Tell Us About It
Don’t tell anyone, but there is a whole world of art goings-on outside of Imagekind. Heck, one of own team members just had a smash of a gallery show exhibited this last month, and we all celebrated her closing on Friday. But you know what? Most of us didn’t even know about it until a few days before! OK, so we give in, tell everyone.
Self-promotion can take many forms, from wildly creative, to numbingly mundane - but all very necessary for success in a creative endeavor. Some artist shy away from self-promotion all together, running away from an artist’s ego, but it’s likely that most members selling on Imagekind already know it’s value. Someone once said that art has three requirements: intention, a moment in time, and an audience. Many have debated those contentious points, but it’s pretty hard to argue with that last one.
We’ve often wanted to feature more announcements from our members, but have received a surprising lack of notices, so we thought now might be a good time to put out the call again. Send us your events! Tell us about your gallery opening, your book being published, your coverage on the local news! If it’s interesting and about an Imagekind member or their work - we want it in our inbox, and we want it early! We’ll put together a collection every week or so (assuming we get some responses) and feature all the happenings right here in our blog. Just post our forum under “Member Artist Brags and Events”, or go ahead and send an email to care@imagekind.com and we’ll make sure it gets into the right hands!
But that’s not all, as long as you’re telling the world, don’t forget that your member profile is a great place to keep events updated. We have some truly amazing artist here at Imagekind, and we look forward to sharing more and more about them with the growing numbers of art fans that look toward us for something new!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:34 am
Dear ImageKind,
I’m just setting up my ImageKind profile and gallery (see my web link), but I wouldn’t bother trying to sell art ON-line if I wasn’t sure I could get plenty of OFF-line publicity.
The best source I know for information on becoming a publicity hound (instead of a media mutt) is at http://www.publicityhound.com/. With Joan Stewart’s advice, getting publicity for my day job (making spark plug wires) and my own charitable activities (fundraising for the MDA) is a lot of fun. The best thing for ImageKind gallery owners is that Joan offers a FREE press release course called, “89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases.” I love this course and recommend it highly to anyone selling fine art prints.
Yes, we often do our best creative work alone, but if you EVER leave the house, you might as well have a good time, spread some good cheer with your art and make a few bucks. If you visit the Publicity Hound, tell Joan hi for me and keep writing those press releases.
Rodney Robbins
Author and Artist
September 11th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
[...] We wanted to hear a little more about what are member artists are doing outside of Imagekind, so we put out the call a little while ago. We got a great response and hope everyone keeps it up! I’m sure there’s more busy artists with lots to tell, but we encourage you to take a look at those who jumped up and decided to share right away. [...]
September 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I will have my first show at the Canton Connecticut Gallery on the Green. The opening reception is open to the public on Saturday October 6, 2007 from 6p-9p. They gallery is open friday - sunday from 1p-5p. I have shown my work in this gallery for about 4 years and another gallery in Kent Connecticut. But this is my first show. If anyone is CT, please come to the show!