A very interesting request has been laid at my feet by an art gallery in my local area. In times past I have presented work there before:
https://avproductionsblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/new-year-new-ways-to-evolve-art/
https://avproductionsblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/making-history-in-the-new-year/
Well the drive to host digital art and all varieties of art in an actual art gallery has not faded and so when the owner of “SweetBee Theater,” https://www.chathamartscouncil.org/venue/cfta-pittsboro-2/ https://www.facebook.com/CFTAsweetbee/ https://www.chathamartscouncil.org/artist/pittsboro-youth-theater-2/
asked me to host a website for them to show there gallery and encourage other artists to sell there works through their program I was very excited at the opportunity and wanted to run the idea by those that read my blogs and find my work entertaining and have supported me for the past few years now.
Promoting and selling art is a wonderful passion for me and as an entrepreneur, it is hard for me to imagine doing anything else. I have been driving this engine for a few years now and have learned a few of the ups and downs of the business and though I have not mastered everything there is to know about presenting art in the best of lights, I have learned that none of us can make it in this enterprise all on our own.
It takes a lot of money, exposure, encouragement from supportive friends and family and the community in which live, understanding and respect of the idea that what we do as artists is an occupation worth spending money on.
The pitch that was offered to me, was an inclusion of my more ‘family-friendly,’ pieces at the standard rate of 30% of sales of each piece being garnered by the gallery and the rest of the proceeds going to support the artist. Prior to this offer of online advertisement the gallery was strictly catering to local artists. I am sure after fine tuning some much needed demands of the vendor, the owner of the physical gallery, will come to understand the power of the online market and the need to include and support artists of the global market. To enhance the inclusion of the online market with the solidarity of a physical landscape to house the work of individual creators and ship pieces of work across the nation and abroad, I am sure it will turn this section of the art world into a dispensary of some magnificent pieces that are merely gathering dust in the homes of artists that have been dreaming of getting there works out there.
At the moment I don’t believe there will be a market for NSFW (not safe for work) material but there is always a market for SFW (safe for work) and in this gallery there is room for a wide variety of eclectic ideas.
In a few days I will upload images of what has previously been accepted and hanging on the walls, at the moment because they don’t have an online gallery you won’t know..I will have to take those pictures and show you the space and what is available to you. There will be a devised rotation, but an endless demand for pieces to be uploaded and promoted via the online website. Because the owner is interested in this new development I suggest all of you to cast your work, while the iron is hot. Don’t allow doubts or short sighted ideas hinder you from presenting your work and getting your face out there to those that might decide your piece should be in there home.
I will post updates on this event as time goes by. In the mean time continue to produce pieces of art and allow the creative juices to flow.
If you are interested in this event contact me @ Cag3lefant@aol.com or https://twitter.com/Scope2Mars and you are always welcome to visit me and ask for commissioned pieces of art here: https://adventvoice.newgrounds.com/
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VicariousE
Interesting! Have you posted any of this info in the Art Forum? Pretty sure there's a few NG artists in your neck of the woods who'd like to take part in exhibitions. And if not, maybe the supercell of artists from FL and GA could hire a minibus, get a group rate....
AdventVoice
That is a good idea. I was going to wait until I took the pictures of wall space and what everything looked like, but I don't see the point of waiting until I have the advertisement all polished, as you said there are a lot of artists that would like to take part and that is what the forum is for, so I will be sure to share this information there too.