Artist's Magazine - USA (2020-05)

84 Artists Magazine May 2020

Outfit BUSINESS OF ART

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hroughout tax season, many

people commit to improving

their financial organization—

next year. Such a resolution is a step

in the right direction, but accounting

isn’t only about taxes. A thorough and

solid grasp of record-keeping can

really help an artist’s studio practice.

TRACK YOUR GOALS

Start by thinking about what you’d like

to achieve or change in regard to your

art and studio practice. This doesn’t

have to involve a radical makeover. In

fact, I discourage people from trying

to change too much at once. Not only

is that frighteningly disruptive, but it

won’t help without a concrete reason

for changing everything.

Consider where you’d like to see

yourself and your work in five years.

Let your imagination land somewhere

between self-effacement and fairy-tale

scenarios. Write down your hopes.

Then, using that written statement

Keeping accounts of all aspects of your art-making

lends control and clarity to your goals.

by C.J. Kent

Seeing is Revealing

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