Learning how to price artwork is challenging for lots of artists. If you’re struggling with where to start and wondering how to price your art in a fair way that represents your effort and will sell, you’ll find this presentation super helpful!
It’s really important for artists to understand things like commission prices, pricing artwork that has already been completed, and the differences between selling independently and selling through a gallery. Most artists need some income to be able to keep making art. Creating an excellent portfolio and pricing your pieces appropriately will mean you can keep doing what you love and, better yet, get paid for it!
About the Presenter, Dr. Daria Penionzhkevich Dega:
- Ph.D., MAA, MD
- Highly experienced manager
- Business owner of Award-Winning International Gallery and Art Studio DEGALLERY.
- Award-winning artist.
- Founder and director of non-for-profit art organization DEGA International Art Association.
For most children born in Russia, a country with deep, versatile history and tradition in the arts, art is an important part of their childhood. For Dary Dega, the owner of Aggieland’s newest destination for artists, DEGALLERY, it was no different. Like most Russian children, she was raised attending museums and concert halls, going to the ballet, and classical music concerts.
But Dary may have fallen even deeper in love with the arts at an early age, thanks to traveling extensively all over Europe as a child with her father, who was a renowned scientist, and the rest of her family. Throughout her travels, she continuously learned more about the fine arts and their beginnings at every turn. That early passion remained fervent for Dary, who would go on to later graduate from art school and music school while also pursuing a career in medicine.
Dary emigrated to the USA in 2014 and moved with her husband because he assumed the position of physics professor at Texas A&M University. Following the move to Texas, Dary’s lifelong love of art inspired her to launch a unique gallery in her new home in Aggieland, a dream of hers, to build a space allowing every artist of every age, at every talent level, to express themselves.
Drawing upon her experience from some of the best art teachers in the world, in some of the top art schools in the world, art classes at DEGALLERY are unmatched. Degallery was awarded as Best Gallery, Best Art Studio, and Best Summer Camp for Kids in 2022 and 2023.
Dary Dega continues to support local, national, and international artists, including kids and professional masters. She is the founder and director of the International Grand Art Event DEGART, the Funder International Kids Art Contest HAPPY DEGART, and the International Winter Art Show and competition.
She also continues as an artist to participate in art shows and competitions and provide high-quality art classes workshops and educational presentations.
Visit Our Artists Webpage to see more of her work! Note: All VAS members can get their own page – just fill out the FORM!
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our November meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by, chat and catch up!
