The Thriving Artist

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The THRIVING ARTIST PODCAST is a feature of the Clark Hulings Foundation, which exists to provide training, professional introductions, and funding for working artists, to turn working artists into THRIVING artists. Tune in for insights from other artists, art industry experts, art collectors, and business specialists. Don't be a starving artist, be a thriving artist!

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How to Build a Robust Creative Economy That Rewards Everyone—including Artists

Jul 26 2022 38 mins

How do we live in a robust culture? How do we produce a robust culture at a time when we are fracturing, polarized, and creative enterprise is an afterthought?

Virtual & Analog Art—Daniel DiGriz

Nov 26 2021 16 mins

We can have one foot in the world of visceral taste and touch and another foot in the digital world without having to split ourselves in half.

Clark Hulings—Archetype of the Independent Artist

Mar 24 2021 54 mins

Writer James D. Balestrieri: “An artist really shouldn’t care about being in the canon. They should do what they do, which is what Clark Hulings did: work at their work.”

Stock Art Can Go to Hell: Corporate Art Without Compromise

Jan 25 2021 80 mins

“I try to put everything, all of me, into the art.” Melissa Whitaker’s work—even for collaborations with corporate clients—is always her own.

Virtualize Your Art Career: Part 2

Oct 13 2020 35 mins

“There is no one who can replace you in knowing what you want and telling your story.” Carolyn Edlund on success in tough times, and how the CHF Conference can help. Part II/II

Virtualize Your Art Career: Part 1

Sep 30 2020 53 mins

Sales Strategy expert Carolyn Edlund discusses how artists can succeed during uncertain times and invites you to The Virtualize Your Art Career™ Conference Oct 19-30. Part I/II.

Selling Art in The New Normal: Marketplace, Native Communities, and Virtual Reality

Aug 28 2020 79 mins

The Virtual Edition of The Santa Fe Indian Market offers an atmosphere of delight and awe at a time when most of us are cooped up in our own worlds of social distance.

Build Your Own Future With Or Without The Establishment

Jun 08 2020 30 mins

“It takes years of putting lots of lines in the water.” Pop artist Ashley Longshore discusses guts, strategy, and other lessons learned as a leading artist-entrepreneur.

Lockdown: Artists Double Down on Building Robust Businesses and Self-Help Networks

May 01 2020 50 mins

It’s a timely moment to hear from Cornelia Carey and Carrie Cleveland from CERF+, a leading nonprofit focused on safeguarding artists’ livelihoods nationwide.

These Artists Graduated Training But are Entrepreneurs for Life

Feb 18 2020 66 mins

“It was a total mind-shift this year. There is a market for what I want to do, and I am selling. There are buyers for the subject matter that I want to paint.”