Frequently Asked Questions

Unlike many web portals, that charge artists to show their work, ArtCrowd provides a free exhibition space for anyone who builds a profile. Every effort will be made to properly credit your work and provide you with online tools to promote it, ArtCrowd does not charge agent or gallery percentages if you sell artwork displayed on ArtCrowd. What you do with your art is your business.ArtCrowd’s only interest is in helping you find funding so you can make more art.

ArtCrowd will accept anything you can imagine finding in a fine art museum of fine art gallery. We do reserve the right to reject any work we do not feel is appropriate for ArtCrowd, but in most cases, we welcome all kinds of original fine art from all over the world. There is no qualification process or jury selection. ArtCrowd is not a place for reproductions, copies of forgeries. If you make original fine art, we want you to become part of the ArtCrowd.

Visit our Step by Step Guide to begin building your campaign. You can work and develop your campaign at your own pace, saving as draft until you are ready. Use our exclusive Vernissage tool to test our success strategies. Connect with our social media features to build a network of friends on ArtCrowd and build your artistic brand. Exhibit online with ArtCrowd to show off your artwork and help patrons become excited about your creative goals. And don’t worry, don’t rush. One of the most important keys to a successful campaign is taking the time to build it right.

The one thing all successfully run crowdfunding campaigns share is networking. If you thought the work was done when you finalized your campaign and took it live, you are in for a surprise. Like a tree falling in a forest, no one will know about your campaign if they don’t know about it... and get reminded. A campaign launched without on-going development , regularly posted updates and even new rewards, will most likely fall short. Share your new content on social media, get your friends to share it too. ArtCrowd is designed to provide you with lots of ways to share your ArtCrowd activity. So get the word out. And respond too. Your future patrons have questions. Be prepared to answer them as soon as possible. Rapid response rate is a key predictor of funding follow through. The longer you take to reply, the more likely your supporters will have moved on.

ArtCrowd rewards successful campaigns that have Made It. Creating and running a successful campaign is a lot of work. As you push past your finish line goal, you’ll understand why we say you “made it.” Your success is our success and we are proud of your accomplishment so we want the world to know. Your successful campaigns and the art in your gallery will become a part of our Permanent Collection in the ArtCrowd Museum. You will be able to continue to offer selected rewards in our Museum Store. .

ArtCrowd is free to create a profile, free to exhibit your art, free to build your creative brand and free to design a funding campaign. There are never any costs until your campaign is a success. ArtCrowd deducts a standard crowdfunding fee of 5% and a credit card payment processing fees (between 3% and 5%) from successfully funded campaigns. Payouts from ArtCrowd to campaign creators usually occur about 15 days after a campaign is successfully funded. You never have to pay out a cent to ArtCrowd. If you don’t succeed, we don’t charge you, ever!. .

ArtCrowd makes uses Facebook account identification to verify identities. However we can’t be held liable for individuals who would willfully misrepresent their identity. Art history, present and past, is full of nom de plums and assumed identities. If you suspect that someone is using a false identities on ArtCrowd, please contact us with your concern and we will investigate.

ArtCrowd is a crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to connecting Fine Artists and Fine Art Organizations with their supporters to help them realize their creative potential, build their artistic brand and fund their work. There are many options for crowdfunding out there that claim they are for artists, but none understand the particular needs of Fine Art. ArtCrowd understands art because ArtCrowd was designed by artists and art professionals for artists and art professionals.

ArtCrowd will walk you through the steps of building a profile to identify your artistic brand, exhibit your artwork online and design a funding campaign to get results. Just follow the Step by Step Guide.

Your artistic brand is the information and art you use to build your ArtCrowd profile as an artist or an organization .

Create a funding Campaign that has a clear cut goal, such as framing a group of paintings for an exhibit, printing an exhibition catalogue or building an exhibit space. Choose goals that are realistic and give your patrons a sense of contribution to your art goals.

The funding goal is the amount of money you need to raise to complete objective of the campaign, Funding is all or nothing. Your patrons will not be charged if your campaign does not reach its funding goal. So designing an attainable objective is crucial to success.

Patrons are the generous art lovers who fund your campaign to make your art goals a reality.

