Below are frequently asked questions that we hear and regularly respond to from artists and other interested parties with their answers.
If your question is not answered either here or in the links provided, please contact us at our email address: info@lightspacetime.art and we will respond to your request as quickly as possible. Thank you.
In 2010 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) was created to assist new and emerging artists gain competition experience in juried art shows. The gallery works to help participating artists develop their art resumes and obtain exposure to decision makers in the art world.
The benefits to an artist to expose their artwork and artistic talents through our online art gallery are the following;
Each winning artist also has news of their participation emailed to over 28,000+ gallery owners, corporate art representatives and decision makers in the fine arts field, who subscribe to our bulletins.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery does not sell artwork. All purchase inquiries go directly to the artist.
The copyright for all artwork shown on the Light Space & Time website belongs to the respective artist and no artwork may be reproduced without the written consent of its creator/artist.
Originally created by fine art photographer and an art marketing specialist John R. Math, the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is now owned and run by Fusion Art, LLC. Founded by award winning Fine Artist, Chris Hoffman & Valerie Hoffman, Fusion Art was envisioned and formed out of a passion for art and the artists who create it.
Continuing the work John began, Fusion Art’s mission is to promote and connect new, emerging and established artists with art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers. It is the gallery’s intention to identify talented artists and help them to successfully market their works to the art world.
The top ten winning artists selected for the Overall Category will be selected from the different media categories. Each media category will have a first through tenth place as well as honorable mention awards.
There will be Special Recognition awards for each media category. There will also be a Special Merit Category, which is art chosen from the various media categories.
The top winning artists for each exhibition will be promoted and circulated to over 550+ major News Outlets, Premium FOX, CBS, NBC, and Affiliated Sites, Guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News and Social Media Inclusion.
The winning images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors, and art consultants. News of each winning artist’s participation is also emailed to the over 28,000+ subscribers. Those who subscribe to our bulletins include gallery owners, corporate art representatives, art collectors, and decision makers in the fine arts field.
After the art show closes each month, the exhibition will remain in the LST Archive for 5 years to be viewed by website visitors and be available to be promoted by the artist through their personal art portfolio.
By having their work on the LST website, winning artists should increase exposure to their work, enhance their professional resume and create a high-quality backlink to their own website.
LST also provides promotion to the artists in the Special Merit and Special Recognition categories and lists them in the archive at the close of the show in which they are included.
Winning artists each month are also promoted extensively in online publications and direct email campaigns. The gallery publicizes the winning artists on document sharing sites, including Issuu and SlideShare.
Winning artists are marketed and promoted extensively through the gallery’s social media network including: Facebook, Digg, Linkedin, Stumbleupon, Tumblr, and Twitter.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on ArtWeek/ArtJobs. Artweek/ArtJobs produces 800,000-page impressions per month, 280,000 website visitors per month and has 30,000 newsletter subscribers.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on Art.Base.co. Art.Base produces 100,000 page views per month, 35,000 monthly unique visitors and has 10,000+ newsletter subscribers.
By taking part in our competitions, artists gain valuable experience in marketing their artwork and building their resumes and CV’s in a low-cost effective way.
We provide gallery artists with materials to display in their portfolios including digital Art Exhibition Event Postcard, Event Press Release, and Award Certificates. See Sample Award Certificate here.
Our Art Exhibitions are presented in a YouTube Video on the Light Space & Time YouTube Channel, which artists can link to for marketing purposes. At this time we have had 110,000+ visits to our YouTube Channel.
An artist’s work and website link are retained in the gallery’s archives for five (5) years, which provides continuous exposure to the artist even after the show is over.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
Email: info@lightspacetime.art
Does the Art Gallery Keep and Promote Our Art?
Light Space & Time’s successful monthly art exhibitions are cataloged and retained in Gallery’s Archives. Each archived month showcases the winning artists from the themed monthly competition. The archive of the chosen artwork will be for a period of three (3) years after the close of that month's exhibition. The archive displays the Overall winning artists, First Place through Fifth Place winners along with Honorable Mention artists for each media category. In addition, the gallery has a Special Merit award category and a Special Recognition category. We include links to the winning artists' websites.
Since the beginning of the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (2010), we have been innovative in marketing our gallery artists' work and our monthly art exhibitions. We were one of the first art galleries to show their art exhibitions on YouTube.
We established the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery YouTube Channel to house our extensive library of art exhibition videos. After viewing our YouTube Art Exhibition Videos, we hope you will become a subscriber to our YouTube Channel. Our Gallery Page at Submittable here.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is using the Submittable system to receive, process and administer all of our art competition entries.
