FAQ
Frequently asked questions regarding the Art Churn
- How long will the artwork be up?
- We hope three months or less. But base don the actual availability of new art, maybe more, maybe less.
- Why does the Lyceum take 75%?
- Our goal is to get an audience to see (and buy) art that, based on our
staff evaluations, is engaging to the general public and that the general
public might want to own. We believe that goal is met with the widest
variety of artists possible. We expect, at some point, to have 200 pieces
of work on display at the Lyceum. So far we have reviewed the work
(online) of about 300 artists. Of the ones we ask to participate we
expect we will personally visit 1/2 the studios. We also will be
continuously transitioning the art over the course of a year such that
there should be an entirely new exhibition each year.
That is a tremendous amount of legwork. There are no economies of
scale(as in an exhibit by one or two artists). In the end the process has
to have a chance of paying the cost for the employees to seek out the
artists, review the artists work, visit galleries, manage the arrival,
display and, we hope, sale of the art.
We think that we offer a pretty good deal in the long run. No artist is
required to make more than one piece of art available through us.
In fact, it is in your best interest that we only represent one piece at a time.
You have the greatest flexibility should the artist/artwork get some notice.
We set a price limit at $500 as our experience with other art/exhibits is
that the high prices that some artists place their artwork at supports our
belief that ther goals are not the same as ours... to have the art seen and
sold.
That being said, it is up to you, the individual artist, to ascertain if
it is worth it to you to have your work exhibited in a Brooklyn Gallery and
possible sold. The range of events we have (weddings, tours, film festivals,
theater, opera, dance, comedy) will exposethe artwork to a wider, albeit
less wealthy, audience than a SoHo exhibit.
If there is an already pent up demand for your artwork or if you have many
high profile exhibits coming up, you should probably decline. If not, we
hope you accept and that our working together gets this one piece sold
and some word of mouth for you the artist.
Remember, we don't care about any name recognition. We care about engaging
art no matter who the artist is.
