Art Business Links
Art Business Links
Having worked for myself for years now enabled me to find many valuable links and services, I share them all here.
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This page contains links that can be helpful to you if you are in the art business.
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Art Business
Prints
American Art Editions Fine Art Giclee Prints
Great company for quality giclee prints.
Art Career Coaches – Helpful People
The Abundant Artist – How to Sell Art Online
Learn to sell more art online and how to overcome the starving artist myth. Free advice for artists on websites, SEO, social media, and other online marketing.
Artist Career Consultations – Caroll Michels, art career coach
Caroll Michels, career coach and artist advocate, assists fine artists with the basics of launching an art career and navigating through corridors of the art world.
Artists for Positive Change book.
Lee Silber is Creative Lee Speaking – Helping the creative person with the business side of the arts
MarketHOLD Productions in Fairport, Rochester, NY. Offering message on hold, marketing, audio production, voice talent, and public relations.
Sally Cohen PR
Art Classes and art projects for kids
Making Art on a Shoestring: Creating Crafts Using Recycled, Free and Cheap Materials
Kids Crafts for All Ages — Browse Kids Crafts by Age | FamilyFun
Browse Popular Crafts for Kids of All Ages. From Toddler Crafts to Tween Crafts, discover tons of fun Craft Ideas on FamilyFun.com
Free art lessons for elementary age students. Hundreds listed, updated daily.
School crafts for 6- to 11-year-olds – by Pamela Eisenberg – Helium
What are the requirements for good art crafts to do in elementary school? They should be fun (obviously), they should produce an end result that a…, Pamela Eisenberg
Arts and Crafts for Kids: Craft Kids
Arts and crafts for kids that love to do crafts. If you have a craft kid at home, then this is for you. We have ideas for children in preschool, k-6 classrooms, Sunday school and Scouts.
Art Activities, Art Projects & Games
The Incredible Art Department is for art teachers, art students, parents, homeschoolers and artists. IAD includes information on art jobs, art careers, art schools, art education, lesson plans, visual art news, and art resources.
http://www.rapidsupplies.com/Classroom-Creativity-and-Art-Resources.htm
Information and lesson plan ideas for educators and parents to help spark artistic creativity and inspire children to express themselves through art.
Art CONTESTS and Online Art Galleries
A free newsletter listing art contests and competitions, art scholarships and grants, art jobs and internships, juried exhibitions, call for entries, residencies, festivals, auditions, and other opportunities for artists, art educators and art students of all ages.
Art Deadlines – Art Contests – Juried Art Exhibitions
A Singular Creation provides a free list of art deadlines: art contests and competitions, call for entries, juried art exhibitions, art shows, fairs and festivals and other opportunities for artists and photographers. We also have several options for artists, galleries and art businesses to submit an art related announcement of any kind.
Upstream People Gallery was created in the late ’90′s in order to serve artists throughout the world by hosting international juried online art exhibitions. Artists from almost every country have exhibited with the gallery over seven years.
Your Shot – Submit – National Geographic Magazine
Take your best shot-and send it to us. Submit a favorite photo of your own for possible publication in National Geographic. Come back daily to see the editors’ selection of photographs in the Daily Dozen. Solve a puzzle, download wallpaper, and vote for your favorite.
Artist Housing
Paducah Artist Relocation Program – Artist housing in Paducah Kentucky
Find out more about shopping, dining, exploring historic Paducah Kentucky!
Projects Linking Art, Community & Environment – Sustainable Communities
Helpful Articles – Info
Anticipating Artistic Success (or How to Beat the Art Market): Lessons from History
Articles for Artists – Resources to Present, Promote, Market Your Art
Be Yourself + Effort = Artistic Success | Art Marketing Secrets
Being yourself will attract clients who genuinely like the real you. You’ll enjoy working with them and establish long term business and artistic relationships.
The Bobby McFerrin Plan for Creating a Remarkable Business | Copyblogger
Copyright – 10 Big Myths about copyright explained
Costa Rica Watercolor Painting Workshops
Costa Rica Watercolor Painting Workshops
8 Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity And Stifle Your Success | Copyblogger
18 Tips To Be The Great Artist Of Your Dreams
If you approached your art career as an Olympic athlete in training, have you really done everything you possibly could? Have you gone for the gold medal?
EmptyEasel.com: Painting Tips, Artist Reviews, Selling Art Online and more
5 Big Artist Website Mistakes That Don’t Sell Art
You might think you have an awesome artist website – but there’s a good chance it suffers from at least one major problem that could seriously limit your career success.
The Four Secrets to Artistic Success: Creative Leadership: Building a Business is an Art
I developed this four-pronged system years ago and have taught it to actors, writers, fashion designers, dancers, interior designers and musicians. If you’re trying to generate income from your creativity, you have to consider each of these four areas with equal time and discipline:
How to get your artwork rejected – article
Infotainer – Lots of good information
Invoice – What to put on an invoice
A guest post from Janelle Fendall Baglien of Studio Art Direct, Inc.
7 Mistakes Artists Make and How You Can Avoid Them All
Artist CD by Kathy Gulrich helps artists avoid the pitfalls of starting out as an artist. Tips, advice, solutions.
7 Tips for Selling Art Online: How to Help Buyers Find your Artwork
Selling art online can be difficult, but you’ll definitely sell more art if buyers can find your artwork on the internet in the first place. Use these 7 tips for selling art online to help bring art buyers to your portfolio or art website.
Top 10 Social Networks for Creative People – Great, in-depth, and detailed article about social networks at Lateral Action.com
Wealthy Artists
Wealthy Artists: Who Says You Can’t Be One?
I don’t know where the rumor started, ‘You can’t be an artist if you were born wealthy’, but I’d like to stop it from continuing.
The Forbes Fictional Fifteen – Forbes.com
The wealthy have always inspired creative minds. Here are our picks of fiction’s very richest.
How to become an art millionaire
David de Rothschild claims he doesn’t want to be known as
Writing Picture Books, Easy Readers, Young Adult Books and More!The web’s ultimate site for aspiring and working writers of children’s literature. We cover the writing process straight through sending your manuscript to children’s book publishers. Packed with audio, video, ebooks and much more, The CBI Clubhouse is the number one place for children’s book authors to learn, share and connect.
Contracts and agents – Visual Effects and others
the art factory elm grove wisconsin
Children’s Books agents and Artist’s representatives
An article about literary agents for children’s book writers and illustrators, by a children’s book editor.
Contract – Synergy Books – Illustrator Sample Contract SynergEbooks
Contracts – Author Royalties, Advances and Rights in a Publishing Contract
Book Contracts and Lawyers – Negotiating Book Contract Terms and Royalties
Site for Creative Moneylancers – VFX and Animation
MBO Partners: Making It Easier for Freelancers and Studios to Work Together. Portable Employer Of Record Service Since 1986.
Work for Hire Agreement (Illustrator) – FindLegalForms.com
This kit includes information and tools that will assist you in drafting a “work for hire” agreement for agreement for the provision of an illustrator’s services.
escrow.com
Certified Online Escrow Services | Low Cost Online Escrow
Protect your online sales and purchases with Escrow.com, a certified online escrow service with costs as low as 0.89% of the purchase price. A National Escrow Company, Licensed and audited by the California, Arizona, Idaho
Choosing a payment method (for buyers)
Galleries – local and information
ARTISANworks ~ Membership Information
Become a member of the ARTISANworks family!Artisan works is a gallery in Rochester, NY.
12 Steps to Get Your Artwork Noticed by Galleries | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo
Healthy NY – Health Insurance
- Coverage for Eligible Small Businesses, Sole Proprietors and Individuals2009 Healthy New York Rates: Monroe County
Health insurance discounts: Benefits: Membership: AIGA
HELPFUL Organizations
187 Tips for Artists, book by Art Coach and Artist Kathy Gulrich
The Art Business – Resources for Visual Artists
Do you want to know more about the business side of being an artist? Or maybe you’re looking for a particular piece of business information for artists?Whether you are an emerging or experienced artist, this site provides you with a link to information and advice about professional development, marketing opportunities and other matters relevant to the business of being a visual artist.
The ARTrepreneur: Focused on the Art Business! Art Marketing, Finances and Self Promotion.
Artist Tips to be Famous and Make Lots of Money
Small Business Administration – Write a Business Plan
Councils/Federations/Associations for the Arts
AFA – American Federation of Arts
American Art Pottery Association
The Professional Dollmakers Art Guild
Artists who work are artists who refuse to buy into the starving artist paradigm. the site is a resource that provides a support system for those artists, as well as provides access to one of the leading artists in this field
The Drawing Board for Illustrators
Information and Resources for Illustrators
How to Sell Your Art – Steve Popkin
How much to charge for illustrations?
The Illustrators’ Partnership of America
Illustrators’ Partnership is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a mechanism to professionally administer collective management of individual illustrators’ rights, respects the rights of individual creators to determine how the collective rights of their works are managed, and supports upholding the highest ethical standards for the collection and distribution of reprographic royalties.
Informative Blogs
The Artist’s Life, an art essay by Don Gray, Scottsdale, Arizona artist,poet and critic discusses the challenges faced by significant, genuine artists.
Art Scams: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim
Art Scams: How Scam Artists Work, Tips to Protect Yourself, How to Stop Them.
Launch your line is a platform where you can launch your clothing line, fashion line, fragrance line, footware line, sports line. Anything you wish.
Repetition rules and consistency counts and submitting regular art press releases will help get you the attention you want. Here’s how to get the word out
Selling Art Online – Info about online art selling sites
Sell Art Online – Information on Where (and How) to Sell Art on the Internet
Need help selling your art? EE has tips for how to sell art online, reviews of art-selling websites, and online art marketing advice. Learn what art buyers want, how to price your art, and which online art galleries you should use to successfully make art sales online.
Sell Art Online – Online Art Galleries – How Many Visitors Do They Really Get?
Just like traditional galleries, online galleries NEED people to visit them. Without a lot of visitors, there’s not much chance they’ll sell a lot of art. So today I’m going to share the monthly traffic estimates of over 30 online art galleries
Social Media Learning Site – Eve For Enterprise
Eve For Enterprise
World Art Foundation – Building a Bridge Between Artists From All Over The World
Investing
A Directory of Socially Responsible Stocks (Companies)
A free online of socially responsible stocks, including companies making or marketing bicycles, solar panels, natural foods, etc.
New Alternatives Fund – A Mutual Fund Investing in Alternative Energy
New Alternatives Fund is a mutual fund investing in alternative energy and the environment since 1982.
SJF Ventures: Welcome to SJF Ventures
SJF Ventures invests in and assists high-growth companies with disruptive cleantech and workforce strategies.
Social Investment Forum: Financial Services Directory
Winslow Management | Winslow Green Solutions Fund | Green Investing Since 1983
low-fee, low-minimum mututal funds, environmentally responsible, environmentally screened investing
The State of Green Investing 2009
Trends and developments in clean technology and green business: Including renewable energy and transportation, green building, biobased products, sustainable forestry, organic industry and environmentally-oriented business practices.
Take Action: Green Investments : TreeHugger
Time to Buy Green? – Kiplinger.com
Tips for green investing in 2009 – Los Angeles Times
Make sure the company is profitable, and check out the customer base.
John Math – Art Business
Helping Artists to Successfully Market, Sell and Brand Themselves and Their Art
Find Contemporary Art & Original Art in online artist galleries at Artspan
Artspan – an online gallery of original artwork by artists. Find new contemporary art & photography in our using search or just browse through galleries.
Illustrationmundo.com – Illustrator’s support group
A place where illustration gets all the LOVE
Inbound Marketing Software | HubSpot
Internet Marketing Software by HubSpot – Inbound Online Marketing to get more website visitors and leads in search engines (SEO), blogs, social media.
Art Licensing
Art Licensing Info | How to Find Manufacturers – eBook
Artists who want to learn how to find, interact and work with manufacturers who license art will find the eBook from licensed artist Tara Reed a practical, down to earth guide to help further their business.
How to get an agent book – Tara Reed
Licensing 2001 International Puts Power Behind the Paintbrush in Thriving Artist and Design Categories – Brief Article from Art Business News in Arts provided free by Find Articles.
One-A-Day for Art Licensing Success | Tara Reed
For artists just looking at the idea of licensing their art, the things they need to learn, know and do can quickly feel overwhelming.
SURTEX – the marketplace for original art & design > Art Buyers/Licensees > Show Registration
TR – Art Licensing Stories – Videos
Artists share their art licensing stories. How they came to discover art licensing. Why they are interested in it and what they do. Be inspired. Share YOUR art licensing story!
TR – Brand Yourself for Success in Art Licensing – Paul Brent – Art Licensing Blog
‘Brand Yourself for Success in Art Licensing’ is an indepth look at what it takes to build a successful brand as an artist, by an artist who has ‘been there, done that’ – with great success. Paul Brent, an art licensing industry power house will conduct an hour-long teleseminar to help artists of all levels understand the nuances of branding for success in the art licensing industry. Presented as part of the education at www.ArtLicensingInfo.com
ArtLicensingInfo.com is the place for artists to learn how to earn income by licensing their art. Experts in the art licensing field share their experience and knowledge through free calls, eBooks, teleseminars and more.
TR – How to create Basic Repeat Patterns in Photoshop
Artists who want to learn to create repeat patterns in Photoshop™ without having to sift through photo filters will love the step-by-step tutorials from licensed artist Tara Reed. Two very visual tutorials will teach you the basics and then move you on to creating half-drop repeat patterns in Photoshop™ in no time.
TR – Tara Reed Designs – Tara’s Art Page
Artist Tara Reed creates collections of themed art for license. Manufacturers looking for fresh designs for their products will love working with Tara – an artist with a marketing degree who understands business.
TR – Why NOW is a good time to create a coding system for your art… – Art Licensing Blog
I’ve been asked about how I keep track of my art a few times and this week promised to finally blog about it. Early on I realized that it might become hard to
Local Business and Organizations – Rochester, NY
Rochester NY NOW – chapter of the National Organization for Women
Marketing
BE THE MEDIA University Presents Blockbuster Online Success System
Coroflot – Design Jobs & Portfolios
An employment community for designers: Make an online portfolio to promote your work. Browse portfolios or post design jobs.
Drew Brophy’s Official Surf Art Store for canvas prints, note books, instructional DVD’s, Paint Pens and more.
How “on target” is Your Marketing?, by Michele Pariza Wacek (Michele PW)
How “on target” is Your Marketing?: So, do you know the people buying your products and services?
Marketing Mistakes -Are You Making These 6 Marketing Mistakes?
Are You Making These 6 Marketing Mistakes?: Many business owners, especially online, preach about “marketing with integrity” and “marketing authentically” and then immediately do things which, in my opinion, are exactly the opposite of what they preach. Here’s just a few marketing mistakes I’ve seen in the last week which make me cringe.
Top 7 Ways to Get Your Prospects to Call You Back: Stand Up – Stand Out:
Top 7 Ways to Get Your Prospects to Call You Back: Stand Up – Stand Out:
Word of Mouth Marketing book – Andy Sernovitz – … and Keynote Speeches
Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, by Andy Sernovitz. A great, practical book that will help you use word of mouth marketing, viral marketing, blogs, buzz, evangelism, and more.
ZIPskinny demographic information – for 14534 – PITTSFORD NY
Demographic profile for ZIP Code 14534 in PITTSFORD, NY. Zip Skinny can help you collect demographic information for marketing purposes.
Monetize your photos and art
Shareapic.net | The picture sharing site that gives back!
Shareapic.net is a free image hosting and photo sharing service that pays users to host their pictures and image galleries.
Management area. Dreamstime is a stock photography community that provides high quality stock photos and stock images.
online photo proofing service, online image gallery, online store, sell pictures online, event photography, photos
Search Stock Photos and Royalty Free Images : Stock Photography | Alamy
Buy and sell stock photos at the web’s largest stock photography site. Search over 10.47 million royalty free and rights managed stock images.
2K Stock Photography | stock photo agency stock photo library sell stock photos
We provide stock photograph, selling photos, stock illustration, royalty free stock photos, stock illustrations, stock photo agency, images stock photos, royalty free stock photography, selling photographs, stock graphics, stock photo image, stock photo images, sell stock photos, stock photo library, stock photograph, stock photo site, stock photography images, download stock photos, sell your pictures, selling stock photo.
$$$ from your art – MONETIZE Your Art!
52 Ways To Monetize Your Photos
Got a hard drive full of pictures? Wish you had a bank account full of cash? If you’ve got good photos, you’ve got an opportunity to make some useful
How To Contribute and Sell Stock Photos And Images | iStockphoto.com
iStockphoto is fun and easy to use. Apply to contribute your royalty-free stock photos, vector art, Flash or video footage on iStockphoto.com
Turn Photos Into Cash » Blog Archive » How To Earn Money By Selling Photos Online
Microstock Group – A meeting place for microstock photographers
Microstock Group – A meeting place for microstock photographers
Shutterstock :: Make money with your photos!
Shutterstock – Sell your photos and make money
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