tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post3177062666830065912..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: No, I Will Not Donate to Your AuctionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-71880224200608576122015-06-24T07:41:34.912-04:002015-06-24T07:41:34.912-04:00Joanne,
I couldn't agree more with your argum...Joanne, <br />I couldn't agree more with your arguments about not giving your art away. It's how you make a living.<br />I have been painting for about 20 years. I started after retiring from my very successful graphic design firm<br />here in NYC. So when I started it was going to be sort of a retirement pastime. However after a few years I started selling,<br />ran a few ads in AmericanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-39897801145264350232013-07-28T22:31:43.599-04:002013-07-28T22:31:43.599-04:00Thank you for this wonderful post! I love, love, l...Thank you for this wonderful post! I love, love, love your tips at the end for making a win/win situation for everyone. Was beginning to feel like a real heel for starting to say "no" so much, but I can't afford to give away mosaics that take four months to create and cost a fortune to make! If someone gets one of them for a bargain basement price at a charity event, why on earth Lynn Bevino Feltsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-83432502312834140182012-07-31T20:01:36.249-04:002012-07-31T20:01:36.249-04:00You didn't even mention the worst part! If the...You didn't even mention the worst part! If the winning bidder decides to show off your work to their friends, they'll brag about how little they paid for it. Any clients they send your way will be hoping for a similar bargain.Colleenhttp://starlit-sorceress.deviantart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-51894245593848392862010-06-02T05:18:20.602-04:002010-06-02T05:18:20.602-04:00I think that charity task should be supported but ...I think that charity task should be supported but not on the cost of respect. If someone is expert in some art than that is its own property and it depends upon him if he is interested or not in such act. Rather I have doubt that these funds are properly used. So accept my thanks for rising this topic.Penny Auction Onlinehttp://www.bidchargers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-15681980928978765932010-04-11T11:11:54.320-04:002010-04-11T11:11:54.320-04:00I am so glad to run across this blog. I've bee...I am so glad to run across this blog. I've been researching ways to say "No" because donation requests have had a sneaky way of creeping up on me over the last couple of years. Most recently, one was by a good friend of mine who is a director for a local non-profit. Most of these responses contain everything I have felt. I don't want to jeopardize our friendship, but I agree Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-66360533867135462872010-02-09T15:39:35.045-05:002010-02-09T15:39:35.045-05:00Hey, just sent you an email using my other address...Hey, just sent you an email using my other address. Sorry for the overlap. We had a "protest" here last weekend. The JB Speed museum held a "benefit" called the Louisville 27 -- anyway, they asked artists to anonymously donate 5"x7" "tastes" of their artwork -- and didn't differentiate between amateurs, professional, children, etc. Our protest involved Professor Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222415967435963497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-80800864740356937342010-02-09T14:42:25.331-05:002010-02-09T14:42:25.331-05:00Professor Deb,
Good point. If one is going to don...Professor Deb,<br /><br />Good point. If one is going to donate work, even a postcard, it's worth understanding what the context is. <br /><br />I was referring specifically to events in New York, which take place in galleries with postcards made by artists.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-30049453082123394892010-02-09T09:51:38.783-05:002010-02-09T09:51:38.783-05:00The problem with the Postcards to the Edge idea is...The problem with the Postcards to the Edge idea is that some museums ask children or hobbyists to donate works alongside professional, working artists. And some of us don't make 5"x7" works of art. I don't want to donate a work where I'm anonymous and shown with someone who makes art once a decade. It's a bit insulting. Anyway, if you're on FB, check out the page Professor Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222415967435963497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-30198617333709151292009-05-12T11:17:00.000-04:002009-05-12T11:17:00.000-04:00Thats depend on what the vision / purpose.Thats depend on what the vision / purpose.Donate a Carhttp://www.zone-car.com/?car-donations.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-20612897457090915692009-01-24T03:43:00.000-05:002009-01-24T03:43:00.000-05:00Thank you Joanne for speaking up. I do not partici...Thank you Joanne for speaking up. <BR/>I do not participate unless I receive at least 40% of the sale. Talk to your accountant but a fellow artist recently told me her accountant allowed her to deduct the value of the auctioned painting as advertising. Sounds iffy but it is better than the materials.Stephanie Sachshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377131627540380362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-4261115870062579242008-05-26T20:01:00.000-04:002008-05-26T20:01:00.000-04:00THAT is SOOOOO right!and you said it so well.somet...THAT is SOOOOO right!<BR/><BR/>and you said it so well.<BR/>sometimes i can not understand why the espect the poor artist all the time to give the art, the time and the material away for fee!<BR/><BR/>i like to donate for things, BUT i hate all this institutions to ask by th lower incoming people to give all this for 100, or better 200% for free...<BR/><BR/>and NOT ALL ARTIST HAVE enought. whats Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-82994077822214763402007-09-25T10:20:00.000-04:002007-09-25T10:20:00.000-04:00Just wanted to add: Institutions that ask for art...Just wanted to add: <BR/>Institutions that ask for artist donations should be turning instead to the wealthier practitioners in the communities and asking them to donate their services or goods for auction. Let the lawyers offer legal services, doctors offer medical care or, auto mechanics offer tune ups and oil changes,restaurants offer meals,hotels offer rooms, etc. etc. I think you get my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-75283355645262151992007-09-23T21:29:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:29:00.000-04:00Anonymous 6:53,Identify yourself and bask in the a...Anonymous 6:53,<BR/><BR/>Identify yourself and bask in the appreciation of a good idea. While it won't work so well for gallery-affiliated artists who can't be selling out of their studios(and note, "gallery-affiliated" doesn't mean "wealthy enough to give it away"), it does present a wonderful win/win for many emerging artists.