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funding crisis-staying power

Top Deck Publications- Owners of Studentsart.com and volunteers who run it are scepticle 
about accepting finance and grant money to promote the gallery because
whilst it will help the gallery over a short term, it leaves the gallery
'in mid flight' at the end of the funding period..
£1 million would be enough to promote the gallery nationally for a year
but if the gallery where non-profitable it would leave thousands of artists
continuing to submit their work year upon year after, with no money left to 
adequately process all of the artists work so that all work is niche marketed for maximum exposure.
There is a need for government grants and sponsors which provide a permanent long
term tricle of finance to provide a foundation on which to build and sustain all artists submissions.
Our prospective finance director in the states has been sent this newsletter
in the hope that a solution can be found.
In the meantime Mr Bailey, founder of StudentsArt.com has said he will continue to run 
the gallery in a small
low-key way as a part-time volunteer, and does not rule out the option of obtaining large amounts of
finance for individual art projects where the StudentsArt.com name is kept 'un-promoted'
OR to allow the gallery name to be promoted but then restricting the amount of students art
which is placed in the gallery, such as selecting only the best quality works, as seen with 
'the turner prize'. Although this is an option to do this, mr Dailey is hoping to have the 
Studentsart.com opportunity permanently available free to all art students, as intended
when it was founded, and does not want to restrict the amount of work which is displayed
at the gallery when it is a nationally renowned popular household name.

Studentsart.com Magazine- 
Once our funding crisis has been resolved we will be expecting offers from other 
publishers such as the likes of 'Future Publishing'who are already geared up to 
publish a magazine, or from student publishers who would like the opportunity.
StudentsArt.com already has the content needed to launch a magazine
and would be happy to provide it if the publisher agrees to use the 
StudentsArt.com magazine name. 


corporate killing - Silent Fear
Art students have started to tackle corporations with new art projects
such as the latest 'Silent Fear' project from Sean Flynn
Sean says this is part of a project exploring the themes and issues of Corporate 
Killing. The pieces are exploring our relationships with the   
health and safety signs that surround us daily, yet have steadily  
declining meaning or significance to us.
Emotional Responses have already been received from
managers in corporations where trouble shooting has been in operation. 
The usual initial reaction from managers is 
that they seem almost threatened or disturbed by it but 
Managers are encouraged to purchase these posters because it 
brings to light a different kind of potential accident in the workplace 
and issues which are usually unspoken. Studentsart.com beleive that it is a good
start into improving the health of Director-manager-staff relationships in the workplace
where there is usually a divide and animosity particularly when workers are below 
the poverty line, such as in many businesses in the uk.
Other students have also sent in work on this issue such as the new 'Yoodoo'
jewellery brand name. Inspired by the Blair witch project,
the bewitching Yoodoo symbols are said to increase prosperity and cause pay rises 
when they are seen by managers. 
Yoodoo Jewelry/symbol brochures can be ordered in the fashion section and we hope 
will be available soon at leading fashion retail stores.
Prints of Seans work for the workplace will be available from www.Studentsart.com
in the 'news art'and 'University' sections at the main menu.


competitors -art undervalued
Since StudentsArt.com started 'on the net' in 1993 there have been numerous other galleries
set up and fail, with the latest attempt being EBay type websites where the artists
are encouraged to sell or auction their original works online. Many original works have been seen 
for sale from as little as £50 from desperate artists who are undervalueing their work..
Our advice to artists is to never sell the original and to always sell copies for 
at least £30 for an A2 paper print or at least £250 for a canvas print..
Our experience is that if a customer likes a work they will pay much more for just a print 
If it is only a print that is available. Although it can take a long time to find a customer 
this does not mean that the work is not worth the going rate.
Student artists should hold back and use printing galleries and agents such as 
studentsart.com 
in order to maximise the amount received in print and rights sales. Hold Back and always
Keep your originals.

New Domains
New Domains purchased by Top Deck recently include
The Students Art Gallery.com(and over ten other potential competitor names), 
StudentsArt.TV, Telemate.TV(under transfer), Fish4.TV, Fish4films.com, 
The Tune Factory.net, mixmasters.org
Getoart.com, Wikid.TV