Friday, July 11, 2008

Rewarding Tips for Promoting Your Art

Promoting a work of art is not an easy process as one might consider. It is a crucial one. There are various factors that can mean the difference between accepting or rejecting your work from an art event. However, if you consider some of the effective steps in formatting an art portfolio it maximizes the chance of noticing your work.

The artists must have fundamental concepts about the events or gallery. They should have proper information about the theme of the fairs. Artists have to submit work that is related to the theme of the event or it is a wasted of your time and also of the curators. Every art festival provides instructions and terms related to submission of work. So, it is always mandatory and helpful to read and follow the specific rules. If you intend not to abide the mentioned conditions then strong chances exist of declining the work. Many renowned galleries have adopted the online art portfolio with the objective of creating interest among the young artist and students.

The art portfolio should reflect professionalism. To give a professional look weave subject matter those are vital in a concise and rational manner. Artist should try to avoid circumstances or topic that might create confusions on the judge or audience mind. A detailed cover letter describing yourself as an artist and the subject matter might be indeed helpful. Such heading helps to evaluate the mind and the skill of putting the ideas on a paper. Art portfolios reflect the artist vision.

Another worthwhile step of promoting your art portfolio is by creating a web site. The website empowers the work of the artist to reach innumerable number of art lovers. On the website you can create your own blog where you can highlight the work and impart information and express the ideas.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Reflecting Artist’s Vision

Art portfolio can make an artist taste huge success and also acts a vital means of expressing his art skills. It reflects the artist’s vision and observation skills. An artist’s technical and artistic skills can be well judged from the portfolio and the manner he presents his work. An art portfolio should always carry an objective and easily captivate the thoughts of the people.

While formatting an art portfolio, one should always take certain points into consideration. The artist should weave subjects carrying vital information and topics so that it creates the right impression. The works should be expressive and retain a style that is distinctly genuine of the artist’s own. They should be properly organised which requires passion and individual efforts. The work should avoid topics that might create confusions and vagueness. In appendage, artist should ensure that the paintings are clean and well dried before enfolding them in the portfolio. The work might represent independent projects, school assignments or even selected work of renowned persons. In a portfolio, an artist can exhibit works of different medium, for instance: watercolours, pastels, photographs or oil paintings.

The new technology empowers artist to execute art portfolio in a better and systematic manner. Using the simple administration panel, any person who are inclined towards art can create unlimited galleries and upload numerous favourite images. They can send the art links or email them as e-cards to their friends. New functionality has also been implemented into editing art portfolios so that persons can drag and drop in a hassle-free manner.

Some of the renowned art galleries have adopted the online art portfolio with the interest to boost and promote talents among students. The institutions encourages the talent of young and promising artist by conducting regular competitions and generating prizes that are worthy for their careers. The portfolios are also an attempt to inspire the new generation towards art.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Art Portfolio

The Saatchi Gallery online portfolio is a special resource provided to schools at the primary and high levels that are interested in boosting the confidence and promoting the talents of their artistically inclined students. The art teacher or the school’s artistic representative is given the opportunity to create detailed profiles for their schools and thereby to promote the artistic endeavours of the school as evidence of the school’s diverse educational curriculum. Along with the school’s profile, the portfolio allows institution representatives to call attention to the work of its talented students by uploading samples of these works along with biographical profiles of the students responsible for the pieces. The institutions are also encouraged to upload notices and descriptions of upcoming and past artistic events that demonstrate the school’s commitment to the arts. The Saatchi Portfolio is therefore a strong marketing tool that promotes the educational institution on a grand artistic scale.

However, the Saatchi Gallery goes further to promote and encourage the talent of these young and promising artists. It puts on regular competitions that generate prizes of great value to the future career of these individuals. Winners and runners up are given cash for use in purchasing art supplies, including computers, to enhance their potential as artists. The winning schools are also given monetary compensation to be used to equip their art departments, making them more conducive to the learning and practice of art. The Saatchi portfolio resource is performed as a community service gesture whose purpose is to return benefits to the institutions that gave many successful artists support in the past. The Portfolio also exists to secure the future of art by encouraging the youth in artistic endeavours.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Saatchi Gallery presents the gallery portfolio, an online application through which students at the primary and the high school levels have the chance to display their work in an environment that will grant them the exposure they need to encourage future artistic endeavours. With this application, teachers or other representatives of the school create a profile for their respective institutions, and these profiles give the schools an opportunity to promote and attract visitors to their physical school premises or to their school’s own art website. Most importantly, the institution’s art department is featured via the presentation of the works of its most talented students.

The students works are uploaded along with student profiles and descriptions of the work itself. Descriptions of the school’s artistic achievements and events are also facilitated on their very own page. In addition, the Saatchi Gallery goes to great lengths to encourage these schools and their art students, through the regular hosting of competitions that grant monetary compensation. These rewards are used to equip the art departments of schools whose students show great promise in the visual and/or performing arts. The competitions also endow the winning and runner-up students with funds to facilitate their own artistic efforts.

The Saatchi Portfolio is a valuable resource that grants artistic exposure and benefits to these primary and secondary educational institutions and their students, and even gives some of these young individuals the chance to see their work on physical display at the Saatchi Gallery. Uploading the artwork of the students at your school could grant your department a significant boost in enrolment and student interest. Participating in the Portfolio aspect of Saatchi’s artistic outreach has favourable and tangible benefits that can place the young artistically inclined person on the right track toward a prosperous and fulfilling career in the visual arts.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Art Portfolios

An art portfolio reflects the artist's vision and represents his or her technical and artistic skills. The artist's understanding of the technical aspects as well as the business and the seriousness of art are judged through the portfolio.

At Saatchi Gallery all Primary and Secondary schools are now able to create school profiles and display artwork created by all pupils between 4-18 years old. The portfolio of an artist plays an essential role in deciding the success of the artist and evaluating the business. An impressive art portfolio can ensure the acceptance by renowned art colleges and win scholarships for the artist.

The Portfolio Schools Prize has also been launched, and is open to all schools around the world. A panel of art critics will choose their favourite works each year. A first prize of £10,000 will be awarded to the winning school’s art department. A further £2000 will be given to the winning pupil to be spent on computer and art equipment. There will be two runner-up prizes of £5000 each awarded to the second and third place schools with a further £1000 to each of the winning pupils.

Apart from maintaining diversity to ensure the right impression, art portfolios must be clear and properly organized. The artist should ensure that the paintings are well dried, before including them in the portfolio. They need to be labeled properly, including the name and address of the artist.