense of time to the four corners of the couch where I was recovering. Not just the tick-tock of time on my watch or phone, but that deeper rhythm that hums beneath our lives: my natural circadian rhythm—the one our culture seems determined...
by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Jan 16, 2025 | Artist Statements, Selling Your Art
Writing the Artist Statement in 2025! Time to Blow UP Some Resolutions I’ve never been onboard with New Year’s resolutions. Partly because I know myself well enough to know I’m more a flow-with-the-moment kinda gal than a planner. Partly because I’ve gotten myself...
by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Dec 6, 2024 | Artist Statements, Selling Your Art
Your Challenge: Think of writing your artist statement in the same spirit as creating another piece of art – one made with words instead of your familiar medium. It’s a creative head space we’re looking for here. And, I realize this can be challenging if...
by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Nov 26, 2024 | Artist Statements
How many drafts have you started and tossed out? How long have you stared at a blank sheet of paper? How many times have you gotten tangled up in your own web of words? (Do you even have a web of words?) What other things have you managed to get done in order...
by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Oct 25, 2024 | Artist Statements
When you have your professional act together, and you are producing your best artwork, you stand out from the fast lane of competition. A sophisticated, compelling artist statement gives you an edge that marks you as more professional than an artist who ignores this...
by Ariane Goodwin EdD | Oct 6, 2024 | Artist Statements
HOW TO WRITE AN ARTIST STATEMENT: STEP ONE Self-promotion vs. Connection For too long, self-promotion has been chained to marketing. But when you fully grok that your success depends upon how you connect, one human to another, the self-promotion chains fall away. ...
