I'm a recently retired, full-time, art rep and artist with more than twenty years experience selling art work to galleries, interior designers and architects. The art marketplace supported my family for all those years and the artists and customers I worked with were some of the finest, most talented folks one could meet. I'd like to "give back" some of what I learned to other artists. To do so, I've recorded a series of podcasts (talkcasts) FREE to anyone with an iPod, MP3 player or computer. Please listen and, perhaps, learn some tips to better market your art. Here's how: www.salestipsforartists.com
Submitted by brightwater03 on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 03:36.
I found this article useful and clear. As a possible follow-up idea, in case it hasn't already been done, how about an article dealing with the topic mentioned in this article: client relation, including such aspects as: how to manage, what to look out for, useful tools (contracts, pricing guides,etc.), expectations,? ..If such an article has been done, how about including a link to it. Thanks.
You make my 30 year career out to be nothing...just the type I dont want to have anything to do with....Diminishing our jobs as agents is unfounded....I have made many careers with happy talent.
I am currently using a rep and I have only gotten one assignment. I chose a rep because I thought that I could break into the market quicker and I have tried to do it alone and was unsuccessful. I am now wondering what to do since this rep does not seem to be promoting my work. She has me on a limited representation contract so my work is only shown to a select list of clients. She told me that because I was new to the market that that was their proceedure to see how the relationship worked. I started with this agency last January upon recommendation from a former art director who had worked with this agent and I was so hopeful. The job that I did get was as she called it an art emergency. One of her artists sat on the job and did not do anything with it until the deadline was so close that you would blink and it would be past. So she called me since I had been persistant and wrote many emails asking if there was interest in my work. So I stepped up to the challenge and did some test sketches and and the client liked my style and I got the ok to work on this 12 page reader. I got the job done on time and followed all the instructions and revisions carefully. I waited 60 days to get paid. This job was completed in May 2009 and it is almost September and not even a nibble. I do not believe I would have gotten anything if it was not for this emegency. I am being told by family members to drop this agent and move on but I so not really know what a good period of time is before I should drop this agency.
AN ART REP RESPONDS
I'm a recently retired, full-time, art rep and artist with more than twenty years experience selling art work to galleries, interior designers and architects. The art marketplace supported my family for all those years and the artists and customers I worked with were some of the finest, most talented folks one could meet. I'd like to "give back" some of what I learned to other artists. To do so, I've recorded a series of podcasts (talkcasts) FREE to anyone with an iPod, MP3 player or computer. Please listen and, perhaps, learn some tips to better market your art. Here's how: www.salestipsforartists.com
possible follow-up article topic
I found this article useful and clear. As a possible follow-up idea, in case it hasn't already been done, how about an article dealing with the topic mentioned in this article: client relation, including such aspects as: how to manage, what to look out for, useful tools (contracts, pricing guides,etc.), expectations,? ..If such an article has been done, how about including a link to it. Thanks.
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You make my 30 year career out to be nothing...just the type I dont want to have anything to do with....Diminishing our jobs as agents is unfounded....I have made many careers with happy talent.
I am currently using a rep
I am currently using a rep and I have only gotten one assignment. I chose a rep because I thought that I could break into the market quicker and I have tried to do it alone and was unsuccessful. I am now wondering what to do since this rep does not seem to be promoting my work. She has me on a limited representation contract so my work is only shown to a select list of clients. She told me that because I was new to the market that that was their proceedure to see how the relationship worked. I started with this agency last January upon recommendation from a former art director who had worked with this agent and I was so hopeful. The job that I did get was as she called it an art emergency. One of her artists sat on the job and did not do anything with it until the deadline was so close that you would blink and it would be past. So she called me since I had been persistant and wrote many emails asking if there was interest in my work. So I stepped up to the challenge and did some test sketches and and the client liked my style and I got the ok to work on this 12 page reader. I got the job done on time and followed all the instructions and revisions carefully. I waited 60 days to get paid. This job was completed in May 2009 and it is almost September and not even a nibble. I do not believe I would have gotten anything if it was not for this emegency. I am being told by family members to drop this agent and move on but I so not really know what a good period of time is before I should drop this agency.
Jean