Many artists find the idea of having a solo exhibition totally intimidating or even impossible. Formal education doesn't always give you the real world experience to approach galleries, or know how to host your own art event. In this episode, you'll find key hints, tricks and tips on how you can create your own opportunities. Furthermore, we discuss in detail about the hurdles of paving your own way, and some of the obstacles you may not even know will be troublesome until you get there. We also touch upon the gallery world, and the not-so-traditional direction that online sales and marketing has allowed us to achieve.

This week DFE interviews Ashely Voss, the gallery manager of Art Attack SF. We discuss how Ashley went from a being a 2nd grader hustling drawings to her classmates, to being a rising star in the San Francisco art's scene. Ashley's story takes us around the globe, how she navigated her way through college, how she found new inspiration after tragedy, and the story of how she made her way to the golden coast, landing the position of gallery manager within a week of her arrival. Ashley also drops some tips and information for artists looking to get involved with Art Attack SF and other galleries.

We've all had moments in our lives, careers or otherwise, that has been a turning point (for the better or worse). Whether is was a fire, theft, vandalism, an unsuccessful art opening or even something like the realization that we barely made any money in our art business. Tune in to see how we deal and cope with these life changing events, and how we can push forward. These events can truly be a moment of transformation, and a catalyst for change.

Today we discuss NEW ALGORITHMS! I know, exciting! Even though this is a topic a lot of artists don't even want to think about, it's important for visual artists to know how to navigate the social media giant that is Instagram. It can be extremely daunting to think about, but with some real life examples of how you can maximize your audience, this is a must listen for 2018!

Scott Fin is a fine art photographer, a teacher, a world traveler and more. His story journeys all over the map, and is currently rooted in San Francisco. He's gearing up for an opening this Friday night (June 8, 2018) at Secession Art & Design (link in the show notes), and we were fortunate enough to be able to interview him at the DFE studio!

Garrett A. Morgan IV comes from a lineage of inventors, fabricators and builders. We explore his great grandfather's history, who invented an early version of the gas mask and stop light. Garrett's vast array of commercial and industrial employment ranges from mold making to automotive design, and even sculpting things for Bone Thugs 'N Harmony. Hear his story on this week's episode!

It's easy to feel like a fraud in the art world, especially when everyone around you seems to have infinite wisdom, passion, drive and ambition. Sometimes we deem our achievements as simple luck and downplay the fact that we earned them, and worked hard for them in the process. In this week's episode, we touch upon the ways to combat this thinking, and show you that it's definitely okay to take credit for your own achievements.

Join us for the second part of our Q&A episode! We continue answering our listener submitted questions! Send any other questions for the next Q&A to [email protected]

Join us as we candidly discuss all different topics including pricing your work, working in the dark arts realm, finding your audience and community and even proving to your family that your art has merit. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, we received so many! So many, that we had to split our episode into two! Send any other questions to [email protected]

We are gushing over our unlikely heroine, a soft-spoken Red Panda named Retsuko, on the new Netflix series Aggretsuko. Tackling some very adult problems like dealing with a sexist boss, wanting to quit your day job and live out your dream or getting married, we meet a cast of colorful animal friends and discover what it means to live the life you're meant to. Aggretsuko is created in part by Sanrio, creators of Hello Kitty. Join us as we celebrate a fun animated mini series and hope to re-inspire you to create more art for the world to see!