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Hundreds of thousands of artists from all of the world sell their artwork on GigPosters.com.
With so many creative individuals all in one place, there are an incredible number of interesting stories unfolding each day throughout our online community and in the real-world lives of our artists!
Here are some highlights from May and June...
A Saloon Painting Finds an Audience
Every once in a while, a piece of artwork comes of our nowhere... strikes a chord with a dedicated fan base... and generates explosive sales growth over the course of just a few days. That''s exactly what happened to Tim Joyner''s "Western Saloon" in late March:
Tim''s painting had been on GigPosters.com since October 2017 and had already been purchased an impressive 168 times as of March 2020.
On March 22nd, however, a Twitter user named Michael Crews sent sales into the stratosphere with this tweet. Michael''s tweet started a snowball of social media activity (950+ retweets and counting) in which commentors tried to identify all of the celebrities in the painting. Within a matter of days, Tim had sold an additional 650 prints!
Congratulations to Tim on all of his success!
View Tim''s Portfolio
Citizens Protest Across America
The death of George Floyd in May 25th set off a wave of protests across American cities. On June 3rd, photogapher Andrew Wallner captured a series of aerial photos of a protest on Burnside Bridge in downtown Portland, Oregon. Andrew uploaded the photos to Gig Posters and announced that he would be donating all of the profits from the sale of his protest photos to Don''t Shoot PDX.
The reaction to Andrew''s photos was immediate and powerful. Andrew sold thousands of prints in a matter of days and will be using the proceeds to support the local BLM organization.
View Andrew''s Portfolio
Artist-Designed Face Masks Strike a Chord and Experience Major Production Delays
In early April, we launched a new line of artist-designed face masks just days after the CDC recommended that all U.S. citizens begin wearing masks when outside their homes. Suddenly, people all over the U.S. and the world needed / wanted to wear face masks on a daily basis, and the resulting strain on our production supply was immediate, dramatic, and very difficult to recover from.
As soon as we unveiled our new line of face masks, we immediately started receiving thousands of orders per day. Each mask is custom-printed and hand-sewn at a production facility in North Carolina. Our production partner began hiring hundreds of temporary textile workers as fast as possible to try to keep up with demand, but the order volume was simply too overwhelming.
Too many orders + too few textile works + shipping delays from UPS and FedEx = the perfect storm. Many face mask orders were delayed by 30+ days and, in some cases, even longer which resulted in a customer service nightmare for the Gig Posters staff and our artists.
Fortunately, we''ve finally managed to catch up, and as of today, we''ve cleared out our entire backlog of face mask orders, and all new face mask orders are now shipping within 5 - 10 business days.
View Artist Face Masks
Let''s hope that the demand for this product goes to zero as quickly as possible for the good of everyone on the planet.
Sports Illustrated Joins Gig Posters
Gig Posters is home to the world''s greatest living artists, and we''re also home to a number of iconic global brands, as well, including National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, and others. In March, an icon of sports publishing joined those ranks:
Sports Illustrated selected Gig Posters to power their new e-commerce website and sell canvas prints, framed prints, metal prints, and wood prints of your favorite athletes.
Shop Sports Illustrated Covers
Sports Illustrated was launched as a weekly print magazine back in the 1960''s, and every single cover (there are thousands of them) is now available to decorate your home or office!
Episode #5 of "Art / My Way" Released
Art My Way is a video series which highlights incredible stories from Gig Posters artists from all over the world. Episode #5 features Morley - a street artist from Los Angeles whose outdoor murals feature messages of hope and inspiration.
Using L.A. streets and walls as his temporary canvas, Morley hopes that anyone who comes in contact with his work will walk away with the feeling that tomorrow might be just a little better than today.
Watch the Episode
An Old Homepage Gets Redesigned
Do you know any websites that haven''t change their homepage in several years?
You were a member of one... until a few weeks ago...
After longer than we''d like to admit, we finally updated our homepage with a new design that shines a spotlight on trending themes in the art world and highlights a mix of popular and up-and-coming artists. Look closely, and you might even find your own artwork right there on the homepage!
Visit the New Homepage
New Collections Released
Our staff added a number of new collections to our curated collections page in June. Our curated collections are designed to help prospective buyers discover new artists and shop for artwork based on popular art styles and subject matters:
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