Artists application process & Conditions of Entry


Following materials should be submitted by artist:

1)  A link to the artist web page with at least 30-40 artworks. Alternatively - it's possible to send small artworks via email in zip file. Please contact us for that option.

2)  A resume comprising the artist’s statement, portrait, exhibitions and awards.

The application will be reviewed within 2 weeks by our curatorial board, which carefully examines and selects the artworks.

The application will be accepted only if 20 if the submitted artworks are selected.

Portfolio  fee:
We charge a symbolic price of 15 US$ per month, with the last 2 months of the year free of charge for the first year.




Our services

We offer our artists the following services:



Galleries:

Portfolio:
We build an initial portfolio page with a minimum  of 20 artworks. For example
Then every month we encourage the artists to update us with new artworks, from which we select new additions to the portfolio.
If an artwork has a title, please specify it. If there's some story behind the artwork, or if the artwork received any award,  please also specify.  - we add it to the "description" field under the artwork. Example.

Biography:
We write a non formal summary text about the artist's vision and awards above the gallery.
We also prepare a full resume in our format - click on the icon from right side from the text - "download PDF CV". Example.

Thematic galleries:
There are thematic galleries under which the artists' artworks are classified.

Photography/Paintings & graphics galleries:
We also separate photography portfolios from paintings and graphics portfolios.



Selling artworks:

Two options are available:
1) We do not list the price of the artworks. We offer a "contact us" option. Customers interested in buying the artwork should contact us and we will specify all the details. See example and click on "Buy printed artwork"
2) we add a PayPal button with all the payment details.

For each artwork with a selling option, please specify the available sizes and the price you wish to receive for it.

We charge a 30% commission, thus we add these 30% to the price specified by artist.
We also add all printing and shipping costs to the final price.
For paintings - please specify if you  intend to sell the original or the printed copy.

Note: we do not guarantee any selling, but we do our best to present and promote the artist. We provide a good exposure, which increases the chance of selling the artworks.

Promotion:

Social networks:
We promote  all the artists on  Beauty Saves the World community page on Facebook  which has over 10000 followers.
We attach links to the artists portfolios and to selected artworks, we announce news concerning changes. We also upload certain artworks of the artist to Facebook album with all credits and link to artist portfolio on each artwork. Example.

Events and exhibitions:
We organize exhibitions whenever possible. In 2010 we organized two exhibitions:
Magic Realism & Real Magic
Three Women - Three Worlds
We promote each exhibition in the media - TV, internet portals, magazines, blogs, social networks etc...

We also publish announcements concerning exhibitions by our artists and events related to our artists, which are organized by other parties.
Examples:
Exhibition of Anke Merzbach in Babensham, Germany
Exhibition of Dina Bova in Atlanta, USA

Newsletter:
It’s possible to subscribe to our newsletter.
We send it monthly with all the updates from our site.


BSW site:

Updates, maintenance and new features:
We keep  updating the site on an almost daily basis and constantly add new features to attract new visitors.

Journal
We also have a journal where we write articles and important announcements.  Example.

Video
We prepare video presentations on special occasions

Art books
we publish our books and the books of our artists and put them on our site for sale.

Art contests
We publish photography competitions and competitions related to other media arts that we recommend.