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Pricing artworks / Studios

Methods: hourly wage + material costs / fixed price per cm^2 / gallery representation / materials and size

Asking around – Geraint, Laura Porter, Jonathan, Fergus and other students –

Depends a lot on gallery representation, exhibition history, where you are selling the artwork, selling history, professional education, prizes won, reputation etc.

Pricing

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Artists´ Union England
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AUE RATES OF PAY GUIDELINES → https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AUE-RATES-OF-PAY-GUIDELINES-2020.pdf

AUE Studio Cecklist → https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/artist-studio-checklist-renting-a-studio-workspace/

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Arts Council England
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Founding → https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding-finder/grants-arts#:~:text=Grants for the Arts was,theatre%2C music to combined arts

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A-N, The Artists Information Company
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Pricing guidlines after graduation → https://static.a-n.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Guidance-on-fees-and-day-rates-for-visual-artists-2021.pdf

Professional Practice blog → https://www.a-n.co.uk/tag/professional-practice/

Exhibition guidelines and agreements: http://www.payingartists.org.uk/resources/support-materials/

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Articles
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2021, How to Price Your Art: https://www.artsupplies.co.uk/blog/how-to-price-your-art/

Cassart, How to Price Your Artwork: https://www.cassart.co.uk/blog/how-to-price-your-artwork.htm

2016, How to Price Your Artwork: A Beginner’s Guide: https://www.theartleague.org/blog/2016/05/20/how-to-price-your-artwork-a-beginners-guide/

 

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Art Fairs
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London Art Fair / Fair Art Fair / Gallery-tours
Pricing research (Gallery often takes 50 percent commission from the selling price)

Artist fees

Artquest: https://artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/calculating-a-fee/

Visual arts organisations which produce sector guidance on fees and payments
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Arts Development UK (AD:UK) www.artsdevelopmentuk.org

Artquest www.artquest.org.uk

Association of Illustrators www.theaoi.com

Creators Rights Alliance www.creatorsrights.org.uk

Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) www.dacs.org.uk

National Association for Fine Art Education www.nafae.org.uk

Pro Action: Visual Arts in Business www.pro-action.org.uk

Public Art Online www.publicartonline.org.uk  (now run by ixia ixia-info.com)

Visual Artists Ireland www.visualartists.ie

Unions which produce sector guidance on fees and payments:

Artists Union England www.artistsunionengland.org.uk

BECTU www.bectu.org.uk

Scottish Artists Union (SAU) www.sau.org.uk

University and College Union (UCU) www.ucu.org.uk

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Copyright and licensing → https://www.dacs.org.uk/for-artists/copyright-licensing​

Moodle Blog

online resources: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/1125510/course/section/390687/Online_Research_Resources(4).pdf

Studio finder
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https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=642473

https://london.artiststudiofinder.org/ / https://acme.org.uk/ https://www.wimbledonartstudios.co.uk/

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Artist-led spaces
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Database of artist-led spaces: https://archivesoftheartistled.org/ → Research and filter

Wandsworth: https://www.acava.org/studios/building/wandsworth-plain → Visit

Events: https://spacestudios.org.uk/

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First studio-application-selection
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Studio Voltaire (Clapham): https://www.studiovoltaire.org/studios/ → Apply

Bowarts Studio or Flat: https://bowarts.org/studios/apply-for-a-studio-or-flat → Apply

Artists Studio co.: https://ascstudios.co.uk/register/ → Register for newsletter

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