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Selling art on the New York Art Exchange

A selection of New York Art Exchange (NYAXE) shops:

www.nyaxe.com/jenevievehubbard

www.nyaxe.com/leeables

www.nyaxe.com/christophercousins

www.nyaxe.com/valentiART

www.nyaxe.com/Craig.Cheply

www.nyaxe.com/JohnWeerongabartoo

www.nyaxe.com/birgit.zartl

www.nyaxe.com/gradyzeeman

www.nyaxe.com/erichsen.espen

www.nyaxe.com/abhilasha

www.nyaxe.com/melissadickenson

www.nyaxe.com/janbollaert

www.nyaxe.com/michaelarnold

www.nyaxe.com/lauragreengold

www.nyaxe.com/gavingo

www.nyaxe.com/ericarmusik

www.nyaxe.com/milan.bobek

www.nyaxe.com/lucymckenna

www.nyaxe.com/maryleabradley

www.nyaxe.com/evgueniamen

www.nyaxe.com/sylvain

www.nyaxe.com/aeshakennedy

www.nyaxe.com/nataliarosenbaum

www.nyaxe.com/JoachimMarx

www.nyaxe.com/DJDiMaria

www.nyaxe.com/kull.christopher

London Calling: Myartspace Online Art Competition

myartspace is sponsoring a competition juried by a world class panel from The Tate Modern, The Hayward Gallery, and the Barbican Gallery all in London. Fifty finalists will be selected and three winners will have their work represented at the Scream London in June 2009. Located in the heart of the West London art district, Scream is just a moment away from Sotheby's, Cork St and the Royal Academy, and rubs shoulders with some of London's most established art galleries in the traditional hub of the capital's art market.

Scream is run by Tyrone Wood as curator. Scream is focused on contemporary art with the Scream Team developing a reputation as an innovative gallery. Scream has exhibited works by Robert Indiana, Matty Small, Ingrid Baars, Rene Ricard, David Montgomery, among other artists. Notable guests and patrons have included Tracey Emin, Claire Danes, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Beverly Knight, Meg Mathews, Ronnie Wood.

Competition Snapshot:

-Deadline for registration and submission is May 15, 2009.

-Competition is open to myartspace members. Membership is free.

-Registration fee is $50, but for early registration by March 31, 2009 the fee is $25.

-Jury panel includes Vanessa DesClaux from the Tate Modern, Tom Morton from the Hayward Gallery and Francesco Manacorda from the Barbican Gallery

-Fifty finalists will be selected and announced by the jury panel.

-Three winners will have their art represented at Scream Gallery London, in June 2009. Winners to be announced on May 31, 2009.

Summary:

myartspace, the premier online venue for the contemporary art world, is sponsoring a Juried competition. We want to represent three contemporary artists at a venue in London, England during June 2009.

The competition, like others from myartspace, will have world-class jurors reviewing the work of the submissions. Fifty finalists will be selected and three winners will have their work represented at the show.

Info about myartspace.com:

myartspace.com is a social art site for the art world. With over 50,000 members, and more than two years of history, myartspace has been a key force in the art industry at availing opportunity for its rapidly growing community. www.myartspace.com is free to join, and members can upload an unlimited amount of art work, music, video and audio narration.

Myartspace galleries can be embedded on other websites-- one goal of the site is to provide tools that artists can utilize in order to promote themselves online. Members can also utilize the New York Art Exchange (NYAXE)-- www.nyaxe.com is an eCommerce platform for buying and selling art online. New features are regularly implemented as the community continues to grow at an alarming rate.

myartspace.com provides art competitions involving jurors from the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and other prestigious institutions. The site also provides a free to enter art scholarship competition that is open to undergraduate and graduate art students throughout the world. The 2008 myartspace scholarship competition involved $16,000 in cash prizes. $8,000 was split between three undergraduate winners and another $8,000 was split between three graduate winners.

The site is home to one of the largest collections of online interviews with artists, art critics, gallerists, and other art world professionals-- with over 500 interviews with artists such as Michael Craig-Martin, James Rosenquist, Sylvia Sleigh, Sarah Maple, Christian Schumann, Julian Stanczak, Aidan Hughes, Thornton Willis, Mark Ryden, Susan Crile, Wafaa Bilal and many others.

For more information about London Calling visit, www.myartspace.com/londoncalling

Recent articles from the Myartspace Blog

At Heart Copyright Law is an Issue of Respect
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/at-heart-copyright-law-is-issue-of.html

Amir Normandi: Controversy or Misunderstanding?
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/amir-normandi-controversy-or.html

Sarah Maple: Controversy or Misunderstanding?
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/sarah-maple-controversy-or.html

Fight Night: Basquiat's The Boxer at Christie's
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/fight-night-basquiats-boxer-at.html

Avoid Pipe Dreams: Visual Artists need to take Advantage of Reality www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/avoid-pipe-dreams-visual-artists-need.html

eCommerce Can Work For Artists
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/ecommerce-can-work-for-artists.html

Will Natascha Stellmach smoke a joint containing Kurt Cobain's ashes?
www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/will-natascha-stellmach-smoke-joint.html

A collection of entries

A small collection of articles spanning the years I've maintained the Myartspace Blog. You can find my artist interviews at www.myartspace.com/interviews

