Topic: Business Considerations in Printmaking
Members of the [Baren] forum are also sharing
their experiences on this topic through contributions to these
'question and answer' sessions.
- Q&A Sessions: (in preparation)
- Q #1 - Should I
sell my art through middlemen like galleries or art shops,
or try doing it myself?
- Q #2 - Should prints be priced according
to what time and materials went into them, or according to
what you think they may sell for?
- Q #3 - Should
prints be sold matted or unmatted?
- Q #4 - Advertising
in art-related magazines - is it worth the expense?
- Q #5 - Is it
helpful or harmful to have postcards, letterheads,
reproduction prints, etc. made from your original
art?
- Q #6 - How do I go about getting media
exposure for my work?
- Q #7 - What kind of media exposure is
most valuable: art magazines, newspapers, general magazines,
radio, TV ...?
- Q #8 - I am
currently looking into the feasibility of producing an
instructional video on my art. What do you think?
- Q #9 - How can full
advantage be taken of advertising on the web?