Licensing

If you are a manufacturer or publisher, Yes! I license my art!  Check out my website carolvanzandt.com, or contact me at cvanzandt@mac.com

If you are an artist and interested in finding out about art licensing, there are resources out there.  If you are just starting out, don’t quit your day job! It takes a long time to build up an income through art licensing and it is competitive. Remember you are starting you own business.  Here are some resources to start learning about it:

Blogs about Art Licensing or with regular articles about art licensing:

Tara Reed: http://artlicensingblog.com/

Joan Beiriger:  http://joanbeiriger.blogspot.com/

Kate Harper: http://kateharperblog.blogspot.com/

Maria Brophy  http://mariabrophy.com/consulting

Coaches, Consultants

J’net Smith:  http://www.jnetsmith.com/

Cheryl Phelps:  http://www.cherylphelps.com/workshops.html

Teliha Draheim: http://www.imagewestdesign.com/

Maria Brophy  http://mariabrophy.com/consulting

ebooks:

How to Get Started in Art Licensing by Tara Reed

How to Find an Art Licensing Agent by Tara Reed

How to Find, Interact and Work with Manufacturers who License Art by Tara Reed

How to Maximize your Time and Investment in Trade Shows by Tara Reed

How to Understand Art Licensing Contracts By Tara Reed and Maria Brophy

Obsessed, building your brand marketing, agents and studios, licensing, pricing by Khristian  Howell

Showstopper, Step by step plan to execute each step in the planning of your trade show by Khristian  Howell

Confessions of More First Timers, planning, executing and rocking your first trade show by Khristian  Howell

Design resources

Templates ($): Tara Reed, Cheryl Dobbs, J’net Smith

Pricing

Jessica Hische: http://www.jessicahische.is/obsessedwiththeinternet/category/andhelpingyougetpaid

Copyrights and Contracts

Copyright for Artists  by Sarah Feingold