About the artist – Tara Reed

Artist Tara Reed followed a twisting and turning path to where she is today:  a mom, a licensed artist and a teacher who teaches other artists what licensing is all about.

An artist by passion and not education – Tara has a degree in Marketing and sold college textbooks after graduating from Penn State University and before starting her family and becoming a 10 year stay-at-home mom to her wonderful son.

Able to add humor to almost any situation, Tara is a comfortable and entertaining public speaker who has appeared on live television, radio and instructional DVDs.

4.2001 – Scrapbooking Design
Tara Reed “went pro” as an artist, which to her means she made her first dollar, when she began designing in the scrapbooking industry as a Creative Alliance Partner with EK Success. Starting her design career in scrapbooking influenced the way Tara approaches her art and builds her collections.

1.2003 – Simple Scrapbooks™ Magazine
Working as a contributing Editor for Simple Scrapbooks™ Magazine gave Tara experience designing and teaching classes for large groups, writing and collaborating on different projects for the magazine. She resigned in 2005 to pursue licensing her art full time.

6.2004 – Tara Reed Designs, Inc. debuts at their first art licensing trade show.

Tara Reed Designs made her debut in the licensing world at the Licensing International Expo in June of 2004. At the same time, she was going through a divorce and had to make a decision:  take the safer route and get a traditional job with a boss and benefits or continue with her desire to build her own business on her terms.  She is thrilled that she kept the faith and kept on painting!

7.2008 – Tara Reed creates www.ArtLicensingInfo.com – a family of websites to teach artists about the art licensing industry.

Missing teaching and regularly asked for advice by artists Tara Reed added teaching through eBooks, coaching, classes, teleseminars and more by creating the website: www.ArtLicensingInfo.com. In 2009 artist Paul Brent, a major force in the industry having more than $67 million dollars of product sold featuring his art in 2008 alone, joined Tara by sharing his knowledge of the industry through calls, coaching and eBooks as well.

In addition to teaching about art licensing, Tara Reed has written two other eBooks for artists of all kinds – one on goal setting and one about interacting with the press. Learn more at:
www.TheGoalWheelForArtists.com
www.PressFriendlyArtist.com

9.2009 – Bunco themed Party Kits featuring the art of Tara Reed Designs become available online.

Themed “Print-Your-Own” Bunco Party kits featuring the art of Tara Reed Designs are available at www.PrintYourOwnBunco.com. Bunco score sheets in a variety of themes as well as free Bunco score sheets for those who sign up for the monthly eNews are all available on the website.

6.2011 – Tara Reed becomes a member of the SURTEX Advisory Board

SURTEX is a premier trade show for the art licensing industry.  Held each May in New York City, 2011 marked the shows 25th Anniversary.  Tara Reed was asked to serve on the Advisory Board to help ensure the show continues to be a great place for artists and manufacturers to connect.  In addition, SURTEX has hired Tara to create and conduct pre-show webinars for exhibitors.

That’s me, Tara Reed, in a nutshell! I live in Portland, Oregon with a fabulous son who makes me laugh and always makes me believe in myself when any doubt creeps in.

My studio is one of my favorite places in the world. I hope you get as much joy from my work as I do since I never want to have to get a “real job” again!

Don’t take our word for it! See what the press is saying about the art of Tara Reed Designs. click here…