7 Ways to Support Your Artist Friends in 2020 That Don’t Involve Money
Strapped for cash? Here’s how you can still show your artist friends that you love their work.
1. Interact with their social media posts more often
Artists survive and thrive because of the number and quality of their fans.
So like, comment, and share more.
More engagement on their posts means the algorithms are more likely to put your friend’s art in front of more eyes, which means more fans for their art.
It’s kind of like helping them with their marketing. Speaking of:
2. Show people your friend’s art and tell them why you love it
Same concept — there’s another chance here to create a new fan for your artist friend.
Except face-to-face is way more personal, so you’re more likely to have their trust and convince them to check it out more thoroughly than they would on social.
3. Tell your artist friend what you think of their newest piece— in as much detail as you can
Are you really an artist if you’re not constantly overthinking and second-guessing your work?
Your friend would LOVE to hear your in-depth opinion of their newest work so they can have some perspective on what to do differently on the next one.
Putting in the effort to respond to their art also shows you care about it, so they’ll feel complimented too.
4. Ask them what their working on, and when they’ll be putting it out
Again, you’re showing you care about their work, which does wonders for their psyche.
You’re also prompting them to get it finished! It’s harder to sit on the couch being sad about how hard an artist’s life is if they know someone somewhere in the world is waiting on their next piece.
Even if you’re not buying it, it’s motivating to have someone expecting something from them.
5. Hang their art up at your place
If you already own a piece of your friend’s art, put it where the people you hang out with will see it. If it’s a song, put it on a playlist you use at parties or kickbacks.
Maybe they’ll be impressed and ask about it, at which point you can refer back to tip number two!
6. Make your own art, and try to collaborate
If you’re an artist too, share your work with your artist friend. That’s another thing that will help keep them inspired to keep creating.
When they feel uninspired they can look to you as a role model or friendly competition and spark something they wouldn’t have otherwise had.
Also, collaborate! If you work on something together and put it out, your audience will be likely to check out their other work, and likewise their audience might check out yours.
7. Write a review
If your artist friend has a product available online, writing a positive review for them would forevermore increase its chances of being bought.
On a related note — leave a comment below! Can you think of anything else that people can do to support their artist friends?
