Art Businesses Affected by the Economy
November 4, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
The art field is one of the first to be affected when the economy is down. A friend reports that it appears to be picking up for her again though.
Back in the 1970s, when I was doing quite a bit of painting and selling my work on consignment and commission, the economy went into a downward spiral and art sales were flat. Just at that time we had the Bicentennial celebrations in the U. S. and interest in quilts revived. So I accidentally (that’s a whole other story) got into making and selling these.
As a result, a different aspect of …read more