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Read More2025 Art Goals
Here are my 2025 art goals. It's hard to believe that it is already 2025. Wow, time is flying by! Here are my 2025 art goals, if you're curious to keep reading to see and my articles for this year below!
2025 Art Goals
Some of my accomplishments from 2024!
Here are some of my accomplishments from 2024 that I am proud of!
I got my artwork run it as part of a travelling exhibition with the Grand National Fibres. You can learn more about this exhibition by clicking here. It was really cool to see my artwork remnants in the Woodstock Art Gallery. Woodstock is near my hometown where I have a lot of friends and family nearby so it was cool to have a lot of visitors come out and see my exhibition and it was nice for me to see the exhibition over the holiday break as well. It was a very cool experience to take my son to see my artwork. It was my son's first time, seeing my artwork in the gallery, which was a very special and memorable experience for me.
My son started full-time daycare in the beginning of September this was a very hard and challenging transition for myself I had a lot of mixed feelings of course I missed him and really wanted to be with him I also felt guilty as a mother and felt like I should be with him more but financially I did need to work and we decided that I would work part time teaching art at a local private Montessori school. During the other days, I worked on my art business while my son was in daycare again, I felt a bit guilty and selfish for following my dreams, but I've been able to have a lot of success with my business during the last few months of 2024.
I am happy to only be teaching part time, although I love teaching, it has been great to really focussed on my art business to be able to take that full-time because that is my dream to be able to match my teaching salary with my art.
I am really proud of my health. I have not only lost my pregnancy weight but I feel a lot healthier and happier. We go on walks daily and we've been hiking every weekend as a family. We got our son a heavy duty backpack carrier so it's been really nice exploring with him. We purchased the Ontario parks pass at the beginning of January and we plan on doing that again this year. We are very close to a provincial park so it's been really nice to just explore that park and go hiking every weekend that the weather permits.
We also did a great job, visiting family and having a lot of friends and family visit us. We have set more boundaries this year and have been more intentional about our visits going home. We've also really prioritized family time we enjoyed having Christmas with ourselves. We also had Thanksgiving with ourselves, and we chose to visit family after Boxing Day so that we could really enjoy establishing family traditions together.
I got accepted into a small business grant program and with this program I have to put in a 35 hours a week on my small business so being a part of this small business grant program has been really great for me to hold myself accountable and make sure that I am working 35 hours a week minimum each week. In this training program, I also received a lot of business training relating to marketing, advertising, money. I have felt that this has been a really valuable experience and I have learned a lot and made a lot of progress and had a lot of success with my small business Jackie Partridge art so far.
I started running Pinterest ads in the beginning of October. I chose to run ads to a popular Halloween/fall a symmetry drawing art resource. You can click here to check it out. I really wanted to try ads because I already knew that this art lesson was really successful in my TPT store and I wanted to try just adding some more traffic from Pinterest and reaching a newer audience to see what happened. I learned a lot from the process and I'm glad that I challenged myself to do it for a couple years now I've been wanting to run ads to grow my business but I've just been scared about taking the risk and being part of this small business grant program has really pushed me out of my shell, and made me realize that as a small business owner, I do need to take risks. I do need to make investments in my business in order to grow and be successful.
I would love to hear about your successes. Did you reach your goals? Did you not reach some goals? You can feel free to reach out to me on Instagram or Facebook at Jackie Partridge art I would love to connect with you and be sure to follow as well.
Of course, there are some goals from 2024 that I did not achieve and I will mention them below.
So I have a goal of having at least 150+ products in my TPT shop this did not happen it was hard because my son didn't start daycare until September so that really only left me with a few months of the year to create about 50 products or so this year I plan on having 200+ products in my TPT shop. Now that my son is in full-time daycare, I think this goal will be a lot more possible.
I also wanted to create my art portfolio course well this planned and I did try doing a soft launch I just started to go back to the drawing board and do some more research to make sure that I was happy with the price point of what I was offering in the course I also wanted to do some pruning at to make sure that the teams who are taking my art portfolio horse can complete the course as quickly as possible so that they are able to submit their art portfolio applications on time and aren’t overwhelmed by the content.
