119: Forget You Facebook with Gwenn Seemel

with host artist Miriam Schulman

Today, we’re talking all about why you don’t need social media to make a thriving career as an artist.

In this podcast, you will discover…

How to successfully sell your art using the power and ownership of an email list, rather than social media.

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About Gwenn

Since 2003, Gwenn Seemel has made her living as an independent artist. Her work focuses on questions of identity and belonging, often expressed through portraiture, and it has been featured on Hyperallergic, Boing Boing, Newsweek, and Bust. Gwenn speaks regularly about creativity and culture, both locally and internationally–most notably at TEDxGeneva. Born in Saudi Arabia in 1981, Gwenn has lived most of her life in France and the US. She claims Portland, Oregon as her hometown, and she currently lives on Long Beach Island in New Jersey.

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About the host, Miriam Schulman

In case we haven’t met yet, I’m Miriam Schulman, Chief Inspiration Officer of The Inspiration Place. I inspire art-lovers to reconnect with their creativity, learn new skills and techniques, and profit from their art. After witnessing the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I abandoned a lucrative hedge fund job to work on my art full time. Rejecting the starving artist myth, my paintings have been seen on NBC, published in art magazines & home décor books, and collected worldwide. I’d love to invite you to check out one of my free resources for art lovers (of every passion level) at schulmanart.com/freebies

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