TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL

No surprise…it is hard to put artists in categories.  However, if I were going to force myself to do so, I would mention that some artists are very retail oriented and others just want to produce work with substance and meaning (often known only to themselves).  And, as you know…it is the ultimate artists’ chicken-or-the-egg argument.  Fight amongst yourselves.

I love artwork that leaves me pondering meaning and crawling into the subtle nuance of every aesthetic choice; but, a hand-bound journal with hand-cut pages and a surprise on every page is artwork that function inside the daily workings of my life.  Want to sell your artwork?  Check out this Open Call from Peaceful Products.  They want to help you sell your art, and they don’t take commission.  Yep, you heard me…they ask that you donate a portion of the proceeds to the charity of your choice.  Take a Look:

Open Call: Peaceful Products

Peaceful Products is an organization that is dedicated to making a difference by helping others in need. They do this by donating profit from the artwork and products sold on their site. Peaceful Products is founded by artist and autism specialist Emily Boulger.

Peaceful Products is a organization that sells artwork and handmade one of a kind products  by artists from around the world. Profits from each product sold goes to a charity of our artist’s choice.

Peaceful Products does not charge artists to sell their work on this website store, instead they ask the artists to donate part of their commission to an organization or charity in need.

If you are an artist who like to post your artwork on Peaceful Products and support a organization or charity email Emily@PeacefulProducts.info .  Emily Lawrence Boulger is the founder and creator of Peaceful Products.  

Boulger grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She then moved to New York City, studied fine arts at Fashion Institute of Technology and received her bachelor of fine arts from the School of Visual Arts.

Boulger then went to Endicott College to earn her masters degree of education in moderate disabilities and UMASS Lowell for a degree in behavior intervention in autism. She is now pursuing a masters degree of education in visual arts and learning at Endicott College.

Boulger is a practicing artist and has been a special educator for ten years now.   Throughout her time has a special educator, Boulger has worked hard to get all her students involved in art. She has organized many art exhibits and collaboration pieces for the students and communities she serves.

For more information, visit the Peaceful Products website!

I would also like to take a moment to thank this month’s sponsor Toni’s Treehouse–a website with a fun and funny take on taking care of your family, choosing to LIVE everyday, being at least a little greener, and lots of yummy FOOD!

Make sure you stop by Toni’s Treehouse today!

SELL YOUR ART: Peaceful Products originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on August 10, 2010. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

I met Toni Turbeville approximately 15 years ago in a class at the University of South Carolina.  We weren’t incredibly fond of each other at first but had many of the same friends and ended up together on a regular basis. 

I thought she was a big mouth; she thought I was a, well, a bitch. Eventually, all of our friends had other classes, and it was just the two of us–alone together.

The friendship stuck in a manner I never thought imaginable.  We have been on hideous road trips to Union, SC (don’t ask), been through both divorces and re-marriages (and the bridesmaid dresses that go with them), co-owned a business (with a partners desk) and co-managed multiple rock bands. 

We have survived the bitter ugliness of truths that cannot be unsaid.  We have shared art, too much wine and enough nicotine to kill a horse.  We have fought the bulge– both winning and losing depending on the year.

She is the god-mother of my child. 

She is talented and funny and way off center in a delightful way.  Why should you care?  In addition to being a great artist, designer, and public relations maven, she has a talent for the written word.  And finally, after years of stops and starts, she has published Toni’s Treehouse–a blog capturing the whimsy of childhood, the necessity of laundry, and all the vittles you can whip up in a hurry while life passes you in a blur.

Art & Art Deadlines.com is proud to be the Featured Sponsor of Toni’s Treehouse for the month of February.  It is about babies and motherhood and television and cooking and everything and nothing. It brightens my day and inspires me to get off the couch…if only to put on clean pajamas.  The Everyone has Garbage post almost made me wet my pants. Visit and Enjoy!

FEATURED: Toni’s Treehouse originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 31, 2010. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.