Banksy hits New York and Opens Pet Store
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/banksy-hits-new-york.html

UK’s National Portrait Gallery wants Marc Quinn’s Blood…
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/uks-national-portrait-gallery-wants.html

Avoid Pipe Dreams: Visual Artists need to take Advantage of Reality
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/avoid-pipe-dreams-visual-artists-need.html

To Understand a Painting, You Need a Chair by Timothy Hawkesworth
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/10/art-space-opinions-to-understand.html

Serrano’s (not so) Humble Investigative Triumph
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/serranos-not-so-humble-investigative.html

The Bill Henson Controversy: Art or Child Porn?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/bill-henson-controversy-art-or-child.html

Art and the Internet: The Artists Are Here. When will Galleries Participate?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/art-and-internet-artists-are-here-when_27.html

Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/obamas-obedient-artist-is-shepard.html

Wim Delvoye is banned from exhibiting tattooed pigs in China
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/wim-delvoye-is-banned-from-exhibiting.html

The Influence of Anime on Art Development and Appreciation in the United States
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/influence-of-anime-on-art-development.html

The Artist Statement
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/my-art-advice-artist-statement.html

Jurors for Bridge Art Fair / Art Basel Miami
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/jurors-for-bridge-art-fair-art-basel.html

Public Knowledge and the Orphan Works Bill
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/08/art-space-opinions-public-knowledge-and.html

Imagine Fair Use
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/06/art-space-law-imagine-fair-use.html

Nonprofit Fiscal Sponsorship
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/04/art-space-law-nonprofit-fiscal.html

Ripped and Altered? What You Need to Know
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/04/art-space-law-ripped-and-altered-what.html

What you need to know about Copyright laws
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/03/art-space-law-with-gary-schuster-what.html

How do I market my art?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/03/my-art-advice-how-do-i-market-my-art.html

Should I send a gallery a link to my art or images of my art by email in order to be considered for gallery representation?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/02/my-art-advice-should-i-send-gallery.html

David Lee on Current Art Movements
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/11/art-space-opinions-david-lee-on-current.html

Controversial Sculpture of Pope is Pulled From Exhibit
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/07/art-space-news-controversial-sculpture.html

Is Banksy for the People?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/07/art-space-news-is-banksy-for-people.html

What is art?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/06/art-space-news-what-is-art.html

I'd Hate to Burst Your Bubble
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/06/art-space-news-id-hate-to-burst-your.html

The Splasher
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/05/art-space-news-splasher.html

Controversial Art: When Controversy becomes Cruelty- Artistic Expression is Chained
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/04/controversial-art-when-controversy.html

Controversial Art: Offensive art is simply a reflection of our inner condition.
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/04/controversial-art-art-that-is-offensive.html

Hype versus Talent: Which is more Important for Success in the Art World?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/12/hype-versus-talent-which-is-more.html

Be Your Own Rockstar: My Thoughts on the Need for Style Specialization
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/10/be-your-own-rockstar-my-thoughts-on.html

Does Wealth and Fame Cause Artists To Decline in Their Artistic Endeavors?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/10/does-wealth-and-fame-cause-artists-to.html

The Road Less Traveled: The Benefit and Pitfall of Creating Controversy. Buckle Up!
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/10/road-less-traveled-benefit-and-pitfall.html

Does Your Personality Sell Paintings?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/10/does-your-personality-sell-paintings.html

The Success of 'Celebrity' Painters: Merit or Fame.
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/10/success-of-celebrity-painters-merit-or.html


What Is Acceptable Art: A Question Every Artist Should Ask.
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-acceptable-art-question-every.html

The Material of Controversy: Is the worth of our art decided by the materials we use?
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2006/09/material-of-controversy-is-worth-of.html

More to come.

Yes, yes.

Scholarships & Art Basel

www.myartspace.com has created a scholarship program for students of artistic merit wishing to continue their education in an approved MFA, BFA or other higher level degree program (BA or BS in Art) for the arts. The scholarship is intended for students who exhibit exceptional artistic excellence. All mediums are accepted. Including, photography and video, both contemporary and traditional in nature. The scholarship arises from the commitment to supporting artists who are committed to their skill and development as an artist.

For two years myartspace has been a key figure in availing opportunity in the arts on the web and in global events. Myartspace is providing three scholarship prizes for undergraduate students and separately three scholarship prizes for graduate students. Creating an account on myartspace is free. Entering the scholarship competition is free.
The deadline for registration and online submission of work is November 21, 2008. You must upload your JPEGS/videos into a myartspace online gallery. Up to 20 images can be submitted for consideration. Scholarship winners will be announced on December 19, 2008.


First Prize:
$5000 for undergraduate student
$5000 for graduate student

Second Prize:
$2000 for undegraduate student
$2000 for graduate student

Third Prize:
$1000 for undergraduate student
$1000 for graduate student

For more information: www.myartspace.com/scholarships

www.myartspace.com has also launched a joint competition with the Bridge Art Fair. Finalists in the Art Basel Miami competition will display their art at the Bridge Art Fair art Art Basel in Miami this December. The Jury panel for the competition includes Elisabeth Sussman from the Whitney Museum, Janet Bishop from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), JoAnne Northrup from the San Jose Museum of Art, and Michael Workman the founder of the Bridge Art Fair.

For more information visit-- www.myartspace.com/miamibasel/