Here are some common elements which most dealers and galleries would agree on for your website design:
A website portfolio service (e.g. www.absolutearts.com or www.art-exchange.com is like an online slide registry. For a fee you can upload images of your work together with a bio, artist statement, and resume. They have many visitors and are a convenient …
The internet is quickly becoming an accepted place to showcase your art to collectors and arts professionals. They might still want to see your work in person before they buy, but the fact remains: they saw it first on your …
We’re excited to announce the newest member of the Art Marketing Secrets Team! A very big welcome to our new guest author Janie Hutchinson.
A painter since childhood, Janie Hutchinson paints mostly landscapes in pastel. In 1998 she and another …
Today’s tip comes from Linda Blondheim in the ArtScuttlebutt Discussion Forum:
…I often send a query submission (to galleries) via email and they are often productive. I simply ask for their submission guidelines, adding an image attachment and my
A website is most effective when it is part of a larger overall marketing strategy for your art. This includes mailings, lots of in-person gallery visits and presentations, regular (physical) showings of your work, and developing relationships with the art …
I stumbled across this great quote on a forum at Digital Outback Photography:
When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art; when artists get together for dinner they discuss money
Oscar Wilde
Certainly true of many artists I …
Are you trying to engage a Soho gallery to sell your $20,000 paintings or do you want to sell $5 prints to children? “Art†encompasses a huge variety of media, audiences, and budgets, and you need to be very clear …
This weeks Art Marketing Tip comes from artist Marc Jennings:
“I’ve found that the best method to bring quality traffic to my art website is to use regular mail invitations. When I send a card or letter to an …
In this section, we’ll look at important issues after the event….
Relax and Have a Drink
You deserve it! Talk with your friends and find out what worked well and what could be improved. Take notes and make those changes …