The Artist Business Plan

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with money hero David Maurice Sharp for an amazing masterclass on financial literacy for artists. We learn about investments, assets, passive income, taxes, and much more! One of the most important lessons for artists.“Dare yourself to thrive in your art.”- David Maurice SharpGuest: David Maurice Sharp is the author of The Thriving Artist:  Saving and Investing for Performers, Artists, and the Stage & Film Industries.  In 2014 he was named a 'money hero' for his work in financial literacy for artists by Money magazine.  David currently teaches at HB Studio in New York City and frequently  does workshops for The Actors Fund, MusiCares Foundation, and The SAG-AFTRA Foundation.  He danced for Mimi Garrard Dance Theatre, Lucinda Childs, Rachel Lampert and Anna Sokolow among others and his choreography has been performed at such venues as Lincoln Center, La Mama, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York Fringe Festival, Soho Rep, and Ensemble Studio Theatre.  David is also a consulting director for Prime Clerk, specializing in US and international restructurings.https://www.davidmauricesharp.com/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @davidmauricesharpIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with artist Laurence M White for tips on how enjoy the business side of being an artist entrepreneur. Hire out, collaborate, connecting on social media and more. Respond to your comments!Guest: Laurence M White is a self-taught contemporary artist, best known for his vibrant portraits of the most influential people in pop culture today. Previous clients include: Will.i.am, Melody Thornton, Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool FC), Chloe Ferry, Tommy Mallet, Umar Kamani and Philipp Plein.https://laurencemwhite.com/  For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.superfine.world IG: @superfineartfairIG: @laurence_m_whiteIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to kelsey@superfine.world for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with artist Taylor White to discuss making your next step. She leads an awesome masterclass on drive. She lets us know how to produce your own show and how to price your time."There’s a greater cost to standing still than taking the risk and it not working out."- Taylor WhiteGuest: Taylor White is an illustrator, muralist, and figurative artist whose work engages with the fundamental elements of being. Combining refined techniques of classical training with bright, unexpected color choices born from the residue of street art and pop culture, White’s work explores the way in which we experience the formless chaos of potential through being, and how the order we inhabit can sometimes dissolve backward into the incredible complexity from which it emerged.https://taylorwhite.art/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @taylurkIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with Rachel Rhianna. She talks about the study of creativity, taking advantage of opportunities, and never doubting yourself. Step one is always to believe in yourself.“It’s not their life you're trying to live, it’s your life you’re trying to live."- Rachel RhiannaGuest: Rachael Rhianna spends her life exploring all avenues of Creativity, diving into the depths of imagination, and discovering the limitless possibility of her Creative Soul. Her hope is to Create beautiful expressions of the love and wonder inside of her, and share it with you to add extra beauty into your life as well. She infuses all her work with all the positive energy and spreads positivity from everything she does. https://rachaelrhianna.com/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @cre8ivologyIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Estaban del Sol

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with artist Ben Ashton to discuss how art has to be your plan A and there's no plan B. He leads a masterclass on having international representation, managing and finding opportunities, branching out and much more!Guest: Ben Ashton is a master of subversion. His art is both beautiful and challenging; a clash of past and future that merges classic techniques with new ideas.http://www.benashtonart.com/ For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @benashtonartIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Esteban del Pino

