Bainbridge Island Art hosts and manages Online Art Auctions for 501(c)(3) non-profits looking for unique fundraisers.

As an artist, you are also a business. You need to make money.

Some of us are happy to donate our artwork… but hoping that someone will buy more of our artwork after a charity event isn’t a plan for financial success.

We are changing this.

Along with our Premier Artist community, Charitable Artists will be invited to participate in fundraisers without feeling like you’re just giving away your art for free with no return.

We’re working with non-profits who understand this.

We’re helping charities by reducing overhead costs associated with running in-person fundraisers (ex: catering, event rental space, etc.), and we are all sharing the costs associated with the sales from the online bidding platform.

Win-Win Fundraisers — here’s how it works

•You, the Charitable Artist, carefully select the artwork for the auction, set the minimum bid price and the value. You give details about the artwork, have 3 to 4 images, and describe how you will get the artwork to the winning bidder. The artwork doesn’t leave your care until you deliver or ship it to the winning bidder. You may ask the bidder to pay for shipping.

•The online art auction is promoted by the benefiting Non-Profit, and Bainbridge Island Art, and participating artists.

•The auction is held.

•The winning bidder gets an artwork they love!

•After the credit card, and platform fees are deducted, the funds are divided as follows:

•The artist receives 50% of the net funds.

•The charity receives 30% of the net funds.

•Bainbridge Island Art receives 20% of the net funds.

Want to offer more of your percentage to the cause? You can do that too. Say you’ll only take 40% of the net funds; the remaining 10% is applied to the charity — they’ll receive 40% of the net funds on your sold artwork.

Artists may submit up to 5 works of art in any auction. Artist agrees that the artist's artwork and material does not contain defamatory or otherwise unlawful or inappropriate content.

Would you rather offer a gift certificate? We can do that too. There are lots of ways you can help support a charity with our Online Art Auctions.

How do I become a Charitable Artist?

Click the APPLY NOW button below. You will be taken to our JotForm Application. Fill out the Application and pay the non-refundable $25 Jury Fee.

Applications go through a jury selection process. The process can take up to 7 business days.

If you are invited to be a Charitable Artist, you will receive an email with a link to our Charitable Artist Contract. If you’d like to read our contract prior to applying, please send us an email via our contact form.

The jury fee is non-refundable, even if you are not accepted to participate as a Charitable Artist.

Artists will be juried annually to ensure that their artwork is professional and acceptable for use in charity auctions.

After you have signed your Charitable Artist contract, you will have access to the Charitable Artist’s membership site with information on current and upcoming calls for art for auctions.

If you have questions, reach out to us via our contact form.

Currently accepting artists for “Art for a Cause” benefiting Cancer Support Community

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