<BR/><BR/>But where is the cutoff? How many times can you have peopleJoanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-79621457138296485452007-09-23T18:53:00.000-04:002007-09-23T18:53:00.000-04:00I came up with a solution a couple of years ago. ...I came up with a solution a couple of years ago. I offer a 'gift certificate' redeemable at my studio or at a show where my work is for a small amount -like $200- toward the purchase of a piece. Everybody gets something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-65830423312311927952007-09-20T22:30:00.000-04:002007-09-20T22:30:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing your widom and experience! I...Thank you for sharing your widom and experience! I have donated to some causes that I had been passionate about, but it does condition the audience to pay less than the fair market value. In fact, sometimes it doesn't even cover the cost of the materials to make the piece, let alone the time you spent making it.Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358261311454047999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-45968656242790662662007-09-18T14:14:00.000-04:002007-09-18T14:14:00.000-04:00And one more thought...Artists are part of the gen...And one more thought...<BR/><BR/>Artists are part of the general public too. Therefore some of them are no doubt affected by illnesses and disasters to name a few.<BR/><BR/>The romanticized notion that people sometimes have of artists either being extremely wealthy or alternatively starving is pretty two dimensional. <BR/><BR/>We're just people doing our best with what we have.Daphne Ennshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608993158840843002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-61022262624129578662007-09-18T14:06:00.000-04:002007-09-18T14:06:00.000-04:00An artist that I met this summer went to great len...An artist that I met this summer went to great lengths to explain why she no longer donated her work to auctions.<BR/><BR/>Much of what she said was the same as what you so clearly stated. <BR/><BR/>But what resonated with me the most was her saying that it was typically about "the poor supporting the poor".<BR/><BR/>Additionally, (and this is just my thought on it)if I spend more than two weeks Daphne Ennshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608993158840843002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-40180016861353094472007-09-18T05:40:00.000-04:002007-09-18T05:40:00.000-04:00Joanne Matter has a good point. It's hard for an a...Joanne Matter has a good point. It's hard for an artist concerned about where his or her next meal is coming from to think about charity and donating their work, but I imagine it's also hard for them to think about taxes and deductions. As for the artists who are surviving, I believe that donating work can help if the cause is right. I don't donate work every time I'm asked, but I do when I can, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677101595383139479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-50395763127204554812007-09-18T05:09:00.000-04:002007-09-18T05:09:00.000-04:00How are artist's who "barely earn enough to pay th...How are artist's who "barely earn enough to pay their bills," and "net a few thousand a year" able to write tax deductible checks to a charities. What are they deducting from exactly? They are able, I believe, to donate work, not to increase the acquisition fund of a museum, which would be an absurd cause, but to help a worthy cause. Making informed choices is up to them. And if they are making Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-19995305455680635212007-09-17T03:52:00.000-04:002007-09-17T03:52:00.000-04:00When art institutions send written solicitations f...When art institutions send written solicitations for my paintings for their auctions, often their cover letters go on and on about the high visibility of their auction, the number and sophistication of the collectors who will attend, etc. <BR/><BR/>If they are pleading their case so desperately (and unrealistically), they obviously know that what they're asking is unreasonable from the artists' Catherine Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436800214622635920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-9333870587269283762007-09-16T11:20:00.000-04:002007-09-16T11:20:00.000-04:00Anonymous 10:55, You're speaking in generalization...Anonymous 10:55, <BR/><BR/>You're speaking in generalizations about financial status and hate. <BR/><BR/>I can speak a bit more specifically based on interactive experience: Most artists barely earn enough to pay their bills. Why should they be asked, over and over, to fund projects by institutions such as schools and museums? Do you really think a studio artist who nets a few thousand a year is Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-103487661034758832007-09-16T10:55:00.000-04:002007-09-16T10:55:00.000-04:00I agree with gallery ant. Too bad more artists don...I agree with gallery ant. Too bad more artists don't feel the same way. They are much better off than the people they are helping, and getting these people help by any means possible is what matters. And the hate you have for the system, that doesn't help anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-11059370886020583642007-09-15T19:04:00.000-04:002007-09-15T19:04:00.000-04:00I hate these art auctions.The ONLY people that end...I hate these art auctions.<BR/><BR/>The ONLY people that end up donating to whatever the charity is are the poorest, the artists.<BR/><BR/>The buyers are "giving" money, but getting artwork (at a reduced price).<BR/><BR/>Say yes to one and you generate five more requests from others.<BR/><BR/>It's a scam. HATE. Can't Stand!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-65688080337215457822007-09-13T03:32:00.000-04:002007-09-13T03:32:00.000-04:00I don't believe that helping can possibly hurt any...I don't believe that helping can possibly hurt anyone, including the artist. It's art, and we're talking about helping people with much more serious issues than how much their painting sells for, but I agree with you on the point that there are limits. Thanks for stating a few of them.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nealturner.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677101595383139479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-9411859997715098562007-09-12T19:51:00.000-04:002007-09-12T19:51:00.000-04:00Ruth, While you're at it, take a look at what Mart...Ruth, While you're at it, take a look at what Martha and Joanie (above) have to say on the topic. Joanie's blog post also has links to other artists who have written on the topic. More ammunition for you. Clearly this is an ISSUE for many of us!Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.com