Recently, I read a comment on Linked In from an artist who was shown a local church calendar that had been put together by people in her area using scans of work by different artists. None of the artists were mentioned by name, no source was mentioned for the artwork, and no copyright notices were […]
I’m always amazed when artists thank me effusively for responding to their art submissions, especially when I turn them down. They seem to be just so very glad that someone actually took the time to respond to them, because with most submissions they never ever hear back. Not a positive, not a negative, not a […]
A few years back, I was contacted by a very large American company that had seen an image by one of our artists, that they saw in an ad we had run in an art licensing publication. They were interested in seeing what else this artist had created, and in learning how they might go […]
Janet Stever’s charming “Snuggle in the Snow” image got total placement on the cover of Carson Industries’ 2011 Fall/Holiday catalog for flags, mailbox wraps, floor mats and related seasonal products. Click on the title to this posting to see the image. Can’t do better than the cover. Congratulations Janet! – – – – (c) Lance […]
Smart Retailer (formerly Country Business) is worthwhile following for anyone who is interested in licensing their artwork. I’ll tell you a bit about the magazine, and then tell you why it’s important. The magazine has been published for almost 20 years by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the sister publication to Country Sampler, a […]
Art licensing contracts come all sizes, shapes, formats and wording. Some have lots of fancy legal terms, while others may be poorly written or just too short to cover everything that should be covered in order to protect you and your rights. Here’s a checklist of 10 essential points that must be covered in each […]
An artist asked me today how you go about grabbing a client’s attention. She said that sometimes it seems like you have to have an inside connection in a company or it just doesn’t work. Good point, and so I’ve made it the subject of this article. Where exactly do you start? Sending artwork ‘cold’ […]
RSS Error: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GDANewsFeed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: Mismatched tag at line 86, column 8
RSS Error: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LicensingbizBlog is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: > required at line 17, column 13
RSS Error: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LicensingbizFeatures is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: Mismatched tag at line 2, column 140
RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: cURL error 56: Recv failure: Connection reset by peer
RSS Error: http://rss.artsusa.org/artsmarketing/NAMPRadio?format=xml is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: Not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1, column 1
RSS Error: https://www.techadvisor.com/en-us/feed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at line 5, column 769
© Copyright The Business Of Art Licensing. All Rights Reserved. BlogTheme by 
