Lesley Riley
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Artist Success Coaching Expert

Lesley Riley Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Artist Coaching
- Career Focus
- Coach and mentor, author, speaker
- Affiliation
- Creativity Coaching Association, SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association
First known for her Fragment series of small fabric collages, Lesley is now an internationally known art quilter and mixed-media artist with a passion for photos, color and the written word. The author of three craft books, Lesley’s 4th book, Create with Transfer Artist Paper (C&T), will be out in June 2011. Lesley has filmed three instructional DVDs with Creative Catalyst Productions and Interweave and has appeared on three episodes of Quilting Arts TV Season 1. Currently, Lesley is the host of BlogTalk Radio’s Art & Soul show.
Realizing that artists, both new and experienced, often need more than new ideas and techniques to fulfill their art dreams, Lesley founded Artist Success™, where she shares her experience and knowledge as a coach and mentor, providing solutions for the struggling artist. For more info and free articles, visit ArtistSuccess.com
While not teaching, writing about or making art, Lesley, a Washington, DC native, loves spending time with her husband, 6 children and 6 granddaughters.
Lesley Riley Audio & Video Programs
Exploring Fabric Collage
http://ccpvideos.com/product/exploring-fabric-collage-lesley-riley
Transfers Tried & True
http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/Video/Transfers-Tried-True.html
Lutradur: Art Quilt Applications
http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/Video/Lutradur-Art-Quilt-Applications-Download.html
Lesley Riley Books
Quilted Memories
http://www.amazon.com/Quilted-Memories-Jou aling-Scrapbooking-Keepsakes/dp/1402740662/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298240363&sr=1-1
Fabric Memory Books
http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Memory-Books-Techniques-Inspiration/dp/1600594085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1298240395&sr=1-1
Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur
http://www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Fabric-Art-Lutradur-Revolutionize/dp/1571205543/ref=pd_sim_b_5
Create with Transfer Artist Paper
http://www.amazon.com/Create-Transfer-Artist-Paper-Fabric/dp/1607052679/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298240485&sr=1-1
Articles by this expert
SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.
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Are You Where You Want to Be?
"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are." Tobias Wolff If you're not where you want to be, it is because you gave up too soon. It's that simple. Persistence wins out over talent every time. Do you ever look at someone else's art and say, "I could do that." I bet you've also had an idea for something and then seen it in print or online.....created by someone else. It happens to us all at one time or another.
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The Secret to Getting What You Want in 2011
Remember the Spice Girls song lyrics, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want?” Well I’m asking you, what do you really, really want? That’s the first step to making it happen – figuring out what you really, really, want. Really. It’s as basic as that. If you don’t know where you want to go, who or what you want to be or do, how will you get there?
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Lesley Riley
If you are interested, you do whatever is convenient. When you are committed, you do whatever it takes. John Asheroff
Boldness has genius, power and magic.
Engage, and the mind grows heated.
Begin, and the work will be completed.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I’d gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others;
never in my own. Now, dazzled, I discovered that my capacities were real.
It was like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat.
Joan Mills
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Dale Turner
Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.
Charles Mingus
He who hesitates because he feels inferior is being surpassed by those who are busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
Henry Link
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.
John Schaar
How soon not now, becomes never.
Martin Luther
Contacting Lesley Riley
Lesley Riley
PO Box 675
Cabin John, MD 20812
Email me - Lesley@ArtistSuccess.com
Call Me Toll Free - 1-877-Make-1-Art
How to get started
What results can I expect?
If you do the work, you can expect to:
- Hone in on the EXACT kind of art that reflects your heart
- Uncover and discover why you’re not making art when it’s all you really want to do
- Develop the necessary skills to make your art sing and make your art stand out in the marketplace
- Learn how to overcome obstacles that arise
- Get out there and network and market effectively
- Work smarter, not harder
- Handle setbacks, discouragement, and resistance
- Create new goals for your artist success every 90 days in order to keep pulling yourself into your future
- Stay accountable to these goals and achieve them
- Create a structure for success that takes away the guess-work
- Create power referral partnerships and beneficial alliances
- Get proven techniques you can apply right away so you don’t have to reinvent the Artist Success wheel on your own
- Create greater exposure and visibility for yourself and your art
- Implement systems so you consistently make true-to-you art and market yourself so you can finally stop struggling
PREMIUM - A 12-month (one year) program designed to provide the necessary time, attention and support for you to achieve Artist Success. This program creates the most results BY FAR, as you have me for an entire year to work with directly on YOUR art career.
The Premium Program includes:
- Initial 1-hour introductory and strategizing call
- Forty 30 minute coaching calls (scheduled each week)
- Unlimited email access
- A step-by-step program for Artist Success which includes lessons, assignments and worksheets
- Individualized action plan for your Artist Success
- Six 10 minute “quick question,” confidence boosting, or idea bouncing calls
- Continuous support, resources, accountability and progress recognition throughout program
- Two 30-minute follow-up coaching calls within six months of completion of the program
- 10% discount on program renewal
FAST TRACK - This 6-month program is designed for the person who has been working on her art for at least a year and wants to have more certainty and see more progress. The Fast Track program is designed to get you on track and well on your way to Artist Success.
The Fast Track program includes:
- Initial 1 hour introductory & strategizing call
- Twenty 30 minute coaching calls (scheduled weekly)
- A step-by-step program to prepare you for Artist Success including lessons, assignments & worksheets
- Unlimited email access
- Individualized action plan for your Artist Success
- Continuous support, resources, accountability & progress recognition throughout program
BASIC - This 3-month program is designed for the beginning or working artist who desires a more intense level of coaching with a higher level of interaction and accountability. The Basic program is designed to provide you with the foundation to get you swiftly on your way toward Artist Success.
The Basic Program includes:
- Initial 1 hour introductory & strategizing call
- Ten 30 minute coaching calls (scheduled weekly)
- A step-by-step program to prepare you for Artist Success including lessons, assignments & worksheets
- Unlimited email access
- Continuous support, resources, accountability & progress recognition throughout program
OK, I know which program I want. How do we get started?
Great! Did you know that one of the most prominent characteristics of successful people is that they take action? They take educated risks, are decisive, take action, and they move forward towards success faster as a direct result of this. It's a well-known fact these people make decisions based on their gut instinct. So, that being said, since this feels right to you - go for it!
I'm ready to do this for myself, but I have a couple of additional questions. Can I call you?
Good, it sounds like you're ready to be pulled into your future! Yes, if you have a couple of questions, just email me at Lesley@ArtistSuccess.com and I'll be happy to schedule a call to walk you through the different options and decide which one will be the very best for you. I can't wait to see you succeed and am honored to be the one to help you. Let's get going!
Lesley, I’m not ready to commit to 3 months of coaching, do you offer individual sessions as needed?
That’s a good question. The answer is no, I do not coach using the “one session, whenever you feel the need” method. It is a hit or miss approach and will not give you the Artist Success results you are looking for. My coaching programs are designed to create results and are for clients who are willing to make a commitment and an investment in themselves, play big in their art and their business and take a no excuses approach to doing whatever it takes to get the results they want. I want you to be successful. Coaching now and then - when you get frustrated - is not a recipe for moving consistently forward and achieving Artist Success. Since YOUR success is my focus, I only offer programs that I know will achieve that!