Rewards are the gifts, Patrons select in recognition of their funding. The best rewards are limited unique experiences and by products related to the creative process for which you are seeking funding. Rewards are not intended as a means for selling art, as in an online gallery. Instead offer experiences like a chance to spend a day in your studio, or the chance to go on a nature walk with to view sites for landscape paintings, or just meet in a cafe or bar for a beverage to talk art. The most successful campaigns are the ones that do more than just raise money, they develop relationships with your supporters.

If you want to get inspired, dive into ArtCrowd and look around. You’re an artist after all, the only limits are your imagination.

ArtCrowd is free to create a profile, free to exhibit your art, free to build your creative brand and free to design a funding campaign. There are never any costs until you complete a successful funding campaign. When you succeed, ArtCrowd deducts a standard crowdfunding fee of 5% and a credit card payment processing fees (between 3% and 5%) from successfully funded campaigns and site based sales. You never have to pay out a cent to ArtCrowd. If you don’t succeed, we don’t charge you, ever!

ArtCrowd provides you with a platform to present your artistic brand. While other online platforms focus on trying to sell art, we know that is usually a race to the bottom. At ArtCrowd we want to take you to the top, so we focus on helping you to build and market your creative identity. We provide exclusive art focused crowdfunding tools you can use to attract attention to your art and find interesting ways to fund it. There are no gatekeepers like grant judges or exhibition juries. Just you and the network you build, the only limit, your ingenuity and energy.

ArtCrowd is exclusively for original Fine Artists and Organizations working with Original Fine Art. We recognize that there are many other worthy types of creativity out there that deserve attention and funding, but we don’t want to be a “Swiss Army Knife, “ solution, trying to please everyone. We are dedicated to one thing and one thing only, funding Original Fine Art.

Unlike many web portals, that charge to display artwork, ArtCrowd provides a free exhibition space for anyone who builds a profile. Every effort will be made to properly credit the artwork and provide you with online tools to promote it, ArtCrowd does not charge agent or gallery percentages if you sell artwork displayed on ArtCrowd. What you do with your art is your business. ArtCrowd’s only interest is in helping you find funding for your art goals.

ArtCrowd will accept anything you can imagine finding in a fine art museum of fine art gallery. We do reserve the right to reject any work we do not feel is appropriate for ArtCrowd, but in most cases, we welcome all kinds of original fine art from all over the world. There is no qualification process or jury selection. ArtCrowd is not a place for reproductions, copies of forgeries. However, if you work with original fine art, we want you to become part of the ArtCrowd.

Visit our Step by Step Guide to begin building your campaign. You can work and develop your campaign at your own pace, saving as a draft until you are ready. Even better, use our exclusive Vernissage tool to test your success strategies. Connect with our social media features to create a network of friends on ArtCrowd and build your artistic brand. Exhibit online with ArtCrowd for free to show off your artwork and help patrons become excited about your creative goals. And don’t worry, don’t rush. One of the most important keys to a successful campaign and artistic career is taking the time to build it right.

The one thing all successfully run crowdfunding campaigns share is networking. If you thought the work was done when you finalized your campaign and took it live, you are in for a surprise. Like a tree falling in a forest, no one will know about your campaign if they don’t hear about it... and get reminded... a lot. A campaign launched without on-going development , regularly posted updates and even new rewards, will most likely fall short. Share your new content on social media, get your friends to share it too. ArtCrowd is designed to provide you with lots of ways to share your ArtCrowd activity. So get the word out. And respond too. Your future patrons have questions. Be prepared to answer them as soon as possible. Rapid response rate is a key predictor of funding follow through. The longer you take to reply, the more likely your supporters will have moved on.

ArtCrowd rewards successful campaigns that have Made It. Creating and running a successful campaign is a lot of work. As you push past your finish line goal, you’ll understand why we say you “made it.” Your success is our success and we are proud of your accomplishment so we want the world to know. Your successful campaigns and the art in your gallery will become a part of our Permanent Collection in the ArtCrowd Museum. You will be able to continue to offer selected rewards in our Museum Store. However, if you fall short, don’t worry, we won’t keep unsuccessful campaigns public. We are committed to to making you look good and our online space only features your success. Some campaigns don’t work the first time around, but we are in it for the long term and we will help you become an artist who also “Made It” on ArtCrowd.

