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Starting Up in Art & Framing
If you're thinking of setting up as a professional artist, gallery or picture framer the Fine Art Trade Guild can help.
The Guild draws upon the accumulated knowledge of 100 years of supporting the art and framing industry and pools this with feedback and information from its 1000+ members to provide the very best guidance for those entering this industry.
Art Business Today provides a regular resource of information on all aspects of the business; coupled with the Guild's other excellent publications we provide everything you need to know to set up successfully. Browse this site to gather information on standards, qualifications and best practise. The exclusive members' MyGuild area on this site holds hundreds of useful articles, sample contracts and certificates and provides invaluable business information and access to a variety of support.
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The Artist's Guide to Selling Work by Annabelle Ruston £9.99, only £8.00 to Guild members |
The Guild Directory - search our online directory, an invaluable sourcing guide for all your art & framing supplies. Log in or register for FREE to access trade supplies |
Starting Up a Gallery and Frame Shop by Annabelle Ruston £14.99, only £12.99 to Guild members |
Benefits of membership are designed to outweigh the cost and start ups should consider joining as soon as possible to get the most out of their membership - for example the Guild's merchant services scheme will save over £200 in registration fees; too late if you've already signed up with your own bank! JOIN NOW
What our members say:
'Do I wish I had Starting Up A Gallery and Frame Shop to hand when I started my business? Absolutely yes, although it would probably have scared the hell out of me... If you do want to read Starting Up A Gallery and Frame Shop from cover to cover (and I would recommend anyone to do that at least once) the subject matter flows well from one chapter to the next and in a very logical order, so the things you need to think about first you read about first.' Roy Willingham, Paintworks
'The Artist's Guide to Selling Work... a very useful addition to any artist's library...practical and trustworthy explanation of the business of being a professional artist. Friendly, intelligently written and professional in style, each chapter is clearly organised into sections with subheadings which make it a straightforward read...' Keith Fulford, Artist
'Our industry is experiencing major changes both in the way we trade and the type of trade we do. The internet is having an impact on all aspects of the art and framing industry and we all have to be more adventurous in the promotion and sales of our products to capture the imagination of customers. Once captured, we must ensure that those customers are offered only the very best of service and products. Fine Art Trade Guild standards and our code of ethics should be the bedrock upon which our industry will stand proud.' Peter Hayton GCF, Designline Systems & Towngate Art Centre, Framing & Publications - Past Master of the Guild and Master's Warden
We hope to build this area into a valuable resource of practical help and information for those new to art and framing - come back soon for more information
For more information on becoming a Picture Framer visit the Connexions website
For more information on becoming an Artist visit the Connexions website
Look out for FREE training days and longer courses from your local Business Link.
If you register with your local Business LInk (or regional equivalent), you will get regular email updates of their events. Click the logo to find your nearest branch.
If you are thinking of exporting then Business Link will be able to help with that too - ask to speak to the International Trade Advisor (ITA) and sign up for their excellent Passport to Export programme
Related Documents
Book order form 2010 (Booklist 2010.pdf)pdf of Guild books available to order
Oct 2008 Framing - Joining The Professionals.pdf (2008OctFraming-JoiningTheProfessionals.pdf)The GCF examination by Annabelle Ruston
