Several years ago, NWSSA initiated a “Statement of Services” that is used for vendors and members who are paid for their work. Generally this agreement is used at our symposiums, such as Camp Brotherhood. It states the project, the name of person and the description of the services offered, the rate and method of payment, the estimated completion time and is signed by the […]
Ruth Mueseler, NWSSA member from Bellingham, Washington, has won the commission to create a Children’s Memorial. The monument will provide the kind of solace grieving mothers need in dealing with the loss of their children. Ruth’s proposal consists of a ring of five slabs of green shale surrounding a white-granite woman, prostate on the ground. […]
This spring I received an email from NWSSA member, M J. Anderson, describing an invitation from the Mayor of Rapolano to promote the international exchange of culture and the arts in Italy. We would meet up with 20 Japanese sculptors also invited to work in Rapolano. This was the second year for the Japanese. It […]
Your lifestyle requires money! Achieve itll And account for it!! Generally, the artist in business alone is operating under a Sole Proprietorship (one individual or a married couple). This is a common form of business structure. Also available is a General Partnership, a Limited Partnership or a Corporation. In Washington state, registering a business is […]
New Mexico is called “The Land of Enchantment.” I feel our studios can claim the same title. (enchant In-’chant\: Bewitch: to attract and move deeply). However, there’s also a practical side to our work if we want to make it successful. My research [or this column is coming to you in two parts: PROMOTING IT, […]
VISIBILITY is the big word. !f you want to exhibit and sell your work, you must take whatever steps are necessary to exhibit as often as possible. You will know you have added yet another role to your life when we look at the experiences that happen between the completion of your stone and when […]
Copyright facts are important to all creative people who show their work to the public. Andrew Wyeth sold Christina’s World to the Museum of Modem Art in New York for a few hundred dollars. Nothing else has ever been paid to him even though the museum has earned over a million from reproductions. Whether you […]
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