Business Skills for Artists

The first seminar by The Art Insider (@theartinsider) has been developed to provide the skills necessary to navigate more effectively in the commercial art world.

Areas covered:

• How to build a portfolio for presentation to a gallery/dealer
• Marketing your work successfully
• How to get the press on your side and get ahead of the competition
• Communicating to a wider audience
• Financial growth potential and realistic time frame.
• The artist, the market and profile building.

The Art Insider:


The Art Insider is a forward-thinking company providing bespoke mentoring, group seminars and a comprehensive range of associated services for visual artists. We are a friendly team of practising visual arts specialists, dedicated to facilitating the professional development of artists and supporting the progression of studio practice. We provide artists with the knowledge, skills and confidence to navigate more successfully within the fine art industry.

Art industry expert, Trudie Stephenson, founded The Art Insider in 2012. Trudie possesses more than 20 years professional experience as an exhibiting artist, director and project-manager of major exhibitions, curator and fine-art consultant. She has concurrently mentored both emerging and established artists for over 10 years. This cumulative experience has engendered a thorough understanding of the nature of working as an artist and provided the expertise required to enable artists to develop and sustain their practice at a commercial level.

The Art Insider exists to bridge the gap between studio practice and successful commercial enterprise; we are your one-stop shop!