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SAQA Seminar - Unit 3 Selling Your Art
Welcome to the third unit of SAQA Seminar – Your Professional Toolkit! You’ve gotten your work out in public. Great! Now, wouldn’t it be great if someone or some organization bought it?! While there’s no sure path to successfully monetizing your art, in Unit 3 you’ll hear about how some artists have achieved this goal.
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Learn more about artist Betty Busby, her career, and how she sells her work. Betty is a published fiber artist and teacher who maintains a busy exhibition schedule nationally and internationally. She is also SAQA's Regional Exhibition Coordinator. |
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Video Conversation with Sue Benner In this video, Sue Benner is interviewed by Clara Nartey about "Navigating the Commissions Process". Sue Benner is a textile artist who lectures and teaches workshops nationally and internationally in the areas of surface design, textile collage, fused quilt construction, and artistic inspiration. |
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Related Articles from the SAQA Journal We've compiled a ton of great articles from Back Issues of the SAQA Journal - all about Selling Your Art! |
Resources and other inspiring links
Selling Your Art
General
"How to Start Selling Your Artwork" by Alisa Burke is a blog post that has tips on several ways to sell your art.
“Selling Art Quilts” is a 2012 SAQA webinar with Wen Redmond, Roxane Lessa, and Frieda Anderson.
Galleries
“How Do Galleries Find New Artists?” by Scott Indrisek is an informative article on Artsy about how galleries work and how to make an entry into the circle.
‘Starving’ to Successful is a book by Jason Horejs: The Fine Artist's Guide to Getting into Galleries and Selling More Art.
Commissions
"8 Tips for Artists Accepting Commissions" from the Abundant Artist.
Selling Savvy
“Beware the Vanity Gallery” Art Business Info for Artists wrote this post explaining Vanity Galleries and why they should be avoided.
"What You Need to Know to Save Yourself from Art Scams" Email art scams - what to look for and how to avoid being taken for a ride by ArtWork Archive.