Are you a Washington artist that is just starting to get into the business of selling your work? One of the first things that you should do is hire a Washington art lawyer to help represent your interests. It can be hard work getting a business set up to sell your art, especially if you really would prefer to be just making art and let someone else handle the selling of your art.
Here are five reasons you need a Washington art lawyer if you’re going to sell your work in Washington:
1. To protect your designs — If you are an artist that creates original work you need to copyright and in some cases patent your designs to protect them from being copied or stolen. A good Washington art lawyer can help you start the copyright process that you need to go through to fully protect your designs and your artwork.
2. To go after anyone that steals your designs — Usually all it takes to get someone to stop copying your designs if they have started copying your work or your images is a cease and desist letter from a good lawyer. If you have a good Washington art lawyer on retainer you can clear up any problems with people that are copying your work quickly and easily.
3. To help you sell your art — Many artists that deal in high end art have a lawyer that represents them for sales. This make the process of drawing up contracts and completing sales where lots of money changes hands go much more smoothly and it’s expected for high end artists to have their lawyers handle the details of selling the art.
4. To help you get set up to sell your art — If you are setting up a business to sell your art in Washington then a Washington art lawyer can help you fill out the paperwork that you need to file in order to get a seller’s license and complete your tax information so that you can legally sell your art. It’s important to take care of these things before you start to sell your art.
5. To produce legal contracts — If you are having a gallery or an agent sell your art on commission then you will need to have contracts in place that will specify how much of the final sale price you get, what happens to any artwork that doesn’t sell, and other details that come along with having someone else sell your work.
It’s always a good idea to have a Washington art lawyer look over or even draw up the contracts that you plan to use to make sure that the contracts are legally binding and are in your best interests as an artist.
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Five Reasons You Should Hire a Washington Art Lawyer
January 2nd, 2010Buy and Sell Art Online with The Art Project
December 18th, 2009About Us: The Art Project is based out of Vancouver, BC and was created by two guys with a passion for art and the World Wide Web. The Art Project has created an environment with the artist in mind. It is a space where artists can set their own price, submit art pieces that they choose, and control many aspects of their own content without the hassle of building their own site. The Art Project is also a place where artists are not paying high art gallery fees which in turn allows buyers to get the best possible deal on amazing art, and the artist are compensated for their talent. The Project: The Art Project is a project that will let the artist display their work to the world. To aid the Art Project with marketing and promotions, we have teamed up with online marketing experts Fogg Industries to give artists the greatest internet exposure possible. This project was developed by artists for artists and is a place where an artist can be in full control of their art by choosing which art pieces to display, as well as how much they wish to charge per piece. If you would like to sell art online at the The Art Project please see the submit section of our site. Or if you are looking to buy art online check us out too! Why Choose The Art Project? We have several unique programs: 1) Unique homepage gallery that features 3 artists per month. 2) Gallery Events 3) Partnership with Googles Picasa and Flickr. com for maximum online exposure Also – Over 30,000 website hits a month – The artist decides the price that their art is listed for – Great section for art collectors that want to sale their collections online – Two unique and flexible payment plans Either cheap monthly rates or 20% commission* on sold art – Partnerships with websites such as whole9, flickr. com, picasa. com, Artists in Canada, the Art Ads Network and Art in Canada guaranteeing maximum exposure – Amazing organic Google search rankings, many of our artists and collections are on the first page of Google! – Manually reviewed and updated ensuring that only high quality art is submitted onto the website. – Buyer pays the shipping so the artist does not need to worry about extra shipping fees – Easy submission and sign up – Updated blogging Thank you for using our site! *The 20% commission only applies to online sales, art displayed in gallery events are subject to high commissions based on the gallery.
