Links & Resources

Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 Artist Interviews Interviews from Yale University Radio WYBCX Zone One Artist Interviews Art Link interview with entrepreneur Wendy Rosen Artist Services Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsArtist Services Philadelphia, USA Art Insight … Read more

Craft Industry Alliance

Craft Industry Alliance Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Saturday, September 15th, 2018 Barbara Burns Craft Industry Alliance (CIA) is a community of craft industry makers, suppliers, designers, content creators, educators, and service providers serious about small business. CIA offers content that many … Read more

Residencies

Artist in Residence Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Friday, May 26th, 2017 Artist in Residence in the US National Parks System: An Interview with Lyn Hart Barbara Burns   I had the pleasure of interviewing tapestry artist Lynn Hart about … Read more

Time Management

Time Management for Artists Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website,Wednesday, April 26th, 2017   Catherine Gray, ‘Allotted Time 2’, 40 x 40 cm, 2016. Cotton warp, wool weft. Photo: Catherine Gray. It’s About Time: Identify your Distractions Barbara Burns We live … Read more

Validation

Thoughts On Validation Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Sunday, February 16th, 2020 Barbara BurnsBurns-Studio.com “Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgement of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our … Read more

Websites

Why you need one and what you need to know. By Rebecca Mezoff Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website,Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 Barbara Burns Rebecca Mezoff is a contemporary tapestry weaver with a studio in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her work is drawn … Read more

Social Media Is It Worth It?

Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 Barbara Burns I thought it would be interesting to have a place to write about my personal experiences with marketing and promoting my work. I’ll add to this as time goes … Read more

Pricing Survey

Grabbing The Tiger By The Tail: Pricing Tapestry Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Friday, June 9th, 2017 Barbara Burns  Pricing our work can be more difficult than any other aspect of marketing. There are no lessons or guidelines for this. No … Read more

Priscilla May Alden

Pricing, One Perspective Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Monday, May 15th, 2017 Priscilla May Alden talks about her technique for pricing tapestry. Barbara Burns I spoke with Cilla in her Maine studio, which is nestled in the woods outside of Boothbay … Read more

7 Pricing Rules

Reprinted from my blog on the American Tapestry Alliance website, Saturday, April 14th, 2018 Barbara Burns   Here is a well written article about pricing. This is definitely worth the read.