ARTSHOP MAGAZINE
July 2006

Words:Bound

How to Price Your Artwork was originally presented during a panel discussion on April 28, 2005 titled “Pricing Artwork to Sell” hosted by South End Arts and Business Association in Burlington, Vermont.

The twenty-page, saddle-stitched, 4.25” x 7” chapbook contains the 375 word essay. Here are some pieces of wisdom:

“The first cave painters debated heavily whether or not representations of fertile hunting grounds were worth three animal skins and a basket of berries or half an elk carcass and four sticks. The outcome of this debate remains a mystery.”

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“Multiply the number of hours by either the minimum or livable wage for your geographic area depending on your personal political sentiments. Add this to running total.”

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“Multiply total times 2 if you have a BFA; times 4 if you have an MFA; and times 10 if you have noFA at all.”

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“If the work is three dimensional, or is two dimensional, but feels three dimensional, multiply times the number of dimensions you feel the work is expressed.”

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“Add 15% if you ever went to the Museum of Modern Art and thought, I wish I was born fifty years earlier.”