Art may not seem like the most lucrative field, especially if you
believe in the stereotype of the starving artist. But when you get
creative and think outside the box of simply selling paintings or photos
and renting out gallery spaces, you might just find that there are many
ways to be successful in the business of art.
From facilitating new ways to display art in your home or office, to
giving artists new mediums to showcase and sell their work, there are
plenty of interesting businesses out there putting a unique spin on the
art industry.
These seven businesses definitely put the "art" in "startup."
Artkick
Want to bring art into your home or office without hanging it on the walls? Artkick
allows you to display high-quality art and photography on your TV or
computer monitor with access to photos from
museums, NASA, the Library
of Congress, Photos.com and Hubble for free. You can even import your
own photos from Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Flickr and more, and
control what photos are displayed via the Artkick mobile app on your
smartphone or tablet. The service is also compatible with Roku and
Google Chromecast devices.BucketFeet
BucketFeet's founders Raaja Nemani and Aaron Firestein are on a mission
to help people connect through art. The two met and became friends
while traveling through Argentina, when Aaron drew a design on a pair of
plain canvas sneakers for Raaja. Raaja soon found his shoes were a big
conversation starter throughout his travels, and the two started BucketFeet
as a result. The company sells canvas sneakers in a variety of styles
that feature original art from more than 20,000 artists from 100
countries around the world. These artists cover every medium from
graphic design and graffiti to photographers and painters, and anyone
can submit their artwork for consideration by the BucketFeet committee.
Dot Dash 3
Dot Dash 3 is a platform where artists can create and curate virtual
art exhibitions with their work. The company has a team of
internationally recognized curators who select and invite artists to
participate, and the site features everyone from promising new talent to
established artists. Since Dot Dash 3
is also a platform where art enthusiasts can discover and buy art, it
also helps artists connect with more people and to create and grow their
collector base. And just a fun fact: The company was named after the
word "art" written in Morse code.
ImageThink
Based in New York, ImageThink
is a company that takes art and makes it functional in the office and
the classroom. ImageThink is a graphic-recording team that creates
illustrations based on keynote speeches, presentations, strategy
sessions and more to help people visualize and better remember the
information they're presented with. ImageThink team members create these
illustrations live during the meeting or event to go along with the
presentation. The company also offers its services for creating animated
videos and infographics.
Instapainting
Have you ever wished you could turn your favorite photo into a painting? With Instapainting,
you can do exactly that. You can order either a mixed-media painting
(the artist will print your image onto a cotton canvas and then
hand-paint over at least 90 percent of it with oil paints) or a 100
percent hand-painted painting (the artist will start from a blank canvas
and paint the entire picture by hand with oil paints) based on your
photo depending on your price range and the look you want to achieve.
When you order a painting and it's in the process of being created, you
can view all of the progress and changes made and talk directly with the
artist, and you'll have a finished product delivered to you from
Instapainting within about three weeks.
Juicy Canvas
With Juicy Canvas, anyone can
take art, customize it and turn it into items like canvas prints,
shirts, phone cases, tote bags, throw pillows and greeting cards. Juicy
Canvas allows customers to select an original design and what medium
they want to purchase it on, and then "remix it" by altering colors,
rotating and cropping the image and adding text to create their own
custom product. Artists can submit their work for consideration to be
used on the site, and customers can easily search through the available
designs by style and country of origin.
Turning Art
Are you fickle about your home or office décor? Turning Art
is an art-rental subscription service that allows you to select new art
to feature in your home or office as often as you like for a monthly
fee. As a subscriber, you can search through thousands of pieces to find
what you want, and it's delivered to you at no extra cost. Your first
order will come in a frame, and when you're ready for a new masterpiece,
all you have to do is slide the old artwork out of the frame (to be
sent back to Turning Art) and put the new order in. And don't worry — if
you absolutely fall in love with a piece, you can purchase it through
Turning Art as well.
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