Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity Paperback – January 31, 2023

I have followed her podcast since the beginning after stumbling across it a few months after she began. It's also how I found her website the Inspiration Place, and began taking online courses by Miriam as well. This book is so well done! She has taken all the best of her advice, that of her mentors, students and more making it entertaining and memorable. Miriam has shared in the most straight forward way how to make any artist practice run like a business while maintaining your authenticity. While her podcast is about Art it also encompasses so much more... believing in yourself, taking action, setting goals and knowing you are worth the effort to follow your dreams whatever they may be.Before I began painting again I began changing my life in other ways as I took her advice. I chose to believe in myself, focus on my strengths and for the first time in years began to take care of myself. I began to feel confident and optimistic about the future. Her book runs the gamut in covering all of this too! I bought the paperback so I could take notes AND I got the Audible version because it's narrated by Miriam in her signature style.I highly recommend listening to her book if you are unfamiliar with her podcast to get the full experience! This book does not disappoint and I am excited to follow her Passion to Profit framework she has outlined. I'm no longer putting off my dreams or waiting to be happy 'when'. I'm happy now. I'm setting goals, learning how to break them down into action, focusing on my wins and... I'm painting again, also taking piano again after not playing in decades. I'm finding joy in my every day life and Miriam doesn't know it but she has played a big part in my transformation. This book is for any artist, artpreneur or entrepreneur - really just anyone who wants to transform their life!Finally, if you've been struggling to make a living from your art Miriam tells you step by step how to do it. She wasn't born with a silver spoon but made her way through hard work and determination. Since leaving her lucrative career on Wall Street she's been making a living as a thriving artist for over 20 years and gives practical, actionable steps that will work for anyone. (get the Audible too and experience Miriam's signature style - you'll feel like you're being personally coached by her!)

Really helpful strategies and reasoning behind what can hold you back. For example, thinking you could have a successful art career if you are selling $5 small items....you need to sell 10,000 to make $50,000. Simple math, but powerful to see that spelled out, duh, it would take a long time to make those 10,000 items too! She also has a lot of great examples of the psychology behind the buyer and seller. Great book!

This book offers in-depth, first hand knowledge of what works and what doesn’twork in running a successful art business from an artist and business woman who’s been there. I’ve been putting the action steps in this book to effective use as I transition to working as an artist full time.The author covers how to work with galleries, how to build up a following, exactly what to say to potential collectors, how to stay motivated and much more.Some of the information is surprising. Such as the difference in collector engagement between Instagram postings and an email list. (It’s not what you might think.)I doubt I could have figured all this stuff out on my own because I don’t have the unique combination of skills and experience in business, including years in the art business, that the author has. The book is a great roadmap as well as a time saver to get my art business up and running.

I have read a LOT of business and art help books in my day since starting “Confident Canvas” in 2016, but when I tell you that THIS book, which infuses both art and business in one, is a book that I have intentionally slowed down and gone back to reread and take notes from like it’s a Bible, lol! I’m listening to the audiobook (love hearing the author read it! Feels like she’s holding my hands through this entire process), then going back to reread and highlight in my physical book because the content is so rich and practical, even if you are one who has tried so many different strategies.I will admit: even after reading many books in the past, Artpreneur makes me feels like I can do it… I don’t just have to read it and out it on a shelf—I can do what Miriam is suggesting. It also helps that I follow and witness her success on Instagram. Wherever she comes up in my feed, it’s another reminder that I CAN DO IT!!Real Life: I haven’t even finished the book yet but I’ve started completing the assignments at the end of the chapters. After reading through chapter 5, I stepped out and did something I would only read about in the past! I sold out of the spots I offered through my art classes in ONE HOUR!! Artpreneur has given me another level of boldness and confidence!I’m now going to invest in this book for my art patrons. EVERY new, budding and thriving entrepreneur (not just artists) should read this book!!

I bought this book as an investment into myself and my continual career. I’m learning how to make my art business more sustainable and profitable. There are three things that have caught my attention, and they are, changing my mindset, creating what is more valuable/profitable instead of more things, and start an email marketing campaign. I am still working on these things, so check back in about 6 months 😉😁😁😁I am enjoying the book because it is challenging me to go deeper to get results.From GoodVictoryartstudio.com

Reading this book is your first step. Schulman's podcast, The Inspiration Place, is a good place to keep going, but start here.She lays it all out in order here; giving you the pep talk to get your art out there, explaining why you should price your art higher than say, $1.95, setting up the basics for your financials and website, and some truly golden info about email lists. How to gather emails to it and what to do with them once you have them - information I've not seen any where else.This book came around just when I needed it. I'll be hanging onto it.