Rails End Gallery – Art For Life Festival, Haliburton Ontario 2008
Hot Tips for Collecting Art by Sandra Hawkins
Hot Tips for Collecting Art: based on Pricing Art: Factors to Consider from The Business of Art for Canadian Visual Artists, 3rd ed. 2005.
- Aesthetic preferences
- Consistency
- Reputation of artist’s work
- Date or period of work
- Size & Medium
- Quality of materials
- Environmental conditions required to protect work
- Authenticity
- Rarity
- Technical ability
- Aesthetic value
- Past sales and prices
- Collections
- Extent & type of artist’s exposure
- Purchase terms
The Business of Art for Canadian Visual Artists, Third Edition, c 2005. Available at Rails End Gallery. I wrote this textbook because my students and I needed an artist’s perspective that crossed commercial, non profit and public gallery sectors unique to Canada. While it references mandates of art organizations in Canada, it is not written from the perspective of any one of these organization’s mandate. The aim is to assist artists to identify and access the appropriate market place for their art; and to gain insights to the interconnections between their studio practice and the maze of players and mandates that comprise the visual arts industry in Canada.
Guest Speaker & Artist/Author Bio: Sandra Hawkins is an independent visual and media artist who teaches and writes on the business of visual art in Canada. She is author of the acclaimed text book, The Business of Art for Canadian Visual Artists used by artists, educators and cultural workers . She has taught arts administration at the University of Ottawa; business of visual art workshops at Algonquin College and Brookfield Highschool continuing education; at the Xi’ian Academy of Fine Arts and Institute of Technology in China; the Visual Arts Nova Scotia in Halifax, Sydney and Annapolis Royal; and many independently organized workshops held at the Ottawa Council for the Arts and the University of Ottawa. During the past ten years she has also been a guest speaker on the business of visual art at national and local conferences and artist association events. |