Abstract Artists Wanted!
Gary Leigh Coles
Seeking only Abstract Artists at this time.
Send name for future collective marketing projects.
Also online Marketing & Self-Promotional help - custom to fit your
budget!
CD ROM Art Collective:
Hello All & thanks for your inquiries.
I have finally worked out the price and details.
Plus if need be you can make payments to ease your budget.
$65 to become a part of the CD ROM Collective. 150 CDs will be created
100 CDs will be mailed to 100 Art Galleries that foster towards Abstract
Art. The remaining CDs will be mailed to top Art magazines: ArtNews,
Art in America, Interview, and others. If their is extra money from the
project 200 total CDs will be created, if the money stretches that far!
What I need from you!
• BIO
• Art Resume
• Artist Statement
• One photo of the Artist
• Artistic Objective “Why you wish to reach a new audience or your own
marketing goal”
• Up to 40 images “send photos I will scan them and edit them so they
all fit”
At least 20 if you have them. JPEG
Note: Keep your art work within the same frame work. No collections of
all your work from over the years. Keep if simple by providing your
most current style all together. Also provide text for the images if
you have it.
goto: http://lovelocal.com/CTA
Sign up online!
Space is Limited!
janeecake
> $65 to become a part of the CD ROM Collective. 150 CDs will be created
> 100 CDs will be mailed to 100 Art Galleries that foster towards Abstract
> Art. The remaining CDs will be mailed to top Art magazines: ArtNews,
> Art in America, Interview, and others. If their is extra money from the
> project 200 total CDs will be created, if the money stretches that far!
>
>
>
I have seen many of these "services" that charge artists to list. I think that
there would be a big demand for something like this that doesn't cost the
artist anything to get in. Real opportunities.. but that the
customer/company/ultimate consumer of the art .. would pay for. Why is the
artist having to pay to show his work? Is this weird to anyone else, or just
to me?
Always me, Janee
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pancho or amama
I for one don't think your reasoning is weird, especially in the advent of
today's technology. One can publish his/her own work on the web for next to
nothing.
Although I'm not a regular contributor to this newsgroup, I lurk quite a bit
and I feel compelled to give my opinion. I absolutely abhor seeing ads like
this in the group. In my opinion, they are targeted at "starving artists"
who don't have internet or industry savvy. Unfortunately, some folks will
fall for the ploy...
My 2 cents worth,
amama
janeecake wrote in message ...
janeecake
says...
> Hi Janee and group,
>
> I for one don't think your reasoning is weird, especially in the advent of
> today's technology. One can publish his/her own work on the web for next to
> nothing.
>
> Although I'm not a regular contributor to this newsgroup, I lurk quite a bit
> and I feel compelled to give my opinion. I absolutely abhor seeing ads like
> this in the group. In my opinion, they are targeted at "starving artists"
> who don't have internet or industry savvy. Unfortunately, some folks will
> fall for the ploy...
>
> My 2 cents worth,
> amama
Ahhh ok.. Well i'm not starving, but i would have to say that i'm definitely
in the category of "don't have internet or industry savvy." I should think
that having an "agent", someone to present one's work to likely buyers, would
be a definite benefit. As i said though, I have no idea how one goes about
getting money for art, for the most part.
Terry Miura
Marketing art to potential galleries and clientele by creating a 'collective' is not a
new idea. It's done all the time, and apparently there's a market for it. I pay money to
be in directories like theispot myself. It's not for everyone. I wouldn't have done so
if I didn't think it would work for the amount of money I had to pay. It's a calculated
gamble, I think. I have friends who are in theispot, but never got a single job from it.
My listing paid for itself in the first few weeks.
The reason it does work, for myself at least is that it's done very well in terms of
targeting and reaching the potential clients. I was convinced that what I had to offer
matched the needs of some of those who actually looked through these directories.
I have problems with the likes of this 'collective CD' thing we're talking about here,
because there is no indication that it's a professional, committed endeaver. There's no
listing of the 100 galleries that these will be sent to, for one. Matching an artist
with a gallery is an incredibly time consuming work, and to think a random collection of
art on CD will do anything to hook up with a gallery is at best unrealistic. Sure it
mentions that it caters to galleries that carry abstract work, you have to match your
career level, price range, quality level etc.etc.-- it really needs to be researched and
narrowed down.
100 is a very small number, and for that I would think it must be a rigorously targeted
campaign if one hopes to get a gallery deal. A 'collective' would necessarily include
all levels of art, from hideous to ...not so hideous... so if you were to send to, say
10,000 galleries, that would make better sense.
...there I go again. rambling.
Anyway, this weekend, I'm sticking stamps and labels onto 2000 promo cards. to be sent
out to TARGETED potential clients. yes, in my industry, 2000 is considered targeted. A
3% response (not necessarily jobs) to a targeted campaign is considered successful. so,
you see how unrealistic an untargeted promotion would be, if you only sent your stuff to
a 100 galleries.
I've dented the soapbox!
terry
www.terrymiura.com
janeecake
says...
Ah yes, but what useful dents!
Thanks Terry! I really have a lot to learn. I majored in marketing the first
time around, so i understand about targeting markets. I'm just so green in the
art business that i don't know what kinds of customers there are and how it
all works or what my goals ought even to be. I do know that if i am going to
become well-known, admired, and adored, i'd like it to be before i'm dead.