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with artist Alexandra Rubinstein for an awesome episode about using humour to break down barriers in art. Her masterclass includes how to not get carried away by external validation, growing to appreciate your day job, management skills, and her top 5 tips for financial freedom. Get a pen and let's get going!Guest: Alexandra Rubinstein is a Russian-born, Brooklyn-based conceptual artist working primarily in 2D media. She immigrated to the United States in 1997, earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010, and has been living in New York ever since. Inspired by her adolescent (and ongoing) trauma, her work explores the relationships between culture, gender, consumption and power. She reconstructs familiar and taboo images to create a new narrative, to provoke the conforming and to take back control. Alexandra has exhibited nationally including at the Untitled Space, The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Spring Break Art Fair, Established Gallery, Proto Gallery, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and The Wing. She has been featured on Huffington Post, Paper Mag, Cosmopolitan, Juxtapoz, Hyperallergic, Forbes, GQ, Playboy, Broad City, Real Time with Bill Maher as well as some podcasts - like this one!www.therubinstein.comFor more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @therubinsteinIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with artist Christine Olmstead to discuss how to slow down and start living the life you want. She leads a masterclass on how to envision and take action, get over artist block, and some incredible Pinterest tips for artists' visibility."Choose rest, soak in the texture of reality."- Christine OlmsteadGuest: Christine Olmstead is an abstract artist whose work has exploded since releasing her first collection in 2015. Her pieces are what she calls “internal landscapes.” Her works are conceptual, abstract, and mixed media. Olmstead focuses on movement, light, color, and sound to convey story and internal moods and energy. It is through a deeply meditative practice, combined with music that she exercises her synesthesia and painting practice. Christine resides and paints in Northern Virginia and ships her works world-wide.https://christineolmstead.com/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @christineolmsteadIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with Erica Stella, editor in chief of Sold Mag. She discusses her journey from creator to editor and chief of Sold Mag, a street art online magazine. Her masterclass includes different paths to success, how to monetize what is traditionally not monetized, and how to get paid fairly! Guest: Erica Stella is the daughter of a wedding photographer so it was no wonder when she picked up the camera herself.  She received her BFA from Marymount Manhattan College. Erica picked up the camera to support the arts and what was happening at this exciting time in art history. She became an intern at 17 Frost Gallery in 2016, and contributor to the 3rd Edition of Sold Magazine as a photographer. Erica is now the editor of Sold Magazine, bringing a daily dose of online content. https://www.soldmagny.com/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @soldmagIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with Mikael B to learn how to take the leap of faith to lead the life you want. This is a manifesting masterclass, from someone who works hard when things get hard. Jump into life and you will feel amazing."Enjoy the pressure, pressure is a privilege because that’s when you really grow."- Michael BGuest: Mikael B is an urban contemporary artist whose work focuses on transforming experience into abstract design. Influenced by his early years as a graffiti artist, Mikael B uses a mixture of spray and acrylic paint to create his dynamic conceptual works. Taking inspiration from the refracted shapes of Cubism, Mikael B’s artwork focuses on both depth and form, echoing the style of Picasso, but with a street art twist and a pop of colour. Finding fame through the power that is social media, this Danish artist continues to blur the lines between street art and abstraction with an unmistakable style that has won him critical acclaim across the globe.https://shop.mikael-b.com/For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @mikaelbrandrupIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan, we sit down with Alexander Zastera aka The Climate Crusader to discuss artistic ways to problem solve important issues. If you check yourself and your impact, be open to participate as much as. you can, and use art as activism, you will align yourself as the missing link and thrive.Guest: Alexander Zastera is known for their dark mystical paintings, found object installation and public performance centered around the environment.  Zastera graduated with a BFA in Studio art and BA in art history from Florida State University. Based in Miami Beach, Florida, working as an artist, activist, and educator they use their studio work and interest in public education to address local ecological issues. They have been a resident artist in the Miami Dade Library system with ProjectArt USA and their work has been featured at Deep Space Gallery, & Gallery, Locust Projects, PAMM, MOCA Nomi, and Superfine! Art Fair: NYC.Currently Zastera gallivants in a masked guise of the superhero “Climate Crusader," a South Florida based environmental superhero building climate resilience and awareness through videos, public performance, and inspiring community action to save the planet.https://www.alexanderzastera.com/ and www.climatecrusader.com  For more information on applying to The Superfair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.thesuperfair.comIG: @thesuperfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @zastera | @climate.crusaderIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to abp@thesuperfair.com for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Kelsey SusinoWritten by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Federico Solar Fernandez