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An Art Exhibition Checklist for Artists

11/12/2018

NEW PAGE: Checklists for artists wanting to submit art to juried exhibitions

My Art Exhibition Checklist - for Artists entering juried and open art exhibitions are now published in an enhanced format - as a NEW PAGE - on my Art Business Info. for Artists website.

You can find it in the SELL ART section.
See https://www.artbusinessinfo.com/art-exhibition-checklist-for-artists.html

It covers:
ART COMPETITIONS

Art competitions and Juried Open Exhibitions
what gets Noticed and Selected

CHECKLISTS

What to think about BEFORE and AFTER entering a juried exhibition CHECKLIST - including questions to ask sponsors
The "EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER" CHECKLIST for submitting art to an Exhibition

If you're new to submitting artwork to juried exhibitions you tend to find out all the things you "need to know" the hard way - through error and omission!

Friends will provide their own tips - but very few have ever written down their own checklists.

Many years ago I started to enter my artworks for juried art exhibitions.
Back in February 2013 I decided to write down my own art exhibition checklist and publish it as a blog post - mainly because every time I did a submission I used to forget one vital step! Guess what? I'd had yet another incident of forgetting to do something crucial!

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The things I have forgotten to do have included:

place your order for frames in good time - especially during the summer holiday period. I had one very expensive frame bill the time that one happened to me.
remove old labels from the back boards early if reusing frames to see - so you can acquire/reorder new ones if needed (saves rushing out to get more on the last day when you have the least time!)
make sure you have new blades to cut your mount BEFORE you start to cut
get the luggage label on a string - required for hanging over the front of the frame while on the wall - so label on the wall can be matched to the artwork - in good time (Do you know how difficult these are to get hold of or how much time it takes to find something to create a substitute?)
making sure I've got something big enough to carry the artwork on the Underground in London. (Now driving into London and marking is so difficult, kit to make sure you can transport artwork easily is essential.

There will be another checklist - for art exhibition organisers - coming along in the near future.

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Tax Tips for Artists - in the UK, USA, Ireland & Australia

6/12/2018

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Four brand NEW Tax Tips pages

The Tax Tips section of my website now have DEDICATED COUNTRY PAGES for tax tips relevant to each of the countries covered

Tax Tips for Artists - Dedicated Country Pages for UK, USA, Ireland and Australia

These pages are:

UK: Tax for Artists - including links to formal advice from HM Revenue & Customs in the UK
VAT for Artists - relevant to the UK and for trading in and selling to Europe
USA: Tax for Artists - including links to formal advice from the IRS in the USA.
Ireland: Tax for Artists
Australia: Tax for Artists - including relevant links to the Australian taxation Office

In other words, although some tax tips are generic, the way in which each country deals with tax can vary - and hence it seemed more appropriate to
These are all pages which are a work in progress and I will continue to add information them as I come across it and/or issues arise from topical issues online (the latest being tax on the prizes that artists receive - which I'm currently investigating!)

A cautionary note

PLEASE NOTE: Any advice provided comes with absolutely no liability whatsoever. My advice is neither definitive nor professional. Given the size and scope of this site I do NOT warrant that:

any information is complete and/or professional
all links lead to the most current and up to date information

The reason for this is I am not doing this professionally. As with all the content on this website, the law and regulations change all the time and it's very easy to get out of date if you are not doing it full-time.

YOU are in charge of your tax affairs. I RECOMMEND you pay a properly accredited professional for accountancy or tax advice IF:

your monetary or tax affairs are complicated
you have a specific query which you can't find an answer to from official information that is available online.

Bottom line, I retired as a professionally qualified accountant when I retired. I know enough to know some of the important issues you need to address. However, these days I'm just doing my best to pull together 'pointers' to issues you may need to consider and some of the places online where you can maybe find the answers to any questions you may have.

Please do take a look at what is on this website.
Please do make sure you ask and pay a qualified professional for any detailed advice you need.

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Art Business Info: NEWS

An Art Exhibition Checklist for Artists

Tax Tips for Artists - in the UK, USA, Ireland & Australia

Four brand NEW Tax Tips pages

A cautionary note

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