Category: Selling Your Work

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Where to Find Emerging Artists & Collectors

In 2003 Jen Bekman opened a gallery on the Lower East Side of New York to support emerging artists and collectors. In 2007 she came up with the formula (see an example below), to sell editions on the internet, whereby making art available to everyone. She has succeeded at her mission at www.20×200.com This varies by artist, however a typical edition formula goes something like this:

8″ x 10″ edition of 200 at $20 each
11″ x 14″ edition of 500 at $50 each
16″ x 20″ edition of 20 at $200 each
24″ x 30″ edition of 10 at $1000 each

There term “emerging” is a relative one, as you’ll find noted photographer, William Wegman, is among the artists registered with 20×200.

If you’re thinking there aren’t any places to sell your work, dream again and check out this site!

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Too Shy to Sell Your Work?

I subscribe to a sales blog because I believe we are all in sales, aren’t we? Every week allbusiness.com lists their top 5 blog articles of the week. (Allbusiness.com specializes in sales solutions by offering practical tools, services and advice to help you succeed in sales).

Inside the article “Top Sales Blogs You Should Read,” was mention of a website that offers business coaching for introverts and the shy, at patricia-weber.com.

A podcast featured on Weber’s site has suggestions from Jeannette Paladino on how to make your elevator speech memorable. Paladino suggests your pitch be simple and easily understood. It should take less than 30 seconds to say. And then you should answer for your potential client the question: “What’s in it for me?”