ArtCrowd is free to create a profile, free to exhibit your art, free to build your creative brand and free to design a funding campaign. There are never any costs until your campaign is a success. ArtCrowd deducts a standard crowdfunding fee of 5% and a credit card payment processing fees (between 3% and 5%) from successfully funded campaigns. Payouts from ArtCrowd to campaign creators usually occur about 15 days after a campaign is successfully funded. You never have to pay out a cent to ArtCrowd. If you don’t succeed, we don’t charge you, ever!

ArtCrowd makes uses Facebook account identification to verify identities. However we can’t be held liable for individuals who would willfully misrepresent their identity. Art history, present and past, is full of nom de plums and assumed identities. But if you suspect that someone is using a misleading or stolen identity on ArtCrowd, please contact us with your concern and we will investigate.

Profiles with a successful campaign can continue to offer rewards inventory through the ArtCrowd Museum Store. The Museum Store functions like the campaign rewards selection, with the campaign creator offering rewards with specified fulfillment dates. The only difference is that rewards are funded upon selection by the patron. Artcrowd charges the same fees for the Museum Store as for regular crowdfunding and pays out on the same schedule. ( See Payments )

Campaigns offer Patrons the opportunity to select from a number of gift Rewards in exchange for funding from the Campaign they are supporting. Alternately, a Patron can choose to not receive a reward for their funding. But either way, patronage ushers an art lover into the world of the artist they are funding with a unique view into their process and a chance to be personally involved in its creation.Managing your funding

Within about 15 days of a Campaigns successful completion, ArtCrowd will fund the campaign creator. The campaign creator is solely responsible for fulfilling the promised rewards according to the promised schedule for each reward. It is the obligation of every campaign creator to see to it that their patrons receive the rewards they expect. ArtCrowd offers creators fulfillment management tools online to monitor the process but does not intervene in an individual campaigns execution or stratification of delivery.

Patrons need to appreciate that they are supporting the creation of something new, not ordering an artwork that already exists. Problems may arise that prevent a creator from fulfilling a reward promise but then the creator must make every reasonable effort to find a way of bringing the project to a satisfying conclusion for their backers. For more information, see our Terms of Use.

Every Creator on ArtCrowd can exhibit an Online Gallery of their artwork at no cost. Each artwork features a diamond icon during hover, that when selected allows any ArtCrowd member viewing the artwork to add it to their own personal Art Collection. Member Art Collections function differently from Creator Online Galleries. The Online Galleries feature work by the creator that is uploaded to a their profile allowing for captioning of artwork credits and incorporation into funding campaigns, while Art Collections are available to ArtCrowd members only for art appreciation and social sharing. Artworks in a Collection cannot be caption edited by the collector and the creator’s ownership of the art is protected. Patrons are encouraged to add artworks they appreciate to their Art Collections in their profiles and spread the word about the art they love by social sharing. Just as it is free to exhibit in the ArtCrowd, it is also free to create your own ArtCrowd Art Collection.

Your account can be deleted from your account page. Warning: this is not reversible!

I forgot my password, how do I log in?
Click the 'Forgot?' link on the login page to request a password reset. Just input the email address associated with your account and we'll send you an email with a link to reset your password.

If your funding charge was declined by the credit card processing, log in to ArtCrowd and click the “ Fix payment ” button. This will guide you through the process of changing your payment method. We'll also send you an email within 48 hours with a direct link to correct the issue. But don't delay: patrons have 7 days to resolve payment issues before they're dropped from the project. We'll also automatically retry your pledge at the end of this timeframe.

It may not necessarily be the case that there’s a specific issue with your card, so much as that you’ll need to ask your bank why this charge in particular is being declined. You may also want to include the details of this transaction, such as:

- The charge being from ArtCrowd.
- The amount pledged for the project.
- The date when ArtCrowd attempted to collect your pledge
- this was the date that the project you backed ended. If the project hasn't ended yet, you can use the date you attempted to pledge.

Once you’ve contacted your bank, feel free to log in to the ArtCrowd account from which you pledged and click the “Fix Payment” button in the “Action Needed” banner.