My 2025 Art Goals
Receive 2+ Grants for my Art
3000 people on my Mailing List
4 More Symmetry Drawing Books on Amazon
Listing my Fine Art on Etsy
Sell Prints on Printful
Create Digital Portfolio for Brands to License Art
Create Art Portfolio Course
Create Workshop Course for Teens
1000 followers on at instagram
3-5 Exhibitions - I Have 2 already
200 TPT Products
I would love to know what your art goals are for 2025. Leave a comment to hold yourself accountable or send me a message on social media by clicking on one of the icons below. Be sure to follow me to stay connected too!
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Read MoreReview of 2023
2023 was a busy year for us. Here is my review of 2023. Learn about my busy year and review of 2023 below! In this review of 2023 I will go over the goals I made for 2023 related to art goals, personal, business and family goals.
Review of 2023- My Thoughts
We had our baby in April 2023 and bought our first home around the same time. I moved into our home while my baby was seven weeks old. We now live a few hours away from family and I am understanding that things take a lot longer with a baby. My goals for 2023 were ambitious and I would say over ambitious. I know I may not have hit them all or some but it has helped me get clear of what I want.
My Goals for 2023 with a Review of 2023
Business Goals for 2023
I want to have 500 email subscribers on my email list.
I didn’t quite hit this goal but I will be working even harder on building my email list in 2024.
I want to try running ads on social media to help me grow my list.
I didn’t get around to doing this but will in 2024.
I want to create 150 products on my TPT store - Jackie Partridge Art.
I created over 100 products in my TPT store and was happy with this given how busy 2023 was!
Art Goals for 2023
I want to have 2-5 new art grants this year to fund my artwork.
I didn’t have time to apply for grants this year.
I want to have 5-10 art exhibitions this year.
I had two exhibitions this year and was happy with that.
I want to set up a new studio in my new house.
I got it set up. I still want to continue to organize it and do little things like make it look pretty.
I want to make cyanotypes and paper this year.
I didn’t have time to make cyanotypes this year since my son was born in the spring.
Social Media Goals for 2023
I want to have over 1000 followers on Instagram on both of my accounts - @jackiepartridge_ and @jackiepartridgeart
I gained over 1000 followers on @jackiepartridgeart and I am still working on growing @jackiepartridge_ .
I want to have over 500 subscribers on YouTube - Jackie Partridge Art
With my son being born and moving I didn’t put out new videos from July 2023-November 2023. I will be working a bit harder on YouTube in 2024.
Revenue Goals for 2023
I want to have consistent 3-4 figure months of sales on TPT.
I have had more consistent 3 figure months on TPT this year.
I want to do 2 art markets and I want to get my artwork into a local shop.
I did not have time to do either of these.
Personal Goals for 2023
I want to make healthy food choices.
I want to go for a walk daily.
I have done these and feel really good postpartum.
Family Goals for 2023
I want to go on a hike monthly and enjoy time in nature with my family a couple of times a month. I want to visit with family or friends once a month. I want to plan a family vacation or a couple of small getaways. I want to have a date night once a month when the baby is old enough.
It has been hard to go hiking or on vacations. We have been seeing family and friends regularly so that has been nice.
Overall Review of 2023
As you can see my review of 2023 is not impressive. Did I hit some goals for sure. Did I hit a lot? No. I am still proud of all the life accomplishments we have achieved like buying our first home, moving and having a baby. These are milestones that take a lot of time, energy and patience. I am happy for the mom and wife I am. I am looking forward to hitting my 2024 goals this year.
Even if you don’t hit your goals - you are not a failure. Sometimes life has better things in store for you!
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Goals for 2023
I always like to make goals for myself each year. Here are my goals for 2023! I have divided my goals for 2023 into different categories. When I am making goals I try to be as specific as possible to help make the goals attainable. I want to be realistic with my goals so I know I can achieve them but I think there needs to be a stretch or a reach goal so you have to work for it. If a goal is too easy you won’t work for it and put the effort in. Below are my goals for 2023!
Goals for 2023
Below are the different categories of goals for 2023!
Business Goals for 2023
I want to have 500 email subscribers on my email list.
I want to try running ads on social media to help me grow my list.
I want to create 150 products on my TPT store - Jackie Partridge Art.
I want to create 10 new designs on Society6 - Jackie Partridge.
Art Goals for 2023
I want to have 2-5 new art grants this year to fund my artwork.
I want to have 5-10 art exhibitions this year.
I want to set up a new studio in my new house.
I want to make cyanotypes and paper this year.
