art in offices (1)

I'm sharing this email exchange I recently received and am very interested in hearing your opinions: "...and the call for entries was over (in Miami). But I began a correspondence with the artist who put out the call. Seems she is an ophthamologist's wife and wanted to turn the new office into a gallery. Well, I thought that was a good idea, since my ophthamologist's office has very grim magnolias everywhere, from a local framed art warehouse. Horrible stuff. I wrote a letter. They called, and it looks very good for me and my photography for just after New Years. So off I go to get some inventory and start matting and framing. I met with the assistant office manager today. My work will be for sale with a donation to their favorite (and mine) charity, the local no-kill humane society. We win all the way around, and I will be rotating my photographs - first in the main waiting room, then in the hallways and examining rooms." May Lattanzio Freelance Writer/Poet/Photographer Author: Waltz on the Wild Side - An Animal Lover's Journal www.thelensflare.com/u_may.php My partner in all things web read May's email and said: "Excellent blog post story here!" My response: "I don't think so. The artist does a lot of work, nothing gets sold and the only person who benefits is the opthamologist's office who gets free work. Michael does this all of the time...maybe a sale now and then, but most of the people I know are too busy making, working and marketing to spend time doing this, let alone letting their work molder in someone else's office." His response: "Yes. Your reaction is even more interesting. Good pitfall for newbies to avoid. I was wondering how she made money out of this and figured she must not need to..." Your turn. What do you think of this as a way to market your work?
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