Submittable is an international platform that provides administrative processing for art organizations. Submittable provides these services for many creatives, specializing in writing, film-making, art, photography, and grants. Based in Montana, USA, Submittable was founded in 2009. Presently, they provide administrative services to more than 9,000 organizations. Their website is www.submittable.com.
What are the Benefits of using Submittable?
Can LST Gallery Artists Promote their Art Events?
LST has an Artist News Page. This section of the website is available exclusively to any of the Light Space & Time Online (LST) gallery artists. Any LST Artists whose art was shown in a past LST art exhibition may submit their news about a current art exhibition, any art newsworthy event that they will a part of or a future art show (this news excludes any Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery event or awards) that they are involved in.
LST artists may have their art news posted in the Artist News section on a rotating basis with the other LST gallery artists, subject to the Artist News Submission Guidelines Here.
To have your news/press release considered for potential publication please submit your press release through our Press Release Submission Form Here.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) has created the Solo Art Series in order to help emerging and serious 2D and 3D artists (including photography) achieve their goal of advancing their art careers. The LST "Solo Art Series" offers emerging artists the opportunity and marketing vehicle to showcase a full body of their artworks (from 10 to 25 images) in an individual month-long solo art exhibition.
The top winning artists for each exhibition will be promoted and circulated to over 550+ major News Outlets, Premium FOX, CBS, NBC, Affiliated Sites, Guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News and Social Media Inclusion.
The winning images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors, and art consultants. News of each winning artist’s participation is also emailed to the over 28,000+ subscribers. Those who subscribe to our bulletins include gallery owners, corporate art representatives, art collectors, and decision makers in the fine arts field.
The winning entries will be featured on the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website for one month and then remain in the gallery’s Archives for 5 years.
In addition to the above, winning artists accepted into the “Solo” Art Exhibition Series will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, event announcements and wide-spread social media marketing and promotion to make the art world aware of the artists’ solo art exhibition.
The competitive process will encompass not only the quality and depth of the artist’s artwork but will also include an evaluation of the overall presentation of the artist’s biography and artist’s statement as included in the entry package. The requirement of a complete entry package creates an opportunity for the artist to craft and to polish their artist statement and artist biography. Here is a direct link to further information on the Solo Art Series.
Does LST Ever Feature Any Individual Artists?
Each month LST features selected artists in the Artist Showcase section. These are artists selected for the Artist Showcase who competed in a Solo Art Series Art Competition and they placed 5th through 12th place. These artists demonstrated a high degree of artistic talent and skill will be showcased and promoted by the gallery, along with their art.
Through Artist Showcase feature you get to meet, see and begin to understand what motivates these great artists and their art.
Since we have been holding these art competitions it is amazing to me the quality of the art and the talent that has been shown in these art exhibitions.
Please take the time to read these artist showcases features, as it will really help you to develop a sense and an understanding of these artists as people and the meaning behind their fantastic art.
Can the LST Gallery Provide Us With Artist Testimonials?
The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely gratified and somewhat overwhelmed with the encouraging feedback that we have received from various artists from all around the World who have been apart and participated in our art competitions and art exhibitions.
We provide a sampling of some of the positive thoughts and feedback that we have received about the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery from our gallery artists in the Testimonial Section of the website.
Yes, there is. Located in the About Us Section in the header of the website, we have a page devoted to good and high ranking art related links. If you are interested in exchanging links write to us for further information info@lightspacetime.art.
Please read the LST Rules and the procedures in order to apply properly. Please try to follow the theme of each competition, as this is the most important aspect for the artist to consider. If you have any questions regarding the theme and its interpretation, please contact us at info@lightspacetime.art and we will help you with the application process
The top ten winning artists selected for the Overall Category will be selected from the different media categories. Each media category will have a first, second, third, fourth and fifth place as well as five honorable mention awards.
There will be Special Recognition awards for each media category. There will also be a Special Merit Category, which is art chosen from the various media categories.
The top winning artists for each exhibition will be promoted and circulated to over 550+ major News Outlets, Premium FOX, CBS, NBC, Affiliated Sites, Guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News and Social Media Inclusion.
The winning images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors, and art consultants. News of each winning artist’s participation is also emailed to the over 28,000+ subscribers. Those who subscribe to our bulletins include gallery owners, corporate art representatives, art collectors, and decision makers in the fine arts field.
The winning images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors, and art consultants. The winning entries will be featured on the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website for one month and then remain in the gallery’s Archives for 5 years.
By having their work on the LST website, winning artists should increase exposure to their work, enhance their professional resume and create a high-quality backlink to their own website.