When you fund a campaign, our payments provider may temporarily authorize your card— this is just to make sure that your card works and can be successfully charged when the time comes. Occasionally, multiple preauthorizations may occur per pledge. (Since funding on ArtCrowd is all-or-nothing, you'll only be charged if the project is successfully funded.)

If you are using a computer that is logged in to someone else's Facebook, connecting your ArtCrowd account to Facebook will create a link to that other person's account. Make sure that whichever computer you're working on is either logged out of Facebook or already logged in as yourself.

ArtCrowd is a crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to connecting Fine Artists and Fine Art Organizations with their supporters to help them realize their creative potential, build their artistic brand and fund their work. There are many options for crowdfunding out there that claim they are for artists, but none understand the particular needs of Fine Art. ArtCrowd understands art because ArtCrowd was designed by artists, art lovers and art professionals for artists, art lovers and art professionals.

ArtCrowd will walk you through the steps of building a profile to identify your artistic brand, exhibit your artwork online and design a funding campaign to get results. Just follow the Step by Step Guide .

Your artistic brand is the information and art you use to build your ArtCrowd profile.

Create a funding Campaign that has a clear cut goal, such as framing a group of paintings for an exhibit, printing an exhibition catalogue or building a studio. Choose goals that are realistic and give your patrons a sense of contribution to your art.

The funding goal is the amount of money you need to raise to complete objective of the campaign, Funding is all or nothing. Your patrons will not be charged if your campaign does not reach its funding goal. So designing an attainable objective is crucial to success.

Patrons are the generous art lovers who fund your campaign to make your art goals a reality.

Rewards are the gifts, Patrons select in recognition of their funding. The best rewards are limited unique experiences and by products related to the creative process for which you are seeking funding. Rewards are not intended as a means for selling your art, as in an online gallery. Instead offer experiences like a chance to spend a day in your studio, or the chance to go on a nature walk with the artist to find sites for landscape paintings, or just meet the artist in a cafe or bar for a beverage. The most successful campaigns are the ones that do more than just raise money, they develop relationships with your supporters.

If you want to get inspired, dive into ArtCrowd and look around. You’re an artist after all, the only limits are your imagination. Accountability

Everyone who is interested in original Fine Art is welcome in the ArtCrowd. Anyone who works with original Fine Art is welcome to create a funding campaign,

Visit our Brand Portfolio to download your very own ArtCrowd Logo design file. Don’t be shy. Get creative with it. Post your creations, we would love to see what you create, and if we decide to use it, will give you design credit and feature your work in a press release.

We want to hear from you if anything concerns you or makes you happy. Contact us to let us know what’s on your mind. You are dealing with artists and art lovers, not robots, at ArtCrowd.

Don’t miss a single new creation. Follow our ArtCrowd feeds on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram . You know you want to.

ArtCrowd is a crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to connecting Fine Artists and Fine Art Organizations with their supporters to help them realize their creative potential, build their artistic brand and fund their work. There are many options for crowdfunding out there that claim they are for artists, but none understand the particular needs of Fine Art. ArtCrowd understands art because ArtCrowd was designed by artists, art lovers and art professionals for artists, art lovers and art professionals.

ArtCrowd provides you with a platform to present your artistic brand. While other online platforms focus on trying to sell art, we know that is usually a race to the bottom. At ArtCrowd we want to take you to the top, so we focus on helping you to build and market your creative identity. We provide exclusive art focused crowdfunding tools you can use to attract attention to your art and find interesting ways to fund it. There are no gatekeepers like grant judges or exhibition juries. Just you and the network you build, the only limit, your ingenuity and energy.

ArtCrowd will walk you through the steps of building a profile to identify your artistic brand, exhibit your artwork online and design a funding campaign to get results. Just follow the Step by Step Guide .

Your artistic brand is the information and art you use to build your ArtCrowd profile.

Create a funding Campaign that has a clear cut goal, such as framing a group of paintings for an exhibit, printing an exhibition catalogue or even building a studio.

The funding goal is the amount of money you need to raise to complete the objective of the campaign, Funding is all or nothing. Your patrons will not be charged if your campaign does not reach its funding goal. So designing an attainable objective is crucial to success.

Patrons are the generous art lovers who fund your campaign to make your art goals a reality.

