selling feminist art
my thoughts on selling my feminist illustrations on a market for the first time
feminist art - Katharina Lorenz
i opened my online store over a year ago in april 2021. since then i’ve been selling my art online, i am sharing my art online, i am communicating online, i am connecting with people online. everything is online. and often it happens that the work and all the hours you put into your art don’t even get recognized that much, or don’t get a lot of feedback - mostly because of algorythms (i think by now we all know the drill)
so it often happens for me that i am not even sure anymore if people actually like my art, if they can connect with it, if it means anything to anyone. well it means a lot to me but of course i am not doing it only for me and of course if no one cares well then i can’t pay my bills anymore.
and so i though about doing markets for a while now because i got invited also already to some amazing feminist markets but then often i haven’t had enough prints ready, or i thought maybe i won’t even break even (because yes having a stand at a market costs money) and then of course there is self doubt and social anxiety etc.. but i really wanted to try this and get out of my comfort zone and see if i can sell anything of my art in real life - like in person, not only online.
breastcancer check sheet - Katharina Lorenz
feminist illustrations
so i got invited to this market where i knew (i hoped) that i could break even for sure and it sounded really nice and the location was really cute so i decided to try my faith and go for it. and so the preparations began and i asked other market people for their help and advice and i managed to really put something nice together for my first ever market.
i loved it
and see there: i loved it!! how amazing is it to have actual people in front of you looking at what you created and giving you live and actual feedback and face expressions on it. scary yes, but amazing! especially because i saw that a lot of people can relate to what i have put out there and i had so many great conversations about feminism, the menstruation, vulva diversity, sex etc. and if that wasn’t already beautiful enough - people actually bought my prints and stickers and i actually made money from the market. wow!
of course there where a few people that could not relate at all with my art but i mean that’s okay too and it’s actually kind of funny to see like a 60 year old person looking at all the nudity in my prints and and all the vulvas and period blood being kind of confused. 😄
i can not say if money wise it went great or bad because i have no comparison but for me, for my first market - it was a total win! so much more than i could have expected and i am so thankful and i can’t wait for future markets to come!
feminist art prints