After the art show closes each month, the exhibition will remain in the LST Archive to be viewed by website visitors and be available to be promoted by the artist through their personal art portfolio.
LST will promote the winning artists of each exhibition via email, online press releases, online event promotions, and social media marketing to art collectors, art gallery owners and directors and related art professionals.
LST also provides promotion to the artists in the Special Merit and Special Recognition categories and lists them in the archive at the close of the show in which they are included.
Winning artists are marketed and promoted extensively through the gallery’s social media network including; Facebook, Digg, Google+, Linkedin, Stumbleupon, Tumblr, and Twitter.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on ArtWeek/ArtJobs. Artweek/ArtJobs produces 800,000-page impressions per month, 280,000 website visitors per month and has 30,000 newsletter subscribers.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on Art.Base.co. Art.Base produces 100,000 page views per month, 35,000 monthly unique visitors and has 10,000+ newsletter subscribers.
By taking part in our competitions, artists gain valuable experience in marketing their artwork and building their resumes and CV's in a low-cost way.
We provide gallery artists with materials to display in their portfolios including digital Art Exhibition Event Postcard, Event Press Release, and Award Certificates. See Sample Award Certificate here.
Our Art Exhibitions are presented in a YouTube Video on the Light Space & Time YouTube Channel, which artists can link to for marketing purposes.
An artist’s work and website link is retained in the gallery’s archives for five (5) years, which provides continuous exposure to the artist even after the show is over.
LST also provides promotion to the artists in the Special Merit and Special Recognition categories and lists them in the archive at the close of the show in which they are included.
The entry fee is $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries and $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries. There are early registration savings on entry fees (see each competition for dates and discounts). The Solo Art Series has an entry fee of $26.00 for 5 entries. Special art competitions may have entry fee which varies from this schedule. There Is No Return of Any Entry Fees. There are reduced early registration and entry fees, as well as discounts for art students with a registered EDU extension on their email address. See the art competition prospectus for additional details.
Why Should We Have an Artist Biography?
When submitting your entries, we ask that you provide a short bio (250 Word Limit), written in the third person. Tell us a little bit about yourself: your artistic training, your artistic inspiration, media choice, any special techniques used, any prior exhibitions… anything that you might like our patrons and visitors to know about you. Also, include your website URL.
NOTE: In the final evaluation and for our choices for the top exhibition selections, we will select the artist who has provided us with a complete bio, versus an artist who did not, therefore it is important to provide this information to us. Poorly written bios or any bios that have exceeded the word limit will be edited.
Every artist whose artwork is chosen for that month’s art exhibition will receive an email notification from info@lightspacetime.art. All other art competition participants will receive an email notifying them that their artwork was not selected, along with the results of that art competition.
Selections will be made by Fusion Art owners Chris and Valerie Hoffman, and/or invited guest jurors who are prominent in the art world, including other artists and art professionals. Chris is an award winning Fine Artist who has been painting professionally for over 20 years and Valerie is an award winning film producer and writer. Chris's work can be found in private collections around the world. Early in his career, Chris entered and participated in numerous juried art exhibitions in Boston, Providence and New York City. He has now chosen to share his knowledge to assist other artists market and promote their art.
Artists who submit their artwork to the Light Space Time Online Art Gallery (LST) website for an art competition and have any of their submitted artwork chosen for participation in the subsequent art exhibition agree to the following; That LST be granted usage of the chosen artwork, only for display, marketing and promotional purposes for that art exhibition, and for any future LST themed art exhibitions and that usage of that image(s) is limited to any LST press releases, LST event presentations, LST articles, LST graphics, LST slide shows, LST presentations, LST event materials and for use on the LST website.
The artist further agrees that LST can maintain an archive of the chosen artwork for the purpose of a historical documentation and as a record of past themed shows. This archive will be available for public viewing and be limited to the LST website (www.lightspacetimearchives.art). LST will credit each image creator with their Artist Name, File Name, and the Artist Website, if applicable. The Artist shall maintain all copyrights of any images that are submitted to LST.
No resale of or exchange of images will occur by LST. All images contained herein or attached to this website are the property of the artist and the artist retains the sole copyright and all applicable rights to said images. No images may be copied or downloaded from this website.
Artists should read the website’s Terms and Conditions page and entry into any art competition conducted by LST, the artist is agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the Rules. Here is a link to the Terms and Conditions page.
Yes. Light Space & Time has an extensive Social Media presence. The gallery has a Cool Social Media Impact score of 100. That score is the highest that can be attained by a website. Below are the gallery's Social Media Links. Please follow us!
