How To Publish and Market Your Art

Here are some great resources to assist you in getting your art out there into the world.

STEP ONE:

First I recommend picking up these books by Renee Phillips.  She is a mentor of mine who I met when I first moved to NYC.  Following her guidance in these books you’ll be able to quickly get your Artist Profile set up and have a foundation upon which to build your Art Career.  You will use these tools and guidelines to give structure to the presentation of your artwork.  You will use all of this to monetize your work when you set up your website marketplace in the next step.

I also suggest entering as many art contests as you can.  She has national and international contests on a regular basis through her organization called Manhattan Arts International.

STEP TWO:

Sell your originals and/or copies of your artwork.  I recommend setting up your online gallery here.

It is a great place to present and sell your works.  It is very reasonably priced  and their marketing tools are excellent.  This will assist you in organizing your works and give you a platform to sell it on.  They handle all aspects of fulfillment and you simply get paid whatever amount you choose for each one of your pieces.  You set the prices and your profit margin.  I use this service and love it.  This is exactly the area where most artists could use some help.  I recommend starting out with the paid version (a mere $30/year at the time of this writing) so you can take advantage of all the features and be able to build a nice gallery website for yourself.  The beauty is that almost everything is done automatically for you.  You simply add in the information about your work and upload your images and everything else takes care of itself.  They even promote your work within their network and through their daily traffic to the main site.  Your artwork reproductions can be done in various forms including: Canvas Print, Framed Print, Standard Print, Metal Print, Acrylic Print, and Greeting Cards.  All of this is taken care of for you.

Thank you all so much for your input in helping me choose my six Light In Motion entries in the “Healing Power Of Art” International Contest conducted by Manhattan Arts International.  The creativity in your individual perspectives and interpretations is inspiring to me, and to everyone who reads them.

I received hundreds of comments from all of you and I really appreciate the support. It was tough to narrow my entries down from 38 to 6 and your input assisted me in a big way.

The Exhibition Dates are May 10, 2010 – September 10, 2010.

Thanks again,

Carl

Here are the final six entries that I submitted.

Hi to all you wonderful people out there in the world.

I am entering an International Art Contest on April 25th.

The theme is “The Healing Power of Art”, and it is being held by Manhattan Arts International.

The Healing Power of ART is undeniable.  The purpose of this contest is to promote ART and all aspects of CREATIVITY and its vital importance to healing individuals and the planet.

I am writing this to ask if you would visit my site and post a comment or comments.  It can be very brief if you’d like.  I am endeavoring to get as many visitors and comments as I can before the contest on April 25^th.

The artwork I will be submitting is one piece from each category of the “Light In Motion” series on my site.  The problem is I have 8 categories and I can only submit 6 pieces in this style.   So I would like to get your feedback so that I can submit the most popular pieces.

It’s not yet confirmed but I may also be entering one of my Paintings with Diamonds as well.

I would really appreciate it if you would send this out to all your friends, family and Facebook or Twitter lists.

The more the better.  Thanks so much.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Have a Super Fantastic Day!

Carl

http://CarlHunter.com