Storytelling is a fantastic way to get your story out there – especially when it comes to writing about your life as an artist, your influences and inspirations and how you think and feel. Whether you’re using your story as content on your website, a preface for a self published art book, submissions or developing […]
Active and Passive in your art writing – when to use which
I’m trying to make this post as clear as possible without getting bogged down in the grammarly details. Typically you should use the active voice as much as possible when you’re writing. Here’s an example: Active: I created this painting in my studio. Passive: This painting was created by me in my studio. See […]
On Tone – striking the balance with your art communications
Back in October of 2018, I wrote that your writing should be a means to get your information across clearly and concisely and that it’s not meant to be a conversation. This was in refrerence to unneeded phraseology that can bog your message down. Things like, “Needless to say”, that you might use […]
Appearance is everything – 5 tips for making your writing look good visually
You finally cranked out your latest oeuvre, your written one that is – and you’re ready to share it with the world. Whether you’re writing a press release, your artist statement, or an essay for a grant application, you need to make sure it’s looking good. What I mean by this is making the […]
All about E – common mistakes in usage and pronunciation that can make you look bad
I look up words all the time. Even words I know and have used for years. Sometimes I get caught up and wonder both if that’s really what the word means and is that really what I want to say? I also look up things to verify that what I believe to be […]
Do you need an artist’s statement?
There’s a lot of buzz in the art-o-sphere lately surrounding the death of the artist’s statement. Rumors of its death however, are widely exaggerated! The artist statement as I have described it in an earlier post is the traditional form, and one that I personally stick with. But everything, even writing, evolves. Evolution opens up possibilities at […]
Getting Featured in a Magazine
I just finished up an assignment for one of my favorite clients and we talked about the similarities and differences between newspaper and magazine press releases. Let’s take a look at the similarities first: Both are always looking for stories and will love you if you can provide them with something their readers will be […]
Thou shalt not employ false modesty in speaking or writing about your art
I had a boss once who told me what a great job I did. My response was simply, “Thank you’” which I deemed to be the correct and acceptable one. Perhaps it was my tone of voice or something about my demeanor that irritated her because she told me to stop acting so humble. (What […]