The Business of Art Workshops: Creating your Own Job Security


by RivkyShimon - Date: 2007-01-12 - Word Count: 392 Share This!

Recent articles suggest that many Americans work overtime hours for free. Especially with salaried jobs that are based on hourly wages for a 40 hour week, most hard working career minded individuals are willing to stay long past their 8 hour work day. They don't want to feel worthless. But, they average nearly an extra full day per week.

If they were to leave exactly when their eight hours were up, they think their boss is looking and will consider them slackers for leaving right on time. What a mentality to have! If you get paid for 8 hours a day, you should put your nose to the grindstone and get your work finished so that you can leave on time. That shouldn't be considered slacking at all.

But, most hard working career minded individuals are always thinking about job security and promotion. They think that if they give all that time for free that it will pay off one day in the long run. Budget cuts never enter their mind. Cut backs and downsizing is not part of their plan.

If you were to turn that script around, you would find that working for yourself will produce much better results. Running an art workshop center like I do, I still have time for my own children. I have time for many things and my art workshop center thrives.

I set my own hours. I can work around everyone's schedule running small workshops at different times of the day. I can afford to put in about 4 or 5 hours a day and call it quits. The rest of the day is mine to do as I wish.

Running a workshop center for 4 or 5 hours spread throughout the day still allows me enough time to teach hundreds of students. It's not difficult, especially when you put about 10 students in a class. That's a small enough class to keep track of everyone's growth. It's also enough to provide for a thriving art workshop center.

I'm putting my own life and my own future into my hands. I'm not relying on a job to give me future security. I'm not relying on something that may or may not be there regardless of my contribution. If I work my art workshop center properly, it will be there for years to come. That's the kind of security I need.


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An internationally known artist as well as a mother of six, Rivky Shimon founded Rivky's Art Workshop in New York. Rivky's step-by-step method for teaching children how to create and enjoy art has earned high praise from students, teachers and parents alike. Through her new training series, Rivky plans to teach artists from across the country how to duplicate her success. Not only to ensure that art education remains a vital part of every child's life, but also to enforce the reality that "The Rivky Method" tm works the same magic for adults as well.

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