People who have not had the benefit of formal arts training are often baffled by the effects that a skilled painter can produce. In this article we will review a number of different paint techniques that you can use to create art, decoration, or even just clean, smooth walls. (more…)

Modeling schools promise to teach you the skills you’ll need to be a highly effective, competent, skilled, and knowledgeable fashion model. They offer you networking opportunities and training designed to help you penetrate a very competitive industry, and to carve out a niche for yourself in the world of modeling. But is modeling school really how to get jobs as a model? (more…)

Acting agents represent actors and actresses and help to promote their services. The acting agent’s job is to build the types of industry connections that allow them to find out about opportunities for their actors early, and to have an audience with the types of people who can place those actors in roles. (more…)

Acting agencies are a critical tool for succeeding as a professional actor. It can be difficult to match yourself with the correct acting agency to meet your needs. In this article we will discuss some of the factors to be mindful of when selecting and applying for representation. (more…)

Fine Art, Commercial Art, Popular Art

These categorizations of art are blurry at best and often just plain arbitrary. If fine art becomes popular, does it cease to be fine? What about commercial art which has been included in a museum exhibit–is it then fine art? Andy Warhol pretty much invented the idea of popular art (he called it pop art), but in many ways the marketing and mass production of his art was itself a fine art project. Or maybe it was all just a commercial art project

The fact is, artists in this day and age will do well to avoid pigeon-holing themselves into just one category on which they stake their identity. After all, much of the classical art that is now considered to be indisputably in the fine art category was actually created on commission, especially the art sculptures that we all know and love; they were essentially commercial in their time, but were either good enough or popular enough to be treasured over a long period of time.

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Billed as “the starving, bleeding, vomiting edge of modern literature,” the Starving Arts literary magazine featured both established authors and total wretched starving unknowns. It’s a real piece of history here at Starving Arts, and was for years a premier source of fresh voices and experimental styles in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The last issue featured work by Jennifer Hyde, Martin Jervis, Robert Levin and more.

Sadly, the literary magazine is no longer maintained, and so no new work is being accepted for the time being. You can however, see the remnants of this hallowed tradition here: Starving Arts literary magazine.

We are pleased and proud to offer extensive advice on putting together your acting resume for a vibrant acting career, as well as tips for many other types of creative professionals: actors and actresses, designers, photographers, commercial and fashion models, mural artists, and anyone else who makes a living doing what they love. You can also take a look at our example acting resume.

It is much more important than you might imagine for an artist to know about website marketing strategies so that you can find a way to make a buck in this world. That is why we have put together a section of the site that will help you understand how to establish your web presence, and to leverage that presence to make money as an artist.