Submit Art

SUBMIT YOUR ART

Currently, we are accepting submissions from artist working in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Thank you for considering Studio Art Direct. We are glad you are here. We look forward to assisting you in the marketing and promotion of your work. If you have questions or need help uploading images email curator@studioartdirect.com

How Studio Art Direct works:

  • Submit your art for review: Email us your art files, or send us your website URL.
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    • Our selection team reviews your work to determine its suitability for our clientel. Please scroll down this page to see the styles and genres most preferred.

    • If you are selected, we will contact you to discuss details and/or meet with you to see your work in person. Our goal is to create a partnership with you based on trust and loyalty.

    • We charge a one-time processing fee of $19.95 per image. This fee includes creating an individual library of your work, resizing your images for the web (4 sizes), and uploading your work to the site in all appropriate categories/collection.

    • Finally, our direct sales team markets to our regional design professionals and corporate clients. In addition, we promote and market the Studio Art Direct website collection through various public relations and advertsing efforts.

    Your Obligation:

    • If your art is selected for Studio Art Direct, it must be available in your studio for the duration the art is available on Studio Art Direct website. We do not keep your art on-site.
    • We require that the works placed on Studio Art Direct remain consistently priced. You are prohibitted from selling or marketing your works directly to Studio Art Direct customers. Otherwise, there is no exclusivity required.
    • If your art is selected for Studio Art Direct, you will be provided with detailed terms and conditions. A one-time upload fee of $19.95 per image is required after your work has been accepted into the Studio Art Direct Collection. This contributes to the cost of the work done on your images for the collection.
    • We require that you keep all of your contact information current.
    • In most cases, we ask that you make your work available for leasing. Leasing is a great way to create a residual income for yourself and builds buzz for your work. Leases are negotiated with you on a per project basis. A detailed agreement is provided.
    • Keep creating beautiful, inspirational, and well-crafted works!

    How We Pay You

    • You set the wholesale price of your artwork. You will receive the wholesale price.
    • If a client is interested in purchasing your work, we contact you (by e-mail or telephone) to confirm that your artwork is available.
    • When we receive payment for your work you must deliver the artwork by:
      • Shipping the artwork directly to our office (and providing Studio Art Direct with all relevant information about artwork– the name of shipping service and package tracking number). No one knows better than you how to wrap and ship your work. However, contact us for helpful hints.
      • Local option: Deliver the artwork to our office.
    • When the client has receipt of the artwork and after the artwork is installed at its location, we make a direct payment to you.

    Why use Studio Art Direct?

    • It’s easy. We do all the work of marketing and selling the art.
    • Studio Art Direct is the single most effective way to market your artwork to regional clients and the world, while building your reputation at the same time.
    • Our team of experienced marketing professionals will promote and sell your art to the people who design and inhabit the buildings we live, work, shop, play and gather in while you focus on what you do best: creating great works of art.
    • We provide other potential streams of passive income such as reproductions, commissioned works, and limited edition giclee prints. Just ask us about it!


    What type of art we are looking for?

    We are looking for original, limited edition, and open edition works in all 2-D and 3-D mediums. Works must be of exceptional quality. Of specific interest now are large non objective abstract paintings, abstract landscape paintings and photography, and mid century style works.

    Controversial works including radical political matter, work that is sexist or exploitive, and art so intensely expressed that is disturbing is not typically acceptable to our clientel.

    We are also searching for handcrafted architectural elements. Send us a photo of custom work placed in the built envirnoment such as works in stone, wood, metals, glass, and so on. This can include (but is not limited to) sculpture, signage, and furniture.