Comments on: Should You Boycott Charity Art Auctions?

By: Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations

Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:11:02 +0000

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By: Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations | Photo Video Blogs

Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations | Photo Video Blogs — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:18:03 +0000

[...] the exposure of his art to bring in new sales. It should be a win-win situation. Since reading an article sent to him by a friend last year, though, he’s been [...]

By: Maude Lorman

Maude Lorman — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:05:25 +0000

This looks so fun -and inspiring! Working with new people can be so rejuvenating; glad you have the opportunity. I’m really loving your style btw, it’s a good balance between calming and energetic.

By: David Tribby

David Tribby — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:39:22 +0000

Matt is missing the point.. People who donate to these charities know they aren’t likely to see a return. If you can’t afford it, don’t donate. Its as simple as that. Its a charity event, not an exhibit or a release party. They’re not trying to make their careers off of it. Anyone who is a working photographer knows exposure alone is hardly ever profitable. Matt is making this article for photographers not a general audience so I understand the points he’s making. (But)Charity events are held for a cause, not to showcase artists.

By: Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations | Benjamin Hall

Photographers Fight Over Charity Donations | Benjamin Hall — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:36:15 +0000

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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:06:47 +0000

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By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:57:27 +0000

I know I’m really late on a responce on this one but I just read this article and completely disagree. I think this is just sick. One who donates to a charity should be donating for the charity, not for the sole intentions to gain a reputation, or to see how much they can claim to get back. I understand your argument that work sells for less and you could just give a cash donation, but some people, such as myself, can produce art works at an enormously lower cost then giving a cash donation. Yes understandably it will take more time and effort to do work to donate, but isn’t that part of the whole “raising money for a cause” aspect. I don’t care if my work sells for 10 dollars or 100 or 1000 or whatever as long as i know what it does sell for is going to a good cause. I am willing to take the chance that it will sell for less then what I would get elsewhere because I know it will be going to a good cause. Anyone can donate money. Only artist can donate art.

By: Christine E. Horner

Christine E. Horner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:14:48 +0000

I have a disability, I have an appartment, i have some food, I lose money on art supplies all the time, I have been stubbed by the art community, galleries unwilling after expressing interest and telling me i’m in, finding out that i’m disabled mentally giving me the door. Art auctions give me a purpose. My art is worth more than it is auctioned for, it is priceless when i give it away. i have sold art to individuals comissioned me to paint something or purchasing something of of my home walls that i would have rather sold in a gallery. I get treated like since i have a mental ilness that my work has little potential to evolve, mature, as if my subject matter and techniques have a glass ceieling because i have emotional issues. right now i have a set for sale in a florist in portsmouth nh for a good price 1200, but the florist hung it to fit the space and not in the right order. top right is in left hand corner, bottem left at the other end, linear. am i insulted maybe sometimes. if you devalue my work did you do it to me? for a moment yes, but think about the reward i got when i took the collection that david’s gallery was soposed to hang and marched them with friends carrying two in a hand all the way down to catholic charities in portland, just down the street from the snobs into a club for the mentally ill and addicted, and gave the whole club all those valuable works of art, every piece of the collection!!!! do those snobs who could afford my work if the galleries would support it support my ego and my heart like those less privaledged did? would any of them exclaim like its christmas to find out that there club is bieng GIFTED the “impulsively express last oil collection i would do on canvas”? who among those who can put a price on my work can give me a purpose in it that feeds me gratitude and happiness? the set for 1200 could be purchased appreciated and set aside for redecorating in a month devalued in the purchasers own way. at anytime my parents could die and legally leave me nothing to collect to create the works i enjoy doing. water colors may then prove economical and if art is my life’s purpose i will continue and learn and grow in my art in new ways. right now i am doing mixed media recycling my own art into new renued pieces. tell the world you got it for 50 dollars, get it for 20 somewhere else. the value isnt the pay off. its the ability to continue working and achieving, i have a diasablity but you cant SAY I DONT WORK, YOU CANT PUT A PRICE ON ME, OR MY WORK, CAUSE MY WORK HAS A PURPOSE BEYOND A DOLLAR, AND ITS NOT VALUED BY A CUSTOMER, BUT BY THE LOVE OF THE VIEWER WHO FINDS NEW LIFE AND VISION IN THEMSELVES FOR FINDING IT, EVEN IF THEY FIND IT IN THE TRASH THEY ARE THE TRUEST ARTIST AND I WORK FOR THAT POTENTIAL IN HUMANITY. so yes I will donate when my heart needs to. and no i dont buy art, i exchange mine with friends art when i need a new piece, I cover my walls with me and my fiance’s work, his music fills our house, you say i am poor and unable i live richer in an environment of creative life and life prospering and i cant afford to make these works on my own and no one gives me gallery space to present my beauty and life, but I DECREASE THAT HE MAY INCREASE, john the bapitist said, and so then call me little, and i will show you great things, cause my art you can have but you cant have my soul. I have a purpose a story to tell, but you cant destroy me by rejecting my art. I am an artist, not cause you will affirm that to me, but because I dont back down cause no one has put a high enough price on my work. does that sound disabling to you? then you are poor and cannnot afford to see my work. even if it were in the trash you dont deserve it. But you should have it., you might grow and learn and find grace if you stepped out of those thought cramps and expeirenced NEW LIFE IN VIEWING AND FEEL ALIVE AGAIN, like the poor when we are greatful we have a donut instead of a piece of bread and butter.

By: Michael E. Gordon

Michael E. Gordon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:40:43 +0000

Hi Cole!
I will not donate my art for charity auction again unless the organizer sets the opening bid somewhere around 50% of my retail. My work has been auctioned at prices that should have embarrassed the bidder, and did in fact burn the charity AND me. Only the high bidder wins under this scenario.

By: Gary Larsen

Gary Larsen — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:49:07 +0000

Lot’s of pro’s and con’s… obviously mixed opinions. For me, the answer is to give photographs to those charitable causes that I like. If I find that my donation has been disrespected (even with that condition), then there won’t be another donation… (and that happened once). I don’t expect great rewards from the donation, but some recognition through the event is appreciated. Mostly, that means I stick to local causes… libraries, art venues and local benefits. If I like the cause, then I am satisfied with a sense of having added social value (and a tax deduction for the cost of my materials). I also like having shared my work though a worthwhile venture.