Blog
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Mid-Summer Art Licensing Trend Forecast 2017
Keeping up with what’s Trending in art licensing involves a lot of observation, walking trade shows, research and following social media feeds. Sometimes it’s difficult to identify an emerging trend, but quite easy to see a trend that’s in it’s peak, like — Mythical Creatures. Are Unicorns taking over the World? Yes! Yes, it would […]
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Winter / Christmas Flag Art Challenge with Studio M ~ Top 6 Winners!
The Winter / Christmas Decorative Flag Art Challenge got over 60 submissions from portfolio members. The Sr. Director of Product Development and her team at Studio M have made their final selections for the Top Six Flag Design Winners! We’d like to thank all of the Art Licensing Show (ALSC) Portfolio Members that participated! This was a tough art challenge and […]
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Dare to Dream! ~ the art journey of Debi Payne
Debi Payne’s journey to creating her colorful and joy-filled art, infused with positive and inspirational messages is a lesson in persistence and dogged determination. Each one of us is following our own artistic paths. The path that is to quote a cliche… “Somewhere over the rainbow, where skies are blue and the dreams that we dare to dream, really do […]
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New York ~ Art of Licensing, Meet Up! & Spring Trade Show Flyers
Let’s Meetup in New York City! The Art of Licensing group is having a meetup on Monday, May 22, 2017, during the New York spring trade show season! Whether you are exhibiting or attending Surtex, National Stationery Show or Blueprint you are invited to stop by and say “Hi”. We’d love to meet you! This is […]
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ALSC Hand Lettering & Typography ~ Wall Art Challenge Winners!
The Hand Lettering & Typography Wall Art Challenge got a lot of submissions with some wonderful lettering and art. The art directors at the wall art company we are working with have made their final selections for the Top Six Design Winners! We’d like to thank all of the ArtOfLicensing.com (ALSC) Portfolio Members that participated! And some really amazing […]
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Want Extra Publicity for Your Licensing Deal? Here’s Your Three Step How To!
You’re ecstatic! You finally landed that licensing deal you’ve been working so hard to get. You can finally show everyone that you made it (especially that naysaying brother-in-law who said you were wasting your time). You spend a crazy amount of time crafting the perfect image to announce the big news, post it on Facebook […]
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ALSC Birthday Celebration Prize WINNERS Are!
Yay! It’s time to announce the Prize WINNERS of the Art Licensing Show’s Birthday Celebration! Thank you so much to all of the guest contributors! Welcome to all of the NEW members of the Art Licensing Show and to the ALSC members who have recently RENEWED! We are grateful that you are a member of the […]
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ALSC Birthday Celebration & Prize Giveaways! Yay!
We are ready to celebrate at the Art Licensing Show! And we’re so happy that you are part of this community of Artists, Art Directors, and Manufacturers. We couldn’t do it without your participation, your wonderful ART… and YOU! We have accomplished a great deal since last year and it’s worth taking a moment to […]
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Rabbit Hole Adventures & the Whimsical Art of Lori Nawyn
For many artists, following a creative path is a lot like an Alice in Wonderland adventure — falling down multiple rabbit holes that must be navigated on the journey. Such is the story of Lori Nawyn who was born an artistic and creative child but lacked the self-confidence and support needed to nurture her aspirations. […]
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ALSC Happy 2nd Birthday Celebration!
Welcome to ALSC’s Happy 2nd Birthday Celebration! We are celebrating a milestone at the Art Licensing Show — our 2nd Birthday! Take a look at all of the Happy Birthday ART submitted by our members SEE ALL THE PRIZES you can win at our PARTY ON April 27th! Birthdays are a time to celebrate and […]
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2017 NEW YEAR : : : NEW COLLECTIONS – ALSC Art Challenge!
It’s the ALSC 2017 NEW YEAR : : : NEW COLLECTION Art Challenge! We thought we would start off the 2017 New Year by asking our members to show us their NEW Art and NEW Collections. As this challenge came together, we decided to promote all of the new collections directly to the Art Directors […]
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Gift Market & NEW Trends For 2017
There were a lot of good vibes and trend information that came out of the Atlanta International Gift Home Furnishings Market last month. JJ Galloway, who runs the Trends group on the Art Licensing Show, has been posting regularly about the trends she has been seeing during her own trade show travels so far this […]
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Advice from Ronnie Walter on Picking Your Word of the Year
There’s this phenomena that snuck up on us a few years ago. It’s called “Word of the Year” and it seems like everyone has latched on to it. I certainly did. I like the idea of picking a word to help you define what your year will look like. And even though I don’t embrace […]
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Barbara Lanza’s Enchanting & Magical Watercolor Artwork Inspires
Barbara Lanza’s remarkable artistic career started like so many of us — as a very creative child who liked to draw. She use to imagine “tiny worlds in which magical creatures lived in harmony with nature.” The label of class artist stayed with her throughout her grade school years and she still longs for the […]
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Creating Sell Sheets for your Art Licensing Portfolio
As a licensing artist, you cannot underestimate the power of a Sell Sheet when promoting your art and patterns to Art Directors and Manufacturers. A Sell Sheet, (also called Tear Sheet) is essentially a marketing tool for your art. Your Sell Sheet doesn’t necessarily close the licensing deal but it’s a big step in creating […]
