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Sunday 25 May 2014

Guidelines For Fundraising Art Auctions

By Minnie Whitley


Art auctions are a good way for people to raise money and for bidders to get quality art at reasonable prices. The following are some pointers that assist people when holding fundraising art auctions for the event to be successful regardless of whether they are buying, selling or donating. There are different tips for the bidders and the artists.

Career wise, the most favorable fundraisers for donations are those that attract the members of visual arts communities. This could be a great way for the artists to get their names known by dozens to thousands of people who like, support and collect art. Artists are advised to donate to fundraisers only when the auction is established and they strongly understand the goals of the organization. They should not donate because they are promised career related benefits. They ought to focus on donating to events that specialize in art only and not those with mixed merchandise.

The artists are advised to always make sure they research about the organizers so as to learn all they need to know about them and find out if they are valid. The factors they should look at are things such as their previous events and also get a list of artists who have donated to them before.

Before they donate, the artists should get information from the organizers of the event on what kinds of art they want. The organization will provide them with catalogs and websites where they can get information about their past auctions so that they can find out for themselves. They should make an effort to donate a good piece of art not an outdated piece if they want their donation to reflect well on their generosity and also if the fundraiser is for a good course.

There are also some guidelines that the bidders should have in mind before they attend the fundraising events. They can take the events as a goo d opportunity to get to meet new artists who are also talented. To accomplish this, they should make sure they examine all the pieces available. They can also be given list of the artists available and their work so that they offer wisely. This is better as opposed to having the assumption that all pieces are at a giveaway price.

Many artists take these events as a way of getting rid of the art they do not treasure therefore the bidders should examine them before buying. In this way they are able to save themselves from money wastage by purchasing pieces that no one likes at all.

Because these events are organized to help people, they should make an effort to be generous in terms of the prices they offer. It will be good if they spend extra money for a good course. They should also take these events as opportunities to get to learn a lot of new information about art.

The organizers of the event also have a lot of factors that they ought to consider when planning this event like the kind of display of the pieces of art, the amount of space depending in the number of guests expected, making sure information of the art is easily accessible by the bidders and many other things.




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