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Archive: Artist’s Cafe
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Hello everyone,
I am wondering if anyone has a standard contract they use with charities? Or any suggestions on what basic set up to use? 50/50 split? Or is there any standard split between both parties? I want to approach charities and use certain paintings for fund raising/auction but I want to approach with some sort of strategy. And help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Brad
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Hi Brad,
It’s not standard to approach charities with a contract. They will give you a receipt for the work but it ends there. Some charities do give the artist a portion of the sale but not all. Not most, in fact.
I hope that helps.
Crista
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Hello everyone,
I would like to share that I sold a painting the other day to a business client who will give it as a present to the Embassy of Finland. This is not very important but what I did was that together with the painting I attached a folder with the following info and photos in Bulgarian and English: Artists Statement, Information about my tree planting initiative, Information with values and functions of trees and forests, Certificate of Authenticity, Green certificate verifying that 30% of the sale price of the artwork goes for tree planting, 4 photos of the working process in my studio and a gift card.
The Marketing director who received it was very impressed 🙂
Here you can see some photos(not very good quality) of all the papers and info I did send: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-6zlSApIKhe0bDPa15C7lCnAS148UOUf
What do you think about it? I wonder if this is not too much…? Your thoughts very much appreciated!
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Hello Tzvetomir,
I’ve checked the images you’ve shared and In my opinion you had a great idea. I believe it is very interesting for a buyer to better know the artist behind the piece he/she bought. And It opens a communication channel too! I usually send a letter to buyers that buy my art without knowing me in person.
We are artists, emotions are very important for us and communication too, plus the buyer is buying a piece of our soul. It feels right to let him/her know what’s behind it!
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I recently posted more on my blog about recent work and shared this too with friends on Facebook. Here is the post 🙂
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Hello!
I’ve been a bit off the forum and the website working on new projects! I also have a lot of good news.
First of all I can’t stop thinking how my way of living as an artist changed after taking this masterclass. In less than one year I’ve accomplished a lot.
Thank you very much Crista and thank you to all of you for sharing your experiences!I will have my first solo exhibition in Rome, on spring with a curator that is moving her first steps in the Art World. It’s a bit scary for me to have a solo exhibition but I jumped in this adventure knowing I have some of the know how I needed. She is also introducing me to an art critic who owns a gallery in Rome, to have a chance to be part of a group exhibition on September. A lot of things are coming together with this first solo exhibition! I’m very excited.
I’m working on a lot of new and important projects and they are all connected by a very strong statement. And the statement came out of nowhere this summer and after that I made a lot of research and studies. I’m only worried about my choice of not publishing my new projects online for a while. I would like to show them to galleries first. To see if I can have a chance to be part of some exhibition before of publishing them on social media or my website. My worries are about the fact that I’ve no contents to share and my Instagram is falling apart. I’m trying to work on some little project I can share fast, but it’s very hard, because I can’t find the time to do it. I’ve also started to send my portfolio to advertising agencies to start working as a photographer (so I will have a third job!). I would like to have a 48h day and all the energies to do everything but I know that I’m asking too much. And I’m also afraid of what the stress and the pressure could do to my body.
What do you think about my choice? What are pro and cons in your opinion? Any advices?
Thanks <3
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