Art Socialization for Galleries
Unlike most art sites on the Internet, Yallery is not trying to render the traditional gallery obsolete. We at Yallery believe the traditional art gallery to be the “live performance venue” of the primary art market. As the live performance venue, we believe traditional galleries are the best place to find new art and artists, and experience art for the first time.
We have preserved a role for galleries within Yallery as the de facto source of “primary market” art. Yallery does not encourage artists to compete with their representation. However, if an artist does not have traditional gallery representation, they are welcome to sell their artworks directly into the Yallery marketplace.
If both the Gallery and Artist are Yallery members, an Artist may use the Yallery Consignment tool to designate art from their Catalogue as consigned, and automatically populate a new artwork within the Gallery member’s Inventory Management System and Public Dashboard “Mosaic” that links back to the Artist’s Catalogue Mosaic. If the artist is not a Yallery member, then the gallery member must upload the art images and information into their Inventory and Management System and Mosaic like any other Yallery member type.
As members and non-members browse through the Collections and Catalogues of collectors and artists, works available for sale at galleries are featured within the Artist’s Catalogue Mosaic with a tile background color that identifies the artwork as being consigned for sale to a Gallery (can be either a member gallery or non-member gallery).
Artist Narratives
Artists may publish text, audio or video narratives for each artwork they create. These narratives transfer to the Gallery’s “Art Info Page” if they are consigned the artwork.
Artwork Comments
Every Artwork on Yallery may feature a comment stream, where members can discuss the artwork.
Detail Images
Gallery members may add up to five detail images to each artwork. Detail images help people appreciate the finer details or unique process in an artwork.
Exclusive Forum
Galleries receive their own discussion Forum, they may use this resource as they see fit.
Event Management
Gallery members may create and publish events in their Public Dashboard calendars — Invites may be sent to members and non-members and RSVP state followed from invite to event.
Personal Calendar
Like Artist and Collector members, Gallery members may also subscribe to the Event Calendars of Artist and Gallery members. The Personal Calendar provides members with a single interface into infinite events.
Identity
Although Gallery members are provided with the same range of identity and location options as other members, Yallery recommends that Gallery members use their Organization name and City, State/Prov and Country as selections.
The Future
There are other Gallery-directed features coming as we implement Yallery’s Beta plan. Stay tuned.