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My first Open Studio Weekend 27th-28th August!

7/31/2011

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This month I will be having an open studio weekend to attempt to sell some of my art, because not having a gallery close by/venue does make it difficult to sell work (apart from my smaller pieces which I sell on Etsy.) So I thought I would share the journey. 

First things first! 
I have three weeks to get things organized. I have enough art, I just need to sort it all out and get the word out. I think the sooner I get the event advertised the better, so this week I am going to get the promotional aspect sorted and ready to go next week, if not sooner.

My to do list looks something like this:
  1. Design posters advertising the event to be posted around shopping centre/art venues and coffee shops.
  2. Create an online gallery of artworks for sale (so that people can reserve artworks.)
  3. Create a Facebook Events page advertising the open studio weekend.
  4. Contact all of my art contacts in Haugesund asking them to help me promote the weekend.
  5. Organize a debit/credit card terminal for transactions.
  6. Organize some nibblies and drinks.
  7. Rope in friends to help me run the day, as I would like to do a live painting demonstration.

My to do list for this week is:
  1. Organise, design and print posters advertising the event.
  2. Create an online gallery of works for sale.
  3. Create a facebook event's page.


Wish me luck! 



6 Comments
Palma link
7/31/2011 05:03:30 pm

Wishing you the best of luck :)

Sounds very exciting and well planned. When I see the links I'll help spread the word ;)

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Mary
7/31/2011 07:38:41 pm

Well, of course I wish you lots of luck. Might be an idea to make the dates on your home page match the ones on the sale page - unless of course you are having four days (not two) open? Hope it will be lots of fun and that you sell lots of work!

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IN-grid
8/1/2011 03:11:23 pm

hopefully there will be so many people coming that it creats a positive chaos ;-) wish you succes and above all lot of fun!

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Lee link
8/1/2011 04:55:27 pm

I will do what I can to spread the word blog-wise,wish you many sales and lots of dosh.
Lee

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Rhonda McDuffie
8/1/2011 08:21:04 pm

Very happy for you Gary - wishing you lots of luck and hope there will be some videos of the event.

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Mary B
8/1/2011 11:19:59 pm

What a fantastic idea, it will be great to show people your art in the setting where you create it. I guess there is no pretending that I'm not jealous. I can't wait for you to tell us all about it after the event.

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