for anyone in need. This is a neighborhood outreach. All funding has been provided by her and the family. She recently has become incorporated and was issued an EIN number. She also is operating the outreach from her home. She has converted her ENTIRE home to the ministry. Her home is filled with the most beautiful, abstract and yet spiritually inspired artwork all thru out the premises, even the ceilings. She is not an artist, yet theses paintings were all done by her. They ARE art gallery worthy. My question is: any ideas on how she can use her incorporation/ein status to open her facility as a gallery to draw more income for the outreach? She's thinking of having it open to the public for walk thru's, but how to get started? How to advertise? How to solicit support? How many channels will she need to go through?
2007-07-20 21:05:26 · 4 answers · asked by Lishi 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Contact the media. You can call your local tv station or go on their website and email their anchors, esp. those that do on location types of things. Write them a consice letter that gets the point across - make it as interesting and community oriented as you can.
Make press releases and find all of the individuals that handle art events in the local publications. These are posted in the art sections of many local newspapers and magazines. You may have to get these out early to the publications that come out monthly. They have to get their info pretty early on in the previous month before publication.
Make fliers for the shops in your area to post on the doors, esp. coffee shops, bookstores, and cafes. See if you can get people to donate to the event in exchange for publicity. So maybe the local print shop can donate the cost of printing the fliers. If she is a not for profit, they can get a tax write-off.
Those are some things she can try that won't cost much.
2007-07-20 21:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by anonevyl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Puppy is right. Your story has contradictions and I don't feel that you're really looking for answers so much you are looking to proclaim and champion your mother's wonderful artistic abilities and her great humanitarian heart.
While I admire her and what she's doing I think you pretty much already know what needs to be done to help her sell her art.
As to an answer to your 'questions' : You already have most of what you need in place. You have an established network to use right now, people who know people who can help you out, who can provide the exact advice and help you're asking us about and, more importantly, you have a strong case to interest local and regional (and perhaps national) newspapers and television stations in her story and art as a public service story and a human interest story.
Getting publicity for your mon and her art should be easy. All it would take, on your part, is a few phone calls to your local newspaper and television stations. Once she has the exposure her paintings will sell quickly.
2007-07-21 12:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't get it. Your story is full of contradictions.
1) If you paint (specially if it is any good) you are an artist. No ifs buts or maybes.
2) You need a network of people...but there already is one. Use it!
3) Her home? Not your home?
If the place where you live is of any size there will be a gallery. Go there and tell this story. It will take flight from there.
2007-07-21 08:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jeez Dr Watson.......you don't listen.
A doctor really should listen........
the asker didn't say her moms paintings are for sale.....how can one sell a ceiling or wall?
....she asked about a walk thru for an exhibit.......
goodness,I hope no-one describes their cancer symptoms to you....you'll probably check their teeth and give 'em a starburst.
2007-07-21 21:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by still blessed 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