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Art Marketing Secrets in New Book Reveal
Simple Left-Brained Business Tactics
for Right-Brained Artists

Oklahoma City Gallery Hosts Book Signing and Benefit

Golden, Colorado—Let’s say you’re an artist. You’re making art and making art and suddenly realize that you don’t have room to store any more of your art. It dawns on you that artists are not only supposed to make art, but also to sell art. At least that’s the theory. But you can come up with any number of excuses as to why you’re not promoting your art and now you have a house and studio overflowing with unsold art. If this sounds familiar, Alyson B. Stanfield’s new book, I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion, is for you.

Author Alyson B. Stanfield, a native of Oklahoma City and an internationally recognized art-marketing consultant, will return to her hometown for studio tour, book signing, and benefit. The event in Oklahoma City, which is open to the public, will be held on Monday, March 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Studio Six on The Paseo, 3021 Paseo. Ms. Stanfield will also be speaking to students at The University of Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 1.

Whether you’re a sculptor, painter, metalsmith, glass artist, fiber artist, or woodworker, I’d Rather Be in the Studio! teaches you how to take advantage of traditional self-promotion techniques, as well as how to expand into Internet marketing. Oklahoma City artist Elia Woods is featured in the book.

The founder of ArtBizCoach.com, Ms. Stanfield has helped thousands of artists develop their careers through her online classes, publications, workshops, and free weekly Art Marketing Action newsletter—all available at http://www.artbizcoach.com. She used the self-promotion tools she describes in the book to launch her art-marketing consulting business and Web site in 2002. Prior to that, she counseled artists informally throughout her ten years as an art museum curator and educator, including positions at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman.

Studio Six is at the gateway of Oklahoma City’s Historic Paseo Art District. Located on the southwest corner of 30th & Paseo, Studio Six is home to four active artists: Winnie Hawkins, Regina Murphy, Mary Nickell, and Sue Moss Sullivan. It is open most weekdays from 11 to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

The book is $24.95 and includes links to documents that can be downloaded and reused for any art-marketing plan. To read more details and to order a copy of I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self Promotion, visit http://www.idratherbeinthestudio.com. Ten dollars from the sale of every book at the Oklahoma City event will benefit the Paseo Artists Association and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

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I’d Rather Be in the Studio!
The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion
by Alyson B. Stanfield

ISBN 978-0-9742725-8-0     
264 pages printed on 100% recycled paper
Trade Soft Cover
$24.95 U.S.
Published by Pentas Press
Publication date: February 3, 2008

For photos, articles, and more information visit the media room at http://www.idratherbeinthestudio.com or contact the author at alyson@artbizcoach.com or 303.273.5904.

 

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