Rewards are the gifts Patrons select in recognition of their funding. The best rewards are limited unique experiences and products related to the creative process for which you are seeking funding. Rewards are not intended as a means for selling your art, as in an online gallery. Instead offer experiences like a chance to spend a day in your studio, or the chance to go on a nature walk with the artist to find sites for landscape paintings, or just meet the artist in a cafe or bar for a beverage. The most successful campaigns are the ones that do more than just raise money, they develop relationships with your supporters.

If you want to get inspired, dive into ArtCrowd and look around. You’re an artist after all, use your imagination.

ArtCrowd is exclusively for original Fine Artists and Organizations working with Original Fine Art. We recognize that there are many other worthy types of creativity out there that deserve attention and funding, but we don’t want to be a “Swiss Army Knife, “ solution, trying to please everyone. We are dedicated to one thing and one thing only, funding Original Fine Art.

While it might seem like a good idea to make your campaign open ended and not have an all-or-nothing goal, the truth is that crowdfunding platforms that work with deadlines and goals significantly outperform those that don’t. Your friends and supporters mean well, but without time limits and a focused goal. they will procrastinate and forget. It’s human nature. If you’re worried that you might not get your funding, start by designing campaigns with modest attainable goals. There is no limit on the number of campaigns you can run, but we only allow you to do one at a time. Trust us, you don’t want to multitask task a funding campaign. Worried about falling short creating a public campaign? We’ve got you covered, try ArtCrowd’s exclusive Vernissage.

Unlike other all-or-nothing crowdfunding sites, we understand that running a campaign is a learning process and what seems like the right mix of ideas and incentives at the start can prove otherwise when you get audience reaction. That’s where ArtCrowd’s exclusive Vernissage comes in. Vernissage is based on the traditional invitation only preview exhibits famous galleries offer their most valued patrons. ArtCrowd Vernissage lets you run a full fledged trial campaign you can tweak and refine, test rewards, the scope and even the goal of the campaign. Only supporters you invite can see the Vernissage and receive it’s rewards. You can even offer exclusive incentives for Vernissage Patrons. Then when you have fine tuned your campaign, switch to live mode to let the whole world get involved.

ArtCrowd rewards successful campaigns that have Made It. Creating and running a successful campaign is a lot of work. As you push past your finish line goal, you’ll understand why we say you “made it.” Your success is our success and we are proud of your accomplishment so we want the world to know. Your successful campaigns and the art in your gallery will become a part of our Permanent Collection in the ArtCrowd Museum. You will be able to continue to offer selected rewards in our Museum Store .

There are many reasons to become a Patron on ArtCrowd. Before the existence of ArtCrowd, many art lovers did not have a transparent or affordable way to support individual artists and individual art organizations’ projects. Direct individual involvement was usually reserved only for those who could afford the high price of entry. ArtCrowd changes all that by providing a platform for art lovers to become art Patrons at all levels. Becoming a patron of an individual artist, project or organization is a special experience that enriches the life of both the creator and the patron. A Patron truly becomes a part of the art they want to see in the world.

The secret sauce to succeeding on any crowdfunding platform is networking and promoting, just like in a traditional exhibition. If you don’t have a circle of friends online who you can reach by email and social media, it will be hard to break out of the pack. Some crowdfunding platforms make a great deal of the millions of viewers they have, but they don’t tell you how many of those viewers will actually see your project or more importantly, actually support it. “Walk Ins” are rarer than many platforms like to admit.

Most meaningful support comes through your connections. Your family and friends get the ball rolling and ideally tell their family and friends, The better job you do at outreach, the more likely you will succeed. The strength of ArtCrowd is that it turns your network into stakeholders in your creative projects. The most convincing evangelizers for art are those who believe enough in it to back their belief with funding. If you don’t have a big network, get creative. Use the artist branding tools of ArtCrowd to offer small scale campaigns to bring in patrons and build a network. There is no campaign goal minimum amount. There is no limit to the number of campaigns you can create. So make some noise and get noticed.

Campaigns offer Patrons the opportunity to select from a number of gift Rewards in exchange for funding from the Campaign they are supporting. Alternately, a Patron can choose to not receive a reward for their funding. But either way, patronage ushers an art lover into the world of the artist they are funding with a unique view into their process and a chance to be personally involved in its creation.

