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Please be patient.

Author Alix Sloan Posted on December 30, 2016June 16, 2017Categories art career, artist advice, time managementTags , ,

I’m always inundated with lots of requests for consultations in December and January from artists who are reflecting on the last year and regrouping for the new one. (Which is wonderful because artist consultations are something I absolutely love to do!) I’ve noticed, when I do a bunch of consultations back to back, that I often see patterns emerge. Not that each artist’s situation isn’t unique. It is. But some challenges are universal and since we’re all living in the same … Continue reading “Please be patient.”

Need Help Setting Your 2016 Career Goals? Try Asking Yourself…

Author Alix Sloan Posted on January 13, 2016June 16, 2017Categories art career, artist adviceTags ,

As so many of us do in January, I like to create a list of goals for the coming year. I also enjoy discussing the process with friends. I was recently chatting with an artist friend who is very happy with her work, but at a bit of a crossroads in her career, and was struggling making a list of career-focused to-dos for 2016. I sent her ten questions to consider (based on some of the questions in the prep form I … Continue reading “Need Help Setting Your 2016 Career Goals? Try Asking Yourself…”