Business coaching for working artists.
Artist Academy treats art as both a calling and a business. Andrea Earhart mixes solo coaching with artist interviews about pricing, promotion, confidence, AI image tools, client work, and the awkward middle between hobby and full-time career.
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Artist Academy looks at art careers from the working side of the studio. It is not mainly about taste, theory, or creative identity. It is about getting paid, staying visible, quoting with more confidence, and making the business of art feel less mysterious. Andrea Earhart often starts with a fear that working artists recognize immediately. Saying no might cost a future referral. Posting online might feel awkward. A mural might enter the messy middle and suddenly look impossible to finish. The show turns those moments into practical coaching. Use a clear reference photo. Make the mockup specific. Put changes in writing. Stop lowering the price just to keep someone happy. Keep doing outreach before the calendar goes quiet. The interviews add proof from other creative businesses. Scott Proposki brings a photographer's view of customers, profit margins, team size, and the value of a sustainable business over a chaotic one. Samuel Popovich brings an artist's print-and-originals model, with Instagram and email lists doing real sales work. Carla Grace brings patience, layers, wildlife painting, and the hard lesson that time spent has to match what the artwork can earn. Hibaaq Ibrahim brings the growth arc of mural work, higher minimums, signature color, and bigger clients. The tone is friendly and direct. It repeats the lesson until it lands, then moves to the next useful thing. For muralists, painters, and visual artists trying to replace or strengthen an income, Artist Academy feels like a business check-in from someone who has seen the same problems keep showing up.
Made for: Painters, muralists, and visual artists who want more paid work, more customers, and clearer business habits. It especially fits artists moving from hobby or side income toward full-time creative work.
What sets it apart: The show keeps the advice close to real studio problems: mockups, pricing fear, reference photos, print sales, outreach, AI prompts, and booking mural gigs. Its strength is practical repetition, lived examples, and candid artist-to-artist business talk.
The Artist Academy Podcast hosted by Andrea Ehrhardt. The purpose of this series is to show aspiring painters that it's completely possible to make a great career in the arts. We focus on the business side of art to help you attract more customers, increase profits, and ultimately live a life of creativity and financial freedom. www.ArtistAcademy.co
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Andrea Earhart makes creative-business decisions concrete through practical guidance on commissions, promotion, pricing, client management, and production.
Artist Academy turns the uncertainty of earning from visual art into specific business decisions. Andrea Earhart moves between solo guidance and guest conversations, addressing pricing, promotion, customer outreach, project planning, and the fear that saying no might cost an…
That tiny logo might lead to a giant mural; suddenly your "no" needs a pep talk.
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A grounded look at how confidence, promotion, and fear of missed chances shape an artist's early business choices.
Artist Academy treats an art career as a set of stages shaped by money pressure, self-doubt, and the slow work of taking the artist identity seriously.
A grounded photography-business conversation about marketing, scale, focus and adapting as the field changes.
Artist Academy frames Scott Proposki's photography career as a practical business conversation, tracing how he became a professional photographer, taught others, marketed his work, and weighed growth against creative focus.
A grounded conversation about turning artistic fear into practical plans for commissioned work.
Artist Academy looks at the fear of turning art into full-time work, starting with the old "starving artist" idea and two competing views of what it means to love the job.
A grounded AI image-tools conversation about branding, prompt control, and making more art.
Artist Academy turns its AI image comparison into a practical workflow conversation, centered on how Andrea Earhart uses ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Midjourney in her art business.
A candid, practical listen on patient painting, pricing, time, and the long game of self-employment.
Artist Academy's conversation with Carla Grace treats realistic acrylic painting as both craft and business decision-making. The strongest thread is judgment: knowing when to stop, how to value time, and how to move forward when the practical side of the work starts to feel too…
A practical case for turning an artist's archive into steady social visibility and future commissions.
Artist Academy makes a clear business case for treating old artwork as usable social content, especially when an artist feels out of ideas. Andrea Earhart grounds the advice in practical examples: a Chamber of Commerce presentation, a pinned carousel showing 12 years of murals,…
A grounded look at window painting as bold, fast, business-minded art.
Window painting comes through as a practical, business-minded craft, with Scott Campbell focusing on visibility, speed, and the need for images to read clearly from passing cars.
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Russell Tovey and Robert Diament interview artists about their materials, biography, and process.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins and James Deakins interview film crew about the craft behind specific shots.
Robert Bound interviews artists and reviews new film, book, and music releases with critics.
Sound art from places, recordings, and memory.
Andrea Earhart interviews mural artist Danielle Weber about pricing large-scale projects, building a business, and attracting celebrity clients.
Host Andrea Earhart replays a 2020 interview with window painting expert Scott Campbell as the holiday season approaches.
Artist Academy host Andrea Ehrhardt shares a list of social media content ideas for artists, inspired by a Chamber of Commerce presentation.
Andrea Earhart interviews wedding painter Stephanie Gaffney about the unique challenges and emotional aspects of live wedding painting.
Artist Academy host Andrea Earhart interviews muralist Ariane O’Day, who left teaching and bartending for full-time painting in South Carolina.
Four stages shape the artist-to-muralist path.
Artist Academy episode 434 features Andrea Earhart interviewing photographer Scott Proposki about the business side of photography, from National Geographic and Sports Illustrated to the White House.
Andrea Earhart uses Artist Academy episode 433, “What’s the Worst Thing That Could Happen?
Andrea Earhart interviews young artist Samuel Popovich about his techniques for selling prints and originals via email lists and Instagram, sharing insider business tips.
Andrea Earhart discusses how embracing cringey moments is essential for success as an artist and content creator.
Artist Academy host Andrea Earhart documents a head-to-head battle between ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Midjourney for AI image creation, recorded in March 2026, after months of assuming Gemini would win—and discovering it did not.
Artist Academy host Andrea Earhart re-releases a 2020 interview with Carla Grace, a South Australia-based wildlife artist who grew up in Africa and built a slow, intentional career in hyperrealistic acrylic wildlife painting over 12 years.
Andrea Earhart introduces a follow-up interview with artist Hibaaq Ibrahim, who shares how she grew her art business to charge $10k minimums and attract high-value clients.
Andrea Earhart interviews canvas artist Maggie Sackmann about balancing motherhood with selling nature-inspired paintings on Instagram.
Hana Daly shares her journey from painting a mural at a dive bar to building a 20-year career as a muralist, emphasizing the importance of following passion over business.