Social Media Goals for 2023
I want to have over 1000 followers on Instagram on both of my accounts - @jackiepartridge_ and @jackiepartridgeart
I want to have over 500 subscribers on YouTube - Jackie Partridge Art
Revenue Goals for 2023
I want to have consistent 3-4 figure months of sales on TPT.
I want to be able to make my salary through my art business this year.
I want to do 2 art markets.
I want to get my artwork into a local shop.
Personal Goals for 2023
I want to make healthy food choices.
I want to go for a walk daily.
Family Goals for 2023
I want to go on a hike monthly and enjoy time in nature with my family a couple of times a month. I want to visit with family or friends once a month. I want to plan a family vacation or a couple of small getaways. I want to have a date night once a month when the baby is old enough.
I hope you enjoyed my goals for 2023. I would love to know your goals for 2023! Let me know in the comments!
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2022 Year in Review
2022 is coming to end and it is time to look back and reflect on the year. Here is my 2022 year in review for my art! A lot has happened this year and I want to share it with you. This is a great time for you to reflect on your favourite memories of 2022 too!
My Art Goals for 2022
Post consistently to social media (5x a week to instagram, 3-4x to facebook, every day to Pinterest, twice a month to my email list, blog post 3-4x a month, YouTube 2x a month), TikTok weekly
Social media takes time. I recently started a tiktok - Jackie Partridge Art. I would like to try paid ads this year.
I decided to switch to posting to YouTube once a month this year as it is a ton of work and I am working full time as a teacher. I am still starting with tiktok -you can find me on -Jackie Partridge Art. I would like to do more next year.
Update: I did pretty well with this. Lots of life changes prevented me from posting as consistent as I would have liked to.
Excited to announce we are expecting our first child in May 2023!
Apply to art calls twice a month - I want to have more exhibitions this year!
I have been getting more exhibitions and artist grants since I have been consistently applying to art application calls.
I did well at applying to exhibitions and art calls and usually applied to 4 or so per month. As a result I had a lot more exhibitions this year!
I had a few big exhibitions this year and a couple of grants from Pat the Dog Theatre Company and Ontario Arts Council.
Spend time in nature for inspiration- I find this really helps with my art practice.
Once a month Gordie and I made it a habit of hiking, campinging or walking outside. I’ve taken lots of photos that I have shared on Instagram
We didn’t go outside hiking or camping as much as I wanted to but when we did we had a lot of fun.
Make consistent art sales- I would love my art to be my main source of income. I would like to match my current teaching income before the end of 2022. These are my current streams of revenue:
Art grants/awards and artist fees
Art workshops and coaching
Selling art teaching resources on Teachers Pay Teachers
Selling my original art
I did a lot better at making consistent sales with my art. I still have a ways to go but I am getting there and enjoying the journey!
My sales on my Teachers Pay Teachers have really improved. I did two holiday art markets that were successful and sold more art online this year!
Set boundaries for teaching for more work life balance- no work on Friday nights and Saturdays, no emails past 5pm, no marking on the weekend. No working camps.
This past summer I worked the month of July at a day camp at my school. I was very intentional not to start working on school stuff until the end of August so that I could have a break from school. Make art during school breaks- I plan on not working at camps this year so that I have more time to focus on my art and business.
I did well not working at camps this year which gave me more time to work on my art and I’m so happy with the progress I have made! I also did well not working on school stuff outside of school hours.
Make art each month- I want to get back to making art each month. It is something that I put off like exercising. I want to be able to prioritize both. - I have done better at this!
2022 Goals
Exercise 2x a week - rough in the winter but got better in the spring and for the rest of the year
Match my teaching salary in my art income
Purchase a Home
✅Have 5 exhibitions or publications - Kitchener Public Library two person exhibition, Cambridge Art Gallery Show.21, Art Comp in London, ON, Forest Spaces- Contact Photo Festival in Toronto, Moving Forward, Three Sisters Cultural Centre, St. Jacob’s, ON, INPRINT Exhibition, Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, ON.
Grow my mailing list by 500 people
Grow my YouTube to 500 subscribers
Have 200 products in my TPT store - this was a hard goal - I later changed it to 100 because that was more realistic - haha ✅
2022 Year in Review
Overall, 2022 was a great year. I worked as a teacher teaching my grade 5s who I had in Grade 4 and then I had some of them in my grade 4,5,6 class. I learned a lot about Montessori education from work. I took business courses and read a lot of business books.
Thank you so much for following on this journey. I appreciate you being here and supporting me along the way.
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