Tyme Gallery and the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen excited about their first Art & Film Festival to be held at Villanova University on June 2nd…

Deadline has been extended Tyme Gallery and the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen are excited to announce their first Art & Film Festival to be held…

Tyme Gallery is proud to present award winning painter, Josette Simon Gestin and potter, Peggy Martin in “Conversations in Paint & Clay”. The opening reception is Friday March 11th, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.

Josette Simon Gestin grew up in Brittany, France where she studied art at The Beaux-arts in Rennes. As a consequence of her husband’s work, she moved to the USA via Oklahoma City. Simon-Gestin started to print at the Paseo Intaglio Printers and to show her art in group and individual shows. Her artwork has been shown in Florida, Missouri, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and in Japan.

Born into a family of artists and raised in New York City, Peggy Martin has been influenced by form, texture and color. Martin got her start in pottery at the Community Art Center of Wallingford. She has explored jewelry fabrication, beading, photography, sewing, floral design, drawing, as well as interior home remolding. According to Martin, “When I begin a piece my intention is to develop a form that excites me. I am attracted to forms that have simple, clean lines and appear to be lifted or floating. I often begin my work on a wheel and have only a general idea of where I am going. As I work, the piece evolves and seems to define itself”. Martin has exhibited her work throughout the greater metropolitan area and continues to set higher goals for herself.

“Conversations in Paint & Clay,” colors so rich and texture so opulent you will want to see and touch. Come meet and greet the artists. The opening reception is Friday, March 11th, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The reception is catered with hors d’ oeuvres from Antonella’s Italian Kitchen in Rosemont and is free to the public. The artwork is on sale and exhibit from March 11th through April 5th. Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road in Havertown. For additional information about the exhibition, or for directions, call 610-853-1215 or check out their website at www.tymegallery.com.

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Recently I got caught up in a scam with my UPS account. Someone actually stole my UPS account number and used Tyme Gallery’s account to send fraudulent checks and money orders all across the U.S.  I really thought I would have to make a foolish mistake to get caught in a scam. This lead me to write this blog on selling on the internet.

As many of you know Tyme Gallery represents over 200 artists and has their own website.  There is a marketplace on the website.  When one runs a business on the internet you open yourