Sculpture as a Business

Alan Bamberger's ArtBusiness.Com provides complete art business information for artists, art collectors and fine arts professionals. We offer expert advice and consultation on buying, selling, and appraising fine art and consult on all aspects of the art business, including fine art marketing and collection development. We provide art book services and post a selection of current art business articles. For artists at all stages in their careers, Artbusiness.com custom designs integrated strategies for marketing, promotion, public relations, website construction, internet selling, and career development. Articles for Artists, Articles for Collectors, Reference Books & BookReviews, Services.

Art Marketing Workshops We are a group of art marketing consultants, artists, lawyers, agents, writers plus a slew of other talented and dedicated instructors who realize that the artists, craftspeople, photographers and creative people of the world need assistance and help in learning how to better market their products and sell themselves and their talents in today's crowded art marketplace. We offer monthly classes and workshops on a variety of marketing topics. Each class starts the first Monday of the month. Cost is $65 for four weeks of instruction and is conducted via a closed e-mail loop.  Contact: Geoffrey Gorman or Sue Viders or call Sue at 1-800-999-7013. [Oriented toward 2D art, but many good ideas.]

• Art Marketing Workshops are a service of ArtNetwork - "We teach fine artists how to make money, mailing lists for marketing art, books, newsletters"

Chris Maher's Articles: Selling Your Art Online and Maher's Practical Guide to Promoting Your Web Site are good guides to doing business on the internet.

Art Business Magazine: is a magazine and virtual community for visual art professionals. It covers Art Business Services, Culture, Art, Marketing, Sales, Art History, Economics. and more! The Magazine has an open submissions policy. All articles copyright their respective authors who may be reached through Art Business Magazine. Check out their Art Business Bank where I suggest you look at Accounting and Business Practices, Art Business Stories by and about Visual Artists, and Selling Art. This is an excellent resource. Heather Fraser is the Managing Editor.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. EM: "I am a writer who helps artists develop their artist statements. I work with individuals as well as offer a workshop, "Writing the Artist Statement: Revealing the True Spirit of Your Work."   I also write articles for newsletters and magazines regarding the artist statement.   Upcoming work will appear in Ceramic Monthly, Clay Times and the Surface Design Newsletter. Contact goodwin@javanet.com   PH: 413-659-3307"

Caroll Michels - Career Coach and Artist Advocate "Welcome to the Web site of Caroll Michels, a career coach, artist advocate, and author of How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist, Selling Yourself without Selling your Soul In addition to providing information about services and resources, excerpts from her book are presented on this Web site. Contact:   Caroll Michels, Hampton, NY, carollmich@aol.com." Take a look at Resources for Artists and Career Consultations

• Artist Help Network a free information service designed to help artists take control of their careers. The network assists artists in locating information, resources, guidance, and advice on a comprehensive range of career-related topics. The network focuses primarily on subjects of interest to fine artists. People working in the applied arts, arts administration, and arts-related fields will also find this site useful.  The site is divided into seven general categories: Career - Exhibitions, Commissions & Sales - Money - Presentation Tools - Legal - Creature Comforts - and Other Resources.

D'Art - D'art offers art experts and collectors a special range of bronze sculptures and paintings. In taking over responsibility marketing, advertising and PR , the company enables the artist to concentrate fully on the full development of his talents and the implementation of his ideas. [Stuttgart]