I just had to post this..
Yesterday morning, the head of Dept of Industrial Design at Newcastle TAFE called me to apologise for his student’s poorly drafted email, (see last post, ‘How NOT to contact a professional artist!’).
I called this gentleman back today and we had an interesting chat. He had taken this issue up with [...]

For all you young guns out there who want to crack into the film, design, art industry and feel the need to contact working professional artists, art directors, producers etc.. this is how NOT to do it!
Dear, Wanye
im an  industrial design student, engaged in my major design project, which is visualising a Philip K. Dick [...]

Hi all..
After having been through a year of almost no work, no art sales and needing to sell off a bunch of my photographic equipment, I know what it feels like to struggle for money to pay the bills, rent etc. If it wasn’t for the generosity and kindness of my family and friends, things [...]

This year’s SmARTist Telesummit was fantastic. A whole week of inspirational and practical advice for artists and how they can promote themselves and use social media to generate a buzz about their art. Met a lot of amazing people through the forum and heard amazing speakers discuss a variety of topics from tax issues to [...]