Also, lots more links at our main web site at www.artistcareertraining.com/links/
Creative Catalyst Productions
Art Sales Online: The Art Gallerist
Art Licensing Info
Art Network
Festival Networks Online
National Fine Arts Title Registry
SEO for Artists
The Creative Catalyst is one of the original sources for art instruction videos and DVDs include lessons in drawing, painting, design and special techniques. Jim Powers and I (Aletta de Wal) met many years ago at The Learning & Product Expo Art in Pasadena.
Jim & Lynn Powers began Creative Catalyst with the core belief that life and business works best when we are striving to give each participant in a relationship a "win" from each interaction or transaction.
Win Win Win At Creative Catalyst it looks like this:
- Creative Catalyst Artists win by having their professional art instruction DVDs produced at minimal cost. Creative Catalyst Artists and other instructors now have expanded opportunities to share their art expertise with students and receive fair pay for their work.
- Students win by having access to art instruction by master artist/teachers at low prices. Students now have additional learning opportunities on the Creative Catalyst website through art shows, critiques, and classes.
- Creative Catalyst wins by being able to pursue the dream of melding technical and artistic talents and doing something useful and fun for other creative people. It is their vision to develop a series of videos designed to address the issues and questions of serious, growing artists including aesthetics, design, motivation, content, creative impulse and survival.
• Browse the DVD Catalog. See what's on SALE today.
• Create your own account and art gallery.
• See what's happening in the community.
• Find Live Workshops that interest you or add new ones.
• Read the Blog
TheArtGallerist.com* is serious about representation and exposure for artists online. There are no charges to participate, and only a small commission taken upon the sale f the artist's work.
The site is composed of three separate fine art “exhibits”:
~ student artists ~ emerging artists ~ professional artists
Each reflecting achievements and level of recognition. This ensures that as an artist, your work will only be exhibited along with that of your peers. While these titles in no way reflect the talent of each artist, they do help potential customers find art within their budget as the prices within each exhibit generally reflect the level of recognition and appreciation achieved in the marketplace.
TheArtGallerist.com is a juried website. All interested artists must first complete an artist application and submit samples of their work for the consideration of a jury of art professionals who are commonly interested in maintaining the quality of the artwork being presented. A personal website can also be provided in lieu of the samples. Artists must exhibit extraordinary technical skills, an authentic, distinctive style along with a unique and personal interpretation or point of view.
If you are an artist and have questions about participation, please visit the website. Once there, select the "How it Works" tab, then “For Artists…”, and finally “Participation”. Make sure to let Brina know Aletta sent you and he will take good care of you.
“Gallerist” is a fashionable new word that is now being used in the art world as a substitute for a new special class of art dealer or gallery owner. This new title is not used to describe just any dealer, but one that is more involved with the management and promotion of the artists they work with. Brian Siedlecki is the founder of TheArtGallerist.com. In addition to an art background, a successful business career, and his recent certification as an inbound marketing professional, his story is definitely one of survival and success that can provide hope to artists with health challenges.
Read Brian’s Blog “The Artist’s Guide to Online Sales and Marketing”
ArtLicensingInfo.com* was created by artist and AC.T. AffiliateTara Reed in 2008 to provide the kind of information and resources she wished she had when starting out in licensing. Tara's goal is to combine her business background, experience in the industry, and love of teaching, to help artists grow their business without breaking the bank. The mission of her company "Art Licensing Info*" is to provide artists with a variety of ways to learn about the art licensing industry from artists and experts in the field. Click here to see all her offerings*.
Success requires planning plus action. A.C.T. Affiliate ArtNetwork* has been helping artists empower themselves since 1986 through its books and mailing lists.
Their affordable and targeted Mailing Lists help you reach artworld professionals you've been searching for. Their lists have taken hundreds of hours to compile and maintain, and come on pressure-sensitive peel-and-stick labels for easy usage. They have over 20 categories of mailing lists:
Corporate art consultants ~ interior designers ~ corporations collecting art ~ art publishers ~ licensing agents ~ reps, consultants, dealers brokers ~ book publishers ~ museum curators ~ museum store buyers ~ architects ~ greeting card publishers ~ art galleries ~ calendar publishers ~ fine artists ~ and more!
They also have Mailing lists for local promo specific to cities, states or areas of the country. When you have an exhibit or event, you can order 8-combo categories in one geographic area. The 8 categories include:
Interior designers ~ corporations collecting art ~ art publishers ~ reps, consultants, dealers brokers ~ museum curators ~ university galleries ~ architects ~ art galleries.
There is also an Online gallery section of their website where viewers can purchase your artwork directly from you.
Find music festivals, craft shows, art festivals & fairs in the US and Canada.
The ultimate online source for music festivals, art and craft shows, home & garden shows, and specialty events. Providing extensive show details since 1996!
National Fine Arts Title Registry*
Document the authenticity of your work. Everything of value we own is registered in some way, stocks, bonds, cars, boats, software, etc. These registrations are to establish ownership.
Along with stocks and bonds original works of art are recognized as valuable assets. Yet unlike stocks and bonds they do not have a record of ownership. Often there is not a paper trail transferring ownership on a work of art from one person to the next. A transfer of title or ownership is commonplace for other valuables like a car title. However, there has been no such thing in the world of art. An individual artist may write his own “letter of authenticity” but there is no real “ownership title registration.”
With the common use of the Internet and NFATR the registration of works of art becomes simple, easily available and desirable. National Fine Arts Title Registration was established to track, organize and document works of art no matter what the value or origin.
Each work of art or numbered print that is registered with National Fine Arts Title Registry will receive a registration number unique to that work of art, establishing ownership and value. When that work is sold to another, a transfer of title can take place and the buyer is registered as the new owner of the registered work of art. Buy Now for only $10.00
If you dreamed that your artist website would bring you of hundreds of quality visitors you did not dream alone. Like most artists though you probably discovered the hard way that it wasn’t so easy!
Give us 21 days and we'll teach you how to quickly and easily bring search engine traffic to your artist website. You'll learn how to apply our highly effective Artist SEO Success System™.
*FTC Disclosure: When we find artists who have deep, proven experience in a topic that will help you make a better living making art, we put them front and center. When these fine folks offer services and products that are first class, sometimes we agree to help each other get the word out to you with an "affiliate" arrangement, which means that we will earn a small commission for referring you to their resources. Those are marked with an asterisk.