Artists Sunday Week is here! An Interview with Cynthia Freese about All-New Art Celebration, Artists Sunday!
Artists Sunday Week is here! An
Interview with Cynthia Freese about All-New Art Celebration, Artists Sunday!
By xavier_lopez_jr on
November 22, 2020 at 5:21 PM
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Artists
Sunday Week is here!
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Last
week, I was talking to Cynthia Freese of Artists Sunday about
their big plans to help every artist who wants to make money from their
talents. Way back in May we talked to them about their concept and things
have moved forward since then. But, now Artist Sunday is a week away and
so we are catching up with Cynthia Freese of Artists Sunday!
Xavier:
Okay, when we last spoke you introduced me and our readers to Artists
Sunday, is that right? Can you remind us all about what that is and
what we should know about it as we move into the holidays?
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: We are an art shopping movement of more than
2,000 artists, local arts agencies, cities, counties, state agencies, chambers
of commerce, and organizations coming together to encourage consumers to shop
with their favorite local artists and craftsmen during the holiday season.
Artists Sunday takes place the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Think of it like Black Friday or Small Business Saturday but for the
arts. New Artists and Partners are joining daily.
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Heather
Daveno’s Phenix Hat
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Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: With regards to artists that are in Seattle
proper we have 79 that have listed “Seattle.” Several are not listed on
the web site because they do not have online stores. We have a total of 251
artists throughout the state of Washington. I’m estimating that about 200 of
them are in the greater Seattle area. If you give me a list of suburbs that
count as “Seattle” I could give you a specific number, but I don’t know all
suburbs that qualify as being “in Seattle”.
Xavier:
No worries! Estimates are great!
Cynthia
Freese of Artist Sunday: And those are just last week’s numbers.
Carol
Milne’s Blue Me Away
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Xavier: Is
this specific to Seattle then?
Cynthia
Freese of Artist Sunday: We are a National movement but
Washington State is in the lead as far as partners go. We
currently have artists in all 50 US states and on 6 Continents.
I can
provide you with a list of local partners if you want. And we have
a fun map to see where people are .
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Xavier:
Nice! Tell me a little bit about some of the groups, institutions etc.,
that have become involved in AS?
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: We have a nice variety of non
profits and government agencies that have signed on as partners to help
get the word out and we are allowing for-profit business to join the
movement as patrons. you can find a complete list of partners
and patrons in the directories on the website.
I just
got new national numbers for our Executive Director we are currently
at 2200 artists, 330 partners and 48 patrons.
Xavier:
Nice! That is amazing! And this is your first year?
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: We started working on the back end, the website
and the tool kit in March and started reaching out to potential partners in
May. Some people caught on to what we were doing quickly and others took
a while to understand what we were try to achieve.
Melissa
Misoda’s EarthscapeTri0
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I
started in Issaquah on the east side and then worked my way across the state–Virtually.
My goal was to have artists in every state along with a partner to help support
them.
Our
main objective for this year is to get consumers to shop art on
November 29, Artists Sunday is like Black Friday but for
art.
Xavier:
That is very awesome, so how do artists get the word out and how will the
public know about all your hard work?
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: Our Artists, Partners and Patrons are
helping to spread the world. We provided them with a tool kit with
step-by-step instructions as we also hired a PR firm to do some of
the heavy-lifting. We sent out tool kits to all our members and we
have told them to do and what they can do to help spread the
world. Many artists are creating specials for artists Sunday and listing
their promotion on our Artists Sunday Calendar, we have about 144
listed as of 6 pm tonight.
Xavier:
Awesome! Do you have a link for the website?
Xavier:
Are there other things that you want our readers to know about Artists
Sunday and is it too late for people to sign up?
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: It’s not too late to sign up and registering is
free to artists, Partners and Patrons. We are hoping that Consumers will
Shop Artists Sunday! Art adds beauty and meaning to life.
It can also be practical and useful like a custom handbag or hand-carved
bowl. We have created a list of ideas for Shoppers and for artists
across the country. We are calling it our artists Sunday best gift picks.
We are
offering an easy and effective way to support local and regional artists at a
time when in person opportunities are severely limited.
Barry
Roitblat’s Cyclone
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Xavier:
This really sounds awesome and the more I hear about the more excited I am
about it. I’m more of a conceptual artist than a commercial artist and I
am severely tempted to try you guys out!
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: Here is a press release we wrote to highlight
our 20 best gift picks for this year.
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: Xavier, thank you so much for being supportive
of the movement! We just want people to think of artists this holiday
season! Artists are, after all, small businesses that often get
overlooked. Shopping art does not have to be expensive and there is an
endless array of variety. Thank you so much for all you do!
Xavier: Thank
you! Artists need as many allies as they can get!
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: You can quote yourself on that one!
We are working
on some exciting new ways to be even more helpful in 2021 and 2022!
Xavier:
That is very awesome! The world promises to be a better place in 21 and
22!
Cynthia
Freese of Artist Sunday: Quotes! We do have some!
Here
are some quotes , I can add yours to the list!
Xavier: For
sure! Good luck and talk to you very soon!
Cynthia
Freese of Artists Sunday: We are gaining on world domination,
artists around the globe are now finding us!
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