S2E10 - She’s Became an Art Expert Through Countless Art Avenues & Is Passionate About Sharing Her Expertise with Everyone with guest Joanne Fink

In this podcast, Erin has a guest host who has over 30 years of experience in the art industry. Joanne Fink is the special guest host of this week, and she is here to share much of her knowledge gained over her extensive art career. Joanne has in depth knowledge on licensing, a career in developing gift products, she is driven by faith-based industry, she has evolved her artwork by keeping up with technology changes. Joanna is also a best-selling author with over one million books in print. Joanne is the founder of Zensipiration as well as a part of the board of directors with multiple foundations. Joanne loves calligraphy art and creative designs.

Not only does she have the years of experience, she has also managed to branch out in more ways then anyone would think possible. Leaving her with a gift of information to share with young and growing artist all over. Joanne has a passion for helping and inspiring others. In fact, how she defines success is by making a difference in other’s lives and, in this episode, she will surely make a difference in yours. She believes in building a community, supporting one another as artists and has even created multiple, unique avenues as a way of reaching out to others. Joanne shares with us many tips and tricks on her path to success, although she has endured life obstacles, as any of us… she never missed an opportunity to continue to grow her knowledge or help another grow theirs. Joanne was kind enough to share some of her screenshots and visible images for us to enjoy, login to www.artistappeals.com and follow along to get an inside peek at what Joanne has achieved as an artist.

In this episode you’ll hear:

[3:00] About Joanne’s Almost 40 Year Art, Creations and Calligraphy

[4:40] Joanne’s Different Use of Lightroom and Lettering

[8:25] The Booth Where Joanne Began Her Greeting Card Passion

[11:45] Joanne’s Journey of Licensing Started Before Licensing

[12:25] The Impact of Shows and Conferences

[15:10] Lead Time and Company Sizes

[17:25] Pag & Planograms

[23:30] Designing Goes Beyond Just Product

[27:40] Organizing and Tracking an Abundance of Information Starting with Development

[31:35] Providing More to Art Directors Can be Helpful

[33:00] All About Joanne’s Zenspiration