The Unconventional Guide to Art and Money

Some of you may remember a few weeks ago I was interviewed over Skype for a new project (in fact the interview was instrumental in helping me create a new habit of podcasting in my pajamas, so it was useful in more ways than one!). Well, the project is finished and you can read more about it here and by watching the video above (if you do decide to buy the guide through this link I get paid 51% of price, so my view of the product isn’t an impartial one! As always, 10 % of my income in 2010 will be going to Macmillan Cancer Support (find out why here).

I feel very excited to have been asked to take part. Thanks to both Chris Guillebeau and Zoƫ Westhof for including me in the project. I believe the internet has a huge amount to offer us as artists, providing ways for us to continually cut out the more conventional art-world intermediaries, meaning we are more able to make the kind of art we want to make, directly reach our audience, and (perhaps more importantly) make a living. My involvement with The Unconventional Guide to Art and Money gave me a much appreciated chance to wax lyrical about a subject close to my heart!

Buy your copy or find out more here.

I read an interesting blog post yesterday over on Storybird about this whole subject. A lot of my ideas were clarified after reading Seth Godin’s excellent book, Tribes.

I’m podcasting from my car today:

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