ArtCrowd is free to create a profile, free to exhibit your art, free to build your creative brand and free to design a funding campaign. There are never any costs until your campaign is a success. ArtCrowd deducts a standard crowdfunding fee of 5% and a credit card payment processing fees (between 3% and 5%) from successfully funded campaigns and site based sales. You never have to pay out a cent to ArtCrowd. If you don’t succeed, we don’t charge you, ever!.

It is the responsibility of the artist or art organization to complete their own campaign. ArtCrowd is not involved in the development of the projects themselves beyond providing the tools on its web platform that make up ArtCrowd .

ArtCrowd cannot guarantee campaigns or vet an artists ability to execute a campaign. ArtCrowd is not responsible for acts of plagiarism or forgery on ArtCrowd though all efforts will be made to prevent such illegal actions and all perpetrators will be banned. If you know of possible illegal activities of an ArtCrowd profile, please let us know . It is the responsibility of every Patron on ArtCrowd to decide for themselves if the artist or art organization is worthy of support. ArtCrowd makes every effort to see to it that all art on the site are properly credited. If you find errata, please let us know . All artist deserve proper credit for the work they create.

Like any investment, Patrons should show due diligence in selecting the artists they support through ArtCrowd. Investing in any speculative area is inherently risky. Risk is offset by rewards if the art you support succeeds. Look for artists with a track record, whose work is visible elsewhere and who’s claims seem credible. Contact the artist and ask them about their experience, their exhibits and all relevant information you need to decide if the art deserves your support. Don’t hesitate to contact an artist or organization. If they are serious, informed about what they do and respond, chances are they will be a good investment. .

ArtCrowd itself can make no representations about the viability of any artist on it’s site, however, ArtCrowd is a very public site and artists here put their reputations on the line. Respect their commitment. Understand the risks. Appreciate your roll as a Patron to be an agent of change. Help make good art happen

While we all want a perfect world, we know that problems do arise and things can happen to derail a campaign or a person’s life, from the simple supply problem to the difficult matters of health and well being. When problems arise on ArtCrowd as in most of life, the secret to overcoming problems is communication. Reach out explain the issues clearly. If you perceive that their might be a problem, ask. Two way communication is key. Most people are understanding if they feel they are in the loop.

Within about 15 days of a Campaigns successful completion, ArtCrowd will fund the campaign creator. The campaign creator is solely responsible for fulfilling the promised rewards according to the promised schedule for each reward. It is the obligation of every campaign creator to see to it that their patrons receive the rewards they expect. ArtCrowd offers creators fulfillment management tools online to monitor the process but does not intervene in an individual campaigns execution or stratification of delivery.

Patrons need to appreciate that they are supporting the creation of something new, not ordering an artwork that already exists. Problems may arise that prevent a creator from fulfilling a reward promise but then the creator must make every reasonable effort to find a way of bringing the project to a satisfying conclusion for their backers. For more information, see our Terms of Use .

Once a campaign is successfully funded, completed and your credit card has been charged, ArtCrowd cannot issue a refund to the Patron. Transactions are between backers and creators directly. Creators receive all funds (less fees) soon after their campaign ends, ArtCrowd is just a processing agent for the transactions. However Patrons can change or cancel their funding up until 48 hours before the end of the campaign.

ArtCrowd was created to help artists fund their creative needs for their art. ArtCrowd is not fiscally structured to offer guarantees the way a risk adverse profit focused traditional operation like a gallery or agent can (who take between 20-60% of an artists earnings), or like a pay to play service that charges artists huge fees up front to get their art seen. ArtCrowd charges only a slight fee on successful campaigns so we can encourage new art. With anything new, one has to accept a bit of risk. We think it is worth it to encourage new art and see the options for creating art grow.

There are no charges on Artcrowd for the Patron or against the creator’s funding until and unless a campaign has been successful. ArtCrowd will never ask you for money other than to follow up to collect funds you, yourself have promised a successful campaign, ArtCrowd does its best to monitor suspicious activity and follow up on any concerns reported by its users. Anyone found to be engaged in unethical activity will be warned if minor, and banned if serious. Hate speech, intolerance and threats will not be tolerated. ArtCrowd does not ban nudity, which is an important form of artistic expression, but it will not permit pornography.