Visual Art Trader: The democratic arts community for buying, selling and exhibiting art

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To navigate along the wall, click a part of the wall that is not a picture and drag your mouse to the left or right. If there are more than 7 pictures, new pictures will load as you go along. View more details about a picture and see it up close by clicking it - click it again to go back to the wall. To go to the VAT page for the item - (all the details plus contact links etc) click the arrow that appears in the top right when in the close-up view and roll your mouse over the middle of the image.

Artist of the month: May 12

Awarded to: Bee Grant Peterkin
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May 2012s Winners of 'Artwork of the month'
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Theme: Dorset Art Weeks

From the 26th May until 10th June Dorset Art Weeks will be taking place once again. As one of over 500 participating studios and groups we are lucky enough to have artists from the Yetminster Art Group as members of Visual Art Trader. The Artworks of the month will be on display along with other works by the group for the duration of the event in an 18th Century flour mill come gallery/studio. Chetnole Mill, Mill Lane, Chetnole, Dorset, DT9 6PL. Daily 10am - 5pm.

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Only 6.1% of Fine Art under-graduates successfully start careers as fine artists. 26% of the English population would consider buying artwork from a living artist but of those less than half have!

What is to blame for these two appalling statistics? Well 97% of art retail outlets use a commission based business model...

Democratic art communities are the next evolutionary phase in the development of the visual art market. Click here to read more.

Register for free, and easily find affordable artworks on our simple to use online gallery, which offers great variety and choice from a diverse community of quality artists. Find and view artworks at accessible, informal and friendly venues. Read more >>
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Register for free and source artworks to show in your restaurant, bar, café, foyer, studio or exhibition space at no cost. Collaborate in multi-venue exhibitions. Read more >>
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