Fusion 2009
Art Show, Fashion Show, Concerts
raising money for the Minne Pearl Cancer Foundation
each artist got a booth in the show, it was a fun night and I met several artists who I have seen around town since then again, which is always good. I couldnt back up far enough to get a better picture than this.... haha. Goal- get better at photographing everything!
I had to donate a piece to be in the show, each of these had to start at $50 and bids went up in increments of $5. But I had 17 bids on mine and it ended up selling for $160 I think, people towards the end bid in larger increments.
Professors at MCA warned us about this dreaded word.... DONATE
and they were RIGHT!
very often people ask me to donate a piece for a good cause and they explain how great the exposure will be and how it will be so beneficial and give me more business in the long run... now im not saying this is impossible.... but so far, it has not been my experience.
so take the advice I was given by multiple professors.... BEWARE OF THE WORD DONATE
take your work very seriously and make sure that you only donate to causes that you truly are passionate about, believe in, and will feel great about donating to.
and even then... make sure that when you donate that you get to name the starting bid, and that you KNOW your work wont sell for less than you could sell it for yourself, because that would devalue how much you could sell your work for as a whole...
Art Show, Fashion Show, Concerts
raising money for the Minne Pearl Cancer Foundation
each artist got a booth in the show, it was a fun night and I met several artists who I have seen around town since then again, which is always good. I couldnt back up far enough to get a better picture than this.... haha. Goal- get better at photographing everything!
I had to donate a piece to be in the show, each of these had to start at $50 and bids went up in increments of $5. But I had 17 bids on mine and it ended up selling for $160 I think, people towards the end bid in larger increments.
Professors at MCA warned us about this dreaded word.... DONATE
and they were RIGHT!
very often people ask me to donate a piece for a good cause and they explain how great the exposure will be and how it will be so beneficial and give me more business in the long run... now im not saying this is impossible.... but so far, it has not been my experience.
so take the advice I was given by multiple professors.... BEWARE OF THE WORD DONATE
take your work very seriously and make sure that you only donate to causes that you truly are passionate about, believe in, and will feel great about donating to.
and even then... make sure that when you donate that you get to name the starting bid, and that you KNOW your work wont sell for less than you could sell it for yourself, because that would devalue how much you could sell your work for as a whole...
there was a fashion show and a run way and everything- I was so excited about this because I had never been to anything like it before. It was in The Cannery Ballroom and was such a cool venue!
okay, this show was SUCH a pleasant surprise. I saw the word "festival" in the title and thought...great. But a professional artist friend of mine in town had told me to look into it and that it would be a great show. So, I applied and one of my pieces got in! Mine is the one on the left above- it was a paper piece I did in school and had my dad build a panel for it so it looks like it floats off the wall. The woman in charge of the show said it was SO CLOSE to selling, but that the person just didn't come back a second time to get it!
when I went to drop off the painting (and Knoxville was way further than I thought...whew) and saw the other work... I felt so honored to just be included in the show in the first place, which is such a good feeling. It reminded me of the Works With Words Show I was in last year at the Library in Nashville. The show got great reviews and the gallery it was in was SO NICE.
this was the piece across from mine, all of the work was incredible! 
above: one of my favorite pieces from the show
above: one of my favorite pieces from the show
I just found out last week I got into a show at one of the nicer galleries in downtown Nashville- I am so excited!! This is the piece that got in : 
Be A Doll Estel Gallery
Show runs: June 4- July 25, 2009
It is one of the galleries involved in the Gallery Crawl the first Friday of every month- I went last month and it was so much fun- some good friends of mine went with me. I think it was even more eventful than Memphis's Art Trolley Night!
Show runs: June 4- July 25, 2009
Artist Reception: June 6, 2009 6pm-9pm
It is one of the galleries involved in the Gallery Crawl the first Friday of every month- I went last month and it was so much fun- some good friends of mine went with me. I think it was even more eventful than Memphis's Art Trolley Night!
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1 comment:
wow. you too, have a lot of wonderful things happening! thats awesome your painting got into that show. my solo opportunity is much like that. one step up (and a nicer caliber gallery in stl)! so congrats! I definitely agree with the bad word- DONATE. it hasnt landed me much... some contacts/networking though... so think of it that way. and yes i would love to barter. why dont we make a drawing/painting in reflection of the other person? i would enjoy that. i can complete it by july. does that sound good?
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