My goal with this post is to create a little bit of a discussion via the comment form. Please offer your opinion on this one. If you get this via email just reply and I’ll add you comment to the site.

What I am trying to figure out what is the best way to help the individual independent artist. I am sure most of you know the type of artist I have in mind with this question. The artist that holds down a day job but also spends a fair bit of time in the studio producing work but the work is piling up faster than it is selling. Artists who do not have any type of gallery representation. Artists that feel stuck because they don’t know what to do next. Artists working from a corner of a room in their house, or in the garage, or basement, dreaming of one day turning a corner and being able to make a living full time through their art. What would help those artists the most?

Money is the obvious answer but is it the best answer? I’ve created and awarded artist grants through a prior business before but always wondered if that was the best use of the money. Sure I was able to help one artist at a time but there was always a stack of applications from other artists that I was not able to help. Would more grants for lesser amounts be the answer? More specific grants where an artist asks for certain tools or supplies?

“The arts” get a lot more support than “the artist.” It is important to me as this blog starts to generate revenue that I always give back to the community that supports it. With that in mind I’d like to do what I can to lift up more artists. Or better yet create a community where artists lift each other up. So tell me what do you need? What one thing do you believe would really help your art career? Please let me know in the comments.

Thanks,

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You have been making your art for some time now but you have never displayed it anywhere. Then one day while grabbing a latte you see art up in your local coffee shop. On a whim you ask the manager how an artist goes about getting their art displayed in the shop. To your surprise she says next month she has a need for new art and offers you the chance to hang your stuff. In a moment of excitement you say you’d love to hang your art in the coffee shop.

Then as your getting ready for your first public display of art you realize you have to come up with a price for your art. The some strange and weird feeling creeps over you as you think about pricing your work. You’ve never had to put a price on your art and the thought of it is a bit scary. Relax. Through the process of asking yourself some questions and giving yourself some honest answers it is not that hard for an artist that is just getting started to price their art.

• What is the amount of time you have spent developing your art?
• What is the amount of time you invest in a given piece?
• Where will your art be sold?
• Who is your potential buyer?
• Why are you selling your art?
• When are you selling your art?

When an artist begins to sell their art they must become an entrepreneur. And as much as most artists hate to admit it, art is business. And to be successful at business you need to always be asking the right questions.

Sit down and take some time to think about these questions. Be honest with yourself even if it is not comfortable. Then be sure to come back to Art Palaver because we will be discussing these questions and what the answers mean to you.

Until then live to create,

How Do I Price My Art? (Part One) is a post from: Art Palaver The Artist Marketing Resource.

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