tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1603634 2009-12-17T07:00:00-08:00 Questions and Answers about the Professional Guidelines. Advice for artists, crafts people and the arts community. Information to assist artists and crafts people in their professional develop. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340128765c6fec970c 2009-12-17T07:00:00-08:00 2009-12-17T09:22:46-08:00

The images on your web site are handled differently than the images on social networking sites. Generally speaking, most artist's web sites are all about images.People come to an artist's site to see images. Most images will have a title...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d1448834012876412dab970c 2009-12-15T07:25:00-08:00 2009-12-14T23:10:37-08:00

Tzedakah © 1999 Collection of The Jewish Museum, New York Would you mail an envelope without an address? Would you invite a customer over to your studio and not even tell them the city? How about "Come over for lunch,"...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340128763f446a970c 2009-12-10T07:00:00-08:00 2009-12-10T12:22:43-08:00

"Mother Tree" © Tracey Bell sterling silver 16" length, largest leaf is 1.75" Dear Harriete, Have you covered how to compose a CV for submitting to galleries in your professional development series? I'm trying to figure out how to do...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a7246782970b 2009-12-08T07:00:00-08:00 2009-12-07T16:55:18-08:00

For this post, Andy Cooperman is the guest author for ASK Harriete. In response to recent posts, online discussion and conversations related to the Professional Development Seminar, Andy Cooperman asks all of us, "What do you mean by "Success"? You...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a61f601a970b 2009-12-03T07:10:00-08:00 2009-12-03T09:14:47-08:00

A question from an artist and reader, "While reading the ACC Conference lecture reviews, I was wondering how the conference is affecting you as an artist?" Good question! I'll bet other people are wondering too! Similar questions arose from a...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d144883401287570274e970c 2009-12-01T07:05:00-08:00 2009-11-15T18:09:21-08:00

Hello Harriete, I just read your post "Should I link to my Etsy shop on my web site?" and I have a follow up question about one specific point you made. You stressed the importance of keeping the online prices...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340128756e3dfb970c 2009-11-24T07:00:00-08:00 2009-12-02T07:38:39-08:00

Earrings from Mio Studio Sterling Silver, Ebony Artist: Erica Miller Dear Harriete, I have been reading your blog and your posts and I was wondering if it is a good idea to have a link to my Etsy site on...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340128758a8d6d970c 2009-11-19T07:00:00-08:00 2009-11-15T15:48:27-08:00

Chairity © 2006 steel Artist: Timothy Adam Recently I listened to a program by Timothy Adam of Handmadeology about using the Internet and social networking to give more visibility to your art and craft. He has lots of great ideas...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340128756e4e0c970c 2009-11-17T07:00:00-08:00 2009-11-23T19:58:34-08:00

Bringing Value and Commitment to a Community This is the third and final post on three major insights from the ACC Conference that seemed to be most relevant to make a viable livelihood from your art and craft. The first...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a66cf781970b 2009-11-12T07:00:00-08:00 2009-11-12T20:28:24-08:00

There are three major insights following the ACC Conference that seemed to be most relevant to making a viable livelihood from your art and craft. They are: 1) The impact of the Internet and shifting marketing channels, 2) The evolution...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a68be4bd970c 2009-11-10T07:05:00-08:00 2009-11-15T11:32:15-08:00

There were many insightful and provocative presentations at the 2009 ACC Conference. After thinking about all that went on, I want to focus on three major insights that seemed to be most relevant to making a viable livelihood from your...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a6a8ade9970c 2009-11-05T07:00:00-08:00 2009-11-10T10:34:27-08:00

On October 24, 2009 (my birthday) I posted a review of the panel discussion at the ACC Conference titled, "Riding the Long Tail: Marketing Craft on the Internet." That post offered this definition: The "long tail" is a catchphrase about...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a6221b4a970b 2009-11-01T14:09:41-08:00 2009-11-02T16:09:47-08:00

The Devil Inside Brooch, Recycled tin cans, Harriete Estel Berman A rude awakening. When I told a distant relative that I was blogging for the ACC Conference she was blown-away impressed, shocked, surprised!!!!!.....until she found out it was not THE...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a640eece970b 2009-10-30T14:14:19-07:00 2009-10-30T19:46:20-07:00

Only one person has taken me up on the offer to use my blog to continue a conversation started at the 2009 ACC Conference. Wendy Rosen requested that her response to Garth Clark’s lecture be posted here for your review...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a618fe6f970b 2009-10-30T07:12:00-07:00 2009-11-01T22:19:36-08:00

The organization of the ACC Conference 2009 was like going to a concert. Each lecture progressed to the next like a rising crescendo. The sequence resonated from beginning to end. Each day began with a book author opening the conversation...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a6273e6a970c 2009-10-29T07:01:00-07:00 2009-10-23T23:30:29-07:00

BACKGROUND: I have been familiar with Sonya Clark's work since being in a show with her at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon titled, Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects. We each also have a chapter about...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a5d0af32970b 2009-10-28T07:00:00-07:00 2009-10-30T15:06:59-07:00

BACKGROUND: Whenever I see Garth Clark, I can't help but think of his controversial and thought-provoking presentation that he gave for the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon titled, “How Envy Killed the Crafts.” You can find a link...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a6273bbe970c 2009-10-27T07:15:00-07:00 2009-10-30T14:47:32-07:00

The description of Lydia Matthews lecture in the ACC Conference catalog sounds like a collection of "fun to hear phrases" that leaves the listener impressed that something important will be said, but you sure can't figure out what it will...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a5d0acf4970b 2009-10-26T07:42:23-07:00 2009-10-23T22:42:41-07:00

The last lecture on Saturday morning was by Robin Petravic titled, “Good Design + Good Craft = Good Sense: The Story of Heath Ceramics”. The previous lecture about the industrial design profession was the perfect preface as Robin Petravic and...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a5d0ab5d970b 2009-10-25T07:00:00-07:00 2009-10-25T08:48:07-07:00

Julie Lasky did a great job with the technical aspects of her presentation using film clips and wonderful images of the design industry to illustrate her program, Men in White. She showed numerous symbols and metaphors that were quite interesting...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a62736d7970c 2009-10-24T07:00:00-07:00 2009-10-24T15:09:28-07:00

Do you know what the "long tail" is? The "long tail" is a catchphrase about how the Internet enables consumers to easily find and connect with relatively obscure and widely dispersed suppliers. It allows anyone, anywhere, with unusual interests or...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a5cca458970b 2009-10-23T12:07:49-07:00 2009-10-23T12:33:42-07:00

Imagine my astonishment, WOW!, to see an image of this pin up on the big screen as people walked into the lecture room on Saturday morning. Actually I made this pin a year ago as a present for Rob Walker...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a623465e970c 2009-10-22T13:02:29-07:00 2009-10-22T11:54:50-07:00

Faythe Levine was the concluding speaker for the first day of the Conference. She is the rather infamous director of the film titled, “A Handmade Nation”. CLICK HERE IS SEE A 9 MINUTE VIDEO CLIP on YouTube. At this point,...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a6234456970c 2009-10-21T07:00:00-07:00 2009-10-30T14:57:41-07:00

Friday afternoon at the ACC Conference .... so far our brains are filled to the brim with dedication and commitment to craft as both lifestyle and livelihood. Natalie Chanin continued the conversation with her lecture, “Marketplace and the Personal –...

Harriete Estel Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55107d14488340120a5cc9abf970b 2009-10-20T15:50:39-07:00 2009-10-22T21:37:19-07:00

Adam Lerner "Mixed Taste: Tag Team Lectures": The premise of the lecture format called, "Mixed Taste" (developed by Adam Lerner) was an unusual combination of two seemingly unrelated topics. Examples of previous programs offered by Lerner included "Tequila and Dark...

Harriete Estel Berman