Have you ever wanted to become a well-known artist, quit your nine to five job and only do art? Would you like your artworks known about and purchased by many?
To achieve artistic success requires that you attract attention. If you don't put your work out there and make it noticeable, no one will know that they should buy it. It may seem difficult, but in the rest of the article we will discuss some easy ways to make your work known. You can also help other talented folks and your community.
The background data that you need to pull off this project is the fact that whenever artists go into an area and create, the area stops its dwindling spiral and goes uphill. For examples, many an area in Los Angeles has gone downhill, buildings vacated and boarded up but when artists go into the area, the buildings get bought, repaired and the commerce of the area flourishes. One such place is the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. It started as a very bad area to be in, the area was in complete ruins and has only been in existence for ten years - it is now famous, beautiful, safe, well-known and it prospers.
Take a look in your own area - there are probably many vacant structures due to the recession. Now use your imagination and mock up artists working in those empty spaces. What better use could there be for those unused rooms and buildings?
The project that follows has been tried and found to work. It's practically free to start. This project will help you succeed in your artistic endeavors, create success for your fellow artists and help your local community flourish, too.
Here's how to do it:
1. Find local talented folks to help you with the project. Look for painters, poets, musicians, singers, performers, fine crafters, etc.
You can find other artists many ways - free classified ads on craigslist.com or kijiji.com will work. Search the internet for other free classified ad sites. Put your zip code in the ad, so it stays in your area.
Make some fliers to distribute house to house in your neighborhood.
Put the flyers in the local businesses.
Ask people you know for any other artists they may know. You can knock on doors - go to your neighbors, even the ones you do not know well.
2. After you have figured out whom you will work with, you need to make a presentation pack. It's not a fancy pack.
At an office supply store you can buy white glossy paper (about $10), clear plastic sheet covers (100 for about $11) and a presentation binder ($2-$5).
For every creative person, create a presentation sheet that has a picture of the artist and his/her artworks, a brief bio, comments and contact info. Put it together in your presentation pack.
3. Next locate vacant buildings in your neighborhood and find someone to be the salesperson. The artists will create in the empty building and the salesperson will be selling the artworks.
You are going to pay the salesperson a percentage of sales, with bonuses for selling over a certain amount per week or per month. To find the sales person, you can ask friends, family, neighbors - someone in need of work will pop up. You assign the salesperson to get a business license from the city and a tax license from the state. Sometimes these licenses are free; sometimes they require a fee, depending on where you are.
Once you find a space to use, get the realtor or owners contact information along with the address of the building.
4. The next step is to call the owner or Realtor and set up a date and time to do a presentation. You could mention that you and a group of artists have an interest in getting the building leased.
5. Spotlight your presentation on the profits to the proprietor/real estate agent. Use these guidelines:
The way to get the building leased fast is to get artists into the area to create there because each time that artists go into an area, the commerce picks up, buildings get leased or sold and the community flourishes. It has been proven to work time and again.
If you need to, mention the artists project in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District where a group of artists raised the living standards and made a large area flourish.
Let the Realtor/owner see the presentation pack, to become familiar with the artists involved.
6. If the owner/agent requires insurance in order to let artists work in the area, contact a local alternative school or charity and have them join up with you. They will have the appropriate insurance.
7. Make some signs and get them out.
"Artists at Work" or "Artists Ahead" on large signs with arrows will attract attention. Put some balloons on them to make them stand out more. You can make these signs in bright colors on plywood, poster board or on A-frames and put them on either side of the street about beginning at about 50 yards from the building and getting closer. Attach the signs to posts with bungee cords.
8. Create art.
In the space that you procure, bring completed artworks for the salesperson to sell, then set up a space to create. The artists only need to be concerned with creating, the salesperson with selling. One art form helps to inspire another one, so there will be no lack of inspiration and a beautiful energy will be created that will get attention and sales.
9. Continue in spite of all.
You will get noticed and sales will follow, as long as you don't quit! Persistence will pay off. You may not have sales the first hour or first day, but if you continue, you will succeed.
10. Do promotion that will get you noticed in your area.
Colorful flyers distributed to local businesses will help.
Invite galleries, newspapers, radio stations, and gift shops to visit.
Write a press release and distribute it. http://help-2-succeed,com/blog/index/php/press-release-tips-aamp-generator tells you how to write a press release. http://help-2-succeed.com/blog/index/php/press-release-distribution-services tells you how to get the press release distributed.
Announce that on social media sites that you and a bunch of creative people are making art. Use sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Be sure to include when and where. Write additional posts about individual artworks, what inspires you, etc.
If creative people stop by, invite the artists to join you.
You will see the area around you start to come uphill and even begin to flourish, but you must continue to create and persist with your project. Do whatever you can to attract attention - the more attention, the more success.
It's not a problem if the Realtor/owner leases the space you are in. You can help the new owner generate more business by creating in that space, so have the former owner tell them how good you've been for the community.
Help other artists and areas create and thrive by continuing to pass around this article. It is a free project.
To achieve artistic success requires that you attract attention. If you don't put your work out there and make it noticeable, no one will know that they should buy it. It may seem difficult, but in the rest of the article we will discuss some easy ways to make your work known. You can also help other talented folks and your community.
The background data that you need to pull off this project is the fact that whenever artists go into an area and create, the area stops its dwindling spiral and goes uphill. For examples, many an area in Los Angeles has gone downhill, buildings vacated and boarded up but when artists go into the area, the buildings get bought, repaired and the commerce of the area flourishes. One such place is the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. It started as a very bad area to be in, the area was in complete ruins and has only been in existence for ten years - it is now famous, beautiful, safe, well-known and it prospers.
Take a look in your own area - there are probably many vacant structures due to the recession. Now use your imagination and mock up artists working in those empty spaces. What better use could there be for those unused rooms and buildings?
The project that follows has been tried and found to work. It's practically free to start. This project will help you succeed in your artistic endeavors, create success for your fellow artists and help your local community flourish, too.
Here's how to do it:
1. Find local talented folks to help you with the project. Look for painters, poets, musicians, singers, performers, fine crafters, etc.
You can find other artists many ways - free classified ads on craigslist.com or kijiji.com will work. Search the internet for other free classified ad sites. Put your zip code in the ad, so it stays in your area.
Make some fliers to distribute house to house in your neighborhood.
Put the flyers in the local businesses.
Ask people you know for any other artists they may know. You can knock on doors - go to your neighbors, even the ones you do not know well.
2. After you have figured out whom you will work with, you need to make a presentation pack. It's not a fancy pack.
At an office supply store you can buy white glossy paper (about $10), clear plastic sheet covers (100 for about $11) and a presentation binder ($2-$5).
For every creative person, create a presentation sheet that has a picture of the artist and his/her artworks, a brief bio, comments and contact info. Put it together in your presentation pack.
3. Next locate vacant buildings in your neighborhood and find someone to be the salesperson. The artists will create in the empty building and the salesperson will be selling the artworks.
You are going to pay the salesperson a percentage of sales, with bonuses for selling over a certain amount per week or per month. To find the sales person, you can ask friends, family, neighbors - someone in need of work will pop up. You assign the salesperson to get a business license from the city and a tax license from the state. Sometimes these licenses are free; sometimes they require a fee, depending on where you are.
Once you find a space to use, get the realtor or owners contact information along with the address of the building.
4. The next step is to call the owner or Realtor and set up a date and time to do a presentation. You could mention that you and a group of artists have an interest in getting the building leased.
5. Spotlight your presentation on the profits to the proprietor/real estate agent. Use these guidelines:
The way to get the building leased fast is to get artists into the area to create there because each time that artists go into an area, the commerce picks up, buildings get leased or sold and the community flourishes. It has been proven to work time and again.
If you need to, mention the artists project in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District where a group of artists raised the living standards and made a large area flourish.
Let the Realtor/owner see the presentation pack, to become familiar with the artists involved.
6. If the owner/agent requires insurance in order to let artists work in the area, contact a local alternative school or charity and have them join up with you. They will have the appropriate insurance.
7. Make some signs and get them out.
"Artists at Work" or "Artists Ahead" on large signs with arrows will attract attention. Put some balloons on them to make them stand out more. You can make these signs in bright colors on plywood, poster board or on A-frames and put them on either side of the street about beginning at about 50 yards from the building and getting closer. Attach the signs to posts with bungee cords.
8. Create art.
In the space that you procure, bring completed artworks for the salesperson to sell, then set up a space to create. The artists only need to be concerned with creating, the salesperson with selling. One art form helps to inspire another one, so there will be no lack of inspiration and a beautiful energy will be created that will get attention and sales.
9. Continue in spite of all.
You will get noticed and sales will follow, as long as you don't quit! Persistence will pay off. You may not have sales the first hour or first day, but if you continue, you will succeed.
10. Do promotion that will get you noticed in your area.
Colorful flyers distributed to local businesses will help.
Invite galleries, newspapers, radio stations, and gift shops to visit.
Write a press release and distribute it. http://help-2-succeed,com/blog/index/php/press-release-tips-aamp-generator tells you how to write a press release. http://help-2-succeed.com/blog/index/php/press-release-distribution-services tells you how to get the press release distributed.
Announce that on social media sites that you and a bunch of creative people are making art. Use sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Be sure to include when and where. Write additional posts about individual artworks, what inspires you, etc.
If creative people stop by, invite the artists to join you.
You will see the area around you start to come uphill and even begin to flourish, but you must continue to create and persist with your project. Do whatever you can to attract attention - the more attention, the more success.
It's not a problem if the Realtor/owner leases the space you are in. You can help the new owner generate more business by creating in that space, so have the former owner tell them how good you've been for the community.
Help other artists and areas create and thrive by continuing to pass around this article. It is a free project.
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