[Artists-making-art] marketing art

Mon Dec 5 04:14:17 UTC 2011

I'd love to see some of your rugs. I recently started a rag rug - the first one I've ever done. I actually had no idea how to do it, but I used to make rag baskets in college. So, I started the rug the same way, brading the rope from the rags and then wrapping it in the rags - I just built it out instead of up. So far, it seems to be working and holding together okay. It's just taking me forever! Grin! But, I do get eye fatigue, and then it's hard to paint. So, when that happens, I switch over to my rug project. 

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
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--- On Sun, 12/4/11, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] marketing art
To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons" <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:21 PM

Hi Ann, thank you for letting me know about the site! I think that I might have heard of it durring one of my rag rug gild meetings. 
Kendra Schaber 

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From: ann at acunningham.com 
To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons 
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:19 AM
Subject: [Artists-making-art] marketing art

Hi Heather and Kendra,

There is an on-line marketplace that a number of my friends have tried and some are even selling from it. It is more craft based than art but it seems to have a pretty broad interpretation of craft. It is Esty and their site is:

http://www.etsy.com/ 

An article in the LA Times talks about it at:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/01/business/la-fi-etsy-20110101

I will ask around about an on-line marketplace for artwork.

Ann Cunningham
Tactile Art - a creative way to see the world!
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From: Heather Kirkwood <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, December 03, 2011 10:44 pm
To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons
<artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>

Thanks Kendra. I've had some limited luck just posting photos of the work on Facebook. I also set up an Etzy site. It hasn't been hugely profitable, but I also haven't given it the attention and promotion it needs, so I can't really whine. It is cheap! 

I thought about splitting a table at a fair with a friend. I need to get more work in stock though, which with life right now, probably won't be realistic until the spring. 

Thanks for the ideas - keep them coming! 

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your charity! 

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On Tue, 11/29/11, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jeannie
To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons" <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 6:16 PM

Hi Heather, try out the internet. I heard places like Ebay are a good market. State and local fairs are another great way to either show off your work or sell it down the road. Art festables are a great place to show off your work so that you can get a sense of how it will do in the market. They are just some ideas that I got since I worked in the Oregon State Fair and heard about the internet and got a rag rug displayed in a place that normally shows off art instead of crafts this year. I hope that they are a help to you! 
Kendra Schaber 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Heather Kirkwood 
To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jeannie

I'm also very interested in hearing about how others market or sell their work. Part of my trouble is I never have much in stock at any given time. But, should I manage to build up something, I'd love to find a way to do something constructive with it. I have hung some of my work at local coffee shops, but it never really sells. I thought maybe it was me, but when I spoke to others who have used the same venues, it seems like they also haven't had much luck. At least the artwork isn't just sitting under my bed though! Grin! 

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your charity! 

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

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From: Jeannie Nylander <jeannien at centurytel.net>
Subject: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jeannie
To: artists-making-art at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 12:31 PM

Hi fellow Artists,
My name is Jeannie, I am a totally blind artist who is trying to find new ways of creating my art. I love working in clay and did love to paint until a year and a half ago when I had to have my eyes removed. Still healing and wanting to find new and exciting ways to share ideas and be able to talk with other artists.
I just turn 50, I have been married 30 years, have 2 kids and 3 grand kids who I call my grandflowers, because their names are Lily, Violet and Magnolia. I am from Lacrosse WI. 
Nice to meet you all.
Sincerely
Jeannie Nylander
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