3 big reasons
to work with
a professional promoter
in the visual
arts:
1. You save time.
You’ve worked for
years to get your art to the point where it demands to be noticed. Now you
discover “the business of art” takes an equal amount of time to put into
motion. We can help you get set up quickly with professional documents to meet
a variety of needs. Once you have ready-to-go personalized and professional
documents, you are ready to fly. Once the foundation is created, you can build
on it yourself in the months and years ahead.
2. It feels good to have
the support.
Yes, you probably
have the skills to do some of this for yourself…just like you can fix the leaky
plumbing at the kitchen sink…but do you really want to? It will take you longer
and involve a certain amount of stress and struggle when all you really want to
be doing is working on your art in your studio. Leave plumbing to plumbers and
writing to writers. Leave press calls to promoters. Hire a professioanal and devote
more time to your creative pursuits.
3. You are worth it.
We have worked with
talented artists who are full of personality and comfortable with
self-promotion and others who are accomplished, recognized, and shy. ..All know
what they are doing and why and can talk about it among friends. All of them want
or need the next level of promotion beyond what they do for themselves. Bottomline:
They felt they owed it to themselves and their art.
You too are worth it.
Services at VisibilityBlast
include personalized artist consultation and critique; ghostwriting of artist
statements and all other artist documents; plus resources and how-to
information in affordable, informative, hands-on workshops. Our services
include options for galleries and art organizations to further promote art, art
events, and artists.
Professional
Services for Artists:
Note: Every
project is unique and there is room for variation of work performed and price based
on project specifications. This sheet is a working guideline.
Writing & Publishing Services
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Description
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Price
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Written in the first person, this is your statement about
your art not about you and, most importantly, about the direction of your
work. This document is meant to compel others to look at your work and is
often requested by art organizers as part of your admission process.
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$159
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Written about you (third person) and much like your resume
in paragraph form but less boring, your professional artist bio highlights
your top accomplishments usually with the most important at the top. It is
not a place to share everything you’ve ever done or go into your art
philosophy.
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$39
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About pages are an internet feature where your artist
statement and bio can come together. It should be about you and your art, and
usually this document is less formal than what you would use with a museum or gallery.
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$99
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We put together a coherent package of documents which
relate to each other and reveal you as artist, your work and its direction,
and have style and personality for your web presence.
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$249
(save
$48)
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Wouldn’t you love to have a friendly and knowledgeable art
critic review your work in writing for you to share with your colleagues and
associations, the local newspaper, and/or national magazines? We can
customize a review to address a single piece of art or a collection,
highlighting your distinctiveness as an artist and your goals.
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$249
base fee
for 300
words + 2-3
images.*
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Using a positive tone about you and your work, we create a
news article highlighting a recent achievement or upcoming exhibition to
increase your audience, entice buyers and collectors, and to gain the
attention of galleries and those whose business it is to acquire or display
art. Article is written in professional technical manner, 1 page in length,
and properly formatted for submission to publications. Artist supplies a
brief explanation of the focus of their news and complementary images in jpg
format.
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$249
base fee
for 300
words + 2-3
images.*
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We create a timely announcement along accepted
professional guidelines on your upcoming exhibition, latest award, or the
release of your new body of work. The release will highlight your goals and
achievements, explain the importance of your news, and direct readers to find
out more about your business or event. Sent on your behalf to 3 media
outlets.
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$199
base fee
for 300
words.*
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Would you like us to take the guesswork out of pitching
your newsworthy article or art review to local newspapers, art organizations,
books, or magazines? With this option, prepare the pitch which may include
cover letters and phone calls.We approach the appropriate editors of 3 news
sources and follow up.
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$129
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We prepare an art review of your work or an article about
your and your work and then we do the job of pitching it to 3 news media
outlets.
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$379
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When you are published on the web, the whole world can
find you with a search and the click of a button. Make yourself visible to
your network and anyone who seeks an art match with you. We are preparing a
website which will be a juried online publication dedicated to promoting the
talents of emerging artists. Under construction right now, this site will be
available to artists on a nationwide basis in the near future.
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TBD
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Home visit or handled remotely, we can set up your new
Blog. We’ll consult to arrive at the right tone and style. We write and design the all important
content for the visual interface which carries everything else.
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$159
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Incorporating images you provide in jpg format of your art,
or using images we find/create to compliment a newsworthy message about you
or your art, we provide you with a highly informative and visual electronic
document which you can send in email to family and friends or whomever is in
your database of important contacts. First we discuss the salient news
content, audience needs, and schedule for hitting mailboxes. Allow 3-5 days
for turnaround.
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$59 (basic)
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Building on your own written work, we edit for style,
tone, grammar, and content to take your document to the next level. You
provide an electronic copy of your work in a readable format and identify, if
possible, your goals for a revision, and we bring it to light.
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Based on size of project.
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Design Services
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Description
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Price
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Every art show you enter will require you to label your
art on the back with important contact information. Go beyond the business
card and paste on a custom label with your picture or a logo created from
your art. Identify your product clearly to your buyers…are they buying an
original, a giclee, or an art print? Enhances the real and perceived value of
your artwork with this option which gives you with a professional labeling template tailored to
your needs which you change for yourself with each project.
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$39
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A publicist will record moments of your art show for
future promotional opportunities and for marketing documents. We can arrange
for quality pictures to be taken at your events without incurring the costs
of a fulltime photographer. These photos can then be used in brochures and
other news articles.
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TBD
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Incorporating images you provide in jpg format of your, or
using images we find/create to compliment a newsworthy message about you or
your art, we provide you with a highly informative and visual electronic
document in whatever format you require –postcard, fliers, posters--which you
can send out or post as needed. (Note: Actual printing services are not
offered; images and digital preparation for you to use when printing your
materials with reputable, low cost vendors we can recommend.)
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Starting at $79
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Promotional Services
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Description
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Price
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We will pitch stories to local radio news, and invite
local television to events.
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TBD
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Here’s the truly fun part of publicity…creating that stunt
that gets everyone’s attention. Could be a video that goes viral or a partnership
with a local business or your city government.
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TBD
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Development Workshops
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Description
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Price
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3-hour Professional Workshop in which you will development
your Artist Statement, Artist Bio, and About Me. Bring what you’ve got as a
starting point, or start from scratch. Come ready to plunk down ideas and
shape them into compelling text that describes you and your art. You may not
complete these documents in class but you will have enough of a start that
you can complete the process with confidence at home. Unique to Angela’s
approach is a group critique wherein participants “respond” to the art of
other participants. This experience helps give birth to direction and
vocabulary as a basis for writing.
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$45 per person
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3-hour Professional Workshop which follows up the first
one. Bring the materials you’ve developed from the first workshop and we share
documents in small group and give feedback; we peer edit and take these
documents to near if not full completion. Most documents are a work in
progress, but this workshop gives you your foundation to build on into the
future.
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$45 per person
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Consultative Services
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Description
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Price
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Would you like professional assistance with laying out a
one year/ five year / ten year plan? Would you like to refine your goals and
make targets to reach them with the help of a marketing specialist? Need some
fresh ideas? Let us give you some useful outside perspective.
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$129 base
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Would you like a single piece of work, a series, or your
portfolio critiqued? Get a professional opinion on where your art stands and
where it might go. Refine your goals and direction by putting an assessment
into writing.
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$79
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Would you like to make connections with local
photographers and digital scanning and printing professionals who are tried
and true, provide excellent results at affordable prices, and will produce
excellent ancillary products to complement your originals? We can hook you
up.
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$39
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Are you ready to redo your website but want so thoughts on
how to improve your online presentation? Would you like to strengthen your
image, message, and interface and hear about affordable do-it-yourself
options?
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$79
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Professional
Services for Galleries & Art Organizations:
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Usually written from the
perspective of someone other than the artist, the statement details the
significance of the work, brief biographical information on the artist, and
specifics of the artworks displayed in the art catalog for exhibition. This
document considers the artist’s work in a broader art context and highlights
the distinctive merit of the work. This essay may be offered for publication
in newspapers, books, magazines, websites, and other materials.
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$249
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Using a positive tone about you and your work, we create a
news article highlighting a recent achievement or upcoming exhibition to
increase your audience, entice buyers and collectors, and to gain the
attention of galleries and those whose business it is to acquire or display
art. Article is written in professional technical manner, 1 page in length,
and properly formatted for submission to publications. Artist supplies a
brief explanation of the focus of their news and complementary images in jpg
format.
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$249
base fee
for 300
words + 2-3
images.*
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We create a timely announcement along accepted
professional guidelines on your upcoming exhibition, latest award, or the
release of your new body of work. The release will highlight your goals and
achievements, explain the importance of your news, and direct readers to find
out more about your business or event. Sent on your behalf to 3 media
outlets.
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$199
base fee
for 300
words.*
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Would you like us to take the guesswork out of pitching
your newsworthy article or art review to local newspapers, art organizations,
books, or magazines? With this option, prepare the pitch which may include
cover letters and phone calls.We approach the appropriate editors of 3 news
sources and follow up.
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$129
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We prepare an art review of your work or an article about
your and your work and then we do the job of pitching it to 3 news media
outlets.
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$379
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We consult on specialized
writing projects. We can assist with the development concept to completion.
We edit your articles and help supply necessary additional requested content
to spec.
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TBD
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