Three Graphic Artists Guild board members with a total of 50 years of freelance business experience in graphic design and illustration share inside information with you in the next free student webinar. Together our panel explains business basics like how to write an invoice, what to look for in a contract (with samples), and what to do when your client wants endless revisions of a job you thought was done. No question is too nerdy for our panel! Real-world expertise is yours. We’re here to help you start working, avoid pitfalls and (let’s face it) learn from our mistakes!

Our Business Pro Panelists

A 20-year industry veteran, Dawn Mitchell specializes in print and web design for all types and sizes of businesses. In response to her clients’ requests, she began dabbling in search engine optimization about ten years ago, developing solutions that help small businesses at a fraction of the cost of big SEO firm rates. Largely self-taught and mentored by top professionals, she avidly follows industry developments to hone her expertise.

Pamela Levy illustrated “Otto’s Rainy Day*”, which was chosen as a ‘Kids’ Pick of the Lists’; “The Easter Egg Escapade”, which has been adapted into a feature length animation; and has received two Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Magazine Merit Awards. Some of her published credits include "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", the four-book series "the Adventures of Hector Fuller, and "Casebook of a Private Cat's Eye". She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (Mathematics and Art History) and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Priscilla Alpaugh studied at MassArt and UMass Amherst, earning a BFA in Painting and Illustration, then continued her Illustration studies at Syracuse University in their MFA ISDP program. Priscilla has managed an art supply store, painted miniature mouse figurines, trained painters, driven a Council on Aging van, all while making art for kids. She works primarily in pen and ink with watercolor and colored pencil and combines traditional with digital techniques. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers.

Ask A Pro: The Business of Art