The Inspiration Place

Your income goal needs an art business that has the capacity to support it. You're already putting time, energy, and intention into creating your art, and understanding the numbers behind that work can give you more clarity about what growth looks like for you. Your inventory, pricing, and production capacity all work together to shape what's possible, and knowing how they connect can help you make more confident decisions about your art business. I'll show you how to look at the value of the art you have available, how much you can realistically produce, and how many pieces you need to sell to support your revenue goals. 💡 You'll Learn 💰 Learn how to calculate the total value of your available art inventory and compare it to your revenue goal. 🎨 Explore how many artworks you realistically need to sell to reach a six figure revenue goal. 🖼️ Discover how to plan your art fair inventory with original artwork, a showcase piece, and prints. 🎧 Tune in to understand the numbers behind your art business so you can build the capacity to support the growth you're working toward. 🎙️About Miriam Schulman Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses. 🔗 Resources Full Show Notes: schulmanart.com/428 📩 Check out our FREE Masterclass "How to Sell More Art" at schulmanart.com/sellmoreart 📘 Read Artpreneur: Grab your copy + bonuses at ArtpreneurBook.com 💙 Start Free: Read Chapter 1 "Choose to Believe" at SchulmanArt.com/BELIEVE 📺 Watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@schulmanart 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @schulmanart 💼 Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanart

Understanding what collectors are drawn to can help you make more confident decisions about how you present and position your art. You've already put time, thought, and heart into developing your work, and paying attention to the art market doesn't mean changing your style to follow a trend. It means understanding where your work naturally connects with what collectors are seeking and recognizing the qualities that make it distinctive, emotional, and unmistakably yours. I looked at current purchases, bestseller lists, recently sold artwork, collector searches, art fairs, and home trends to identify five categories showing momentum right now, along with seven qualities that are helping artwork stand out across styles and genres. 💡 You'll Learn Discover the five categories of art showing strong momentum with collectors right now. Explore the seven qualities that can make artwork stand out across different styles and genres. Discover how to respond to art market trends without abandoning your signature style or changing what you love to create. 🎧 Tune in to better understand what collectors are responding to and how your art may already fit into what they're looking for. 🎙️About Miriam Schulman Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses. 🔗 Resources Full Show Notes: schulmanart.com/427 📩 Check out our FREE Masterclass "How to Sell More Art" at schulmanart.com/sellmoreart 📘 Read Artpreneur: Grab your copy + bonuses at ArtpreneurBook.com 💙 Start Free: Read Chapter 1 "Choose to Believe" at SchulmanArt.com/BELIEVE 📺 Watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@schulmanart 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @schulmanart 💼 Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanart

Your art doesn't have to be finished before collectors can become part of its story. You're already putting thought, care, and intention into every stage of your creative process, and that process itself can become a meaningful way to connect with collectors. I once sold a sunflower painting when it was barely more than a background and a promise, while still keeping complete creative control over the finished piece. That experience became the foundation of what I call a Wet Paint Sale, a way to invite collectors in earlier and give them a genuine reason to act without relying on discounts or manufactured scarcity. I'll unpack how you can use works in progress, thoughtful email marketing, and real deadlines to create anticipation and make selling your art feel more aligned with the way you already create. 💡 You'll Learn How to offer unfinished artwork for sale while maintaining your creative vision How to create genuine urgency using real deadlines instead of discounts How sharing your work in progress can deepen the connection between collectors and your art 🎧 Tune in and discover how inviting collectors into your creative process can open up a new, more natural way to sell your art. 🎙️About Miriam Schulman Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses. 🔗 Resources Full Show Notes: schulmanart.com/426 📩 Check out our FREE Masterclass "How to Sell More Art" at schulmanart.com/sellmoreart 📘 Read Artpreneur: Grab your copy + bonuses at ArtpreneurBook.com 💙 Start Free: Read Chapter 1 "Choose to Believe" at SchulmanArt.com/BELIEVE 📺 Watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@schulmanart 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @schulmanart 💼 Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanart

Your signature style grows stronger when you give yourself permission to be influenced while still trusting your own point of view. You don't have to create in a vacuum to make work that feels original and unmistakably yours. The artists, stories, music, films, and ideas that move you can all become part of your creative vocabulary when you filter them through your own experiences, values, and obsessions. Using Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and its influences from Goya, ancient mythology, cinema, music, and art history, I'll unpack how inspiration can become a meaningful ingredient in your work rather than the whole recipe, so you can develop a signature style with greater clarity and confidence. 💡 You'll Learn How to draw from artistic influences while developing a signature style that feels authentically yours. How Christopher Nolan combines art history, mythology, music, and filmmaking to create a distinctive artistic world. How to bring your history, values, obsessions, and point of view into your work to create a more personal and cohesive body of art. 🎧 Tune in and give yourself permission to learn from what inspires you while trusting that your perspective is what makes the final work your own. 🎙️About Miriam Schulman Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses. 🔗 Resources Full Show Notes: schulmanart.com/425 📩 Check out our FREE Masterclass "How to Sell More Art" at schulmanart.com/sellmoreart 📘 Read Artpreneur: Grab your copy + bonuses at ArtpreneurBook.com 💙 Start Free: Read Chapter 1 "Choose to Believe" at SchulmanArt.com/BELIEVE 📺 Watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@schulmanart 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @schulmanart 💼 Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanart

Selling more art can become easier when you focus less on reaching everyone and more on getting your work into the right rooms. You've already put care into creating your art and finding ways to share it, and growth doesn't always require a bigger following, more inventory, or gallery representation. Sometimes the next opportunity comes through relationships that already have the trust and attention of the collectors you want to reach. Using the Girl Scout Cookie Method, I'll show you how thoughtful partnerships with businesses, organizations, and well connected people can expand your reach while creating genuine value for everyone involved. 💡 You'll Learn Discover how the Girl Scout Cookie Method can help you reach art collectors through trusted relationships and better distribution. Explore how to create partnerships that benefit you, your partner, and the people invited to experience your art. Learn how even a small body of available artwork can become the foundation for an intimate and meaningful selling opportunity. 🎧 Tune in to discover how the right relationships can help bring your art into rooms where connection and sales can happen naturally. 🎙️About Miriam Schulman Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses. 🔗 Resources Full Show Notes: schulmanart.com/424 📩 Check out our FREE Masterclass "How to Sell More Art" at schulmanart.com/sellmoreart 📘 Read Artpreneur: Grab your copy + bonuses at ArtpreneurBook.com 💙 Start Free: Read Chapter 1 "Choose to Believe" at SchulmanArt.com/BELIEVE 📺 Watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@schulmanart 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @schulmanart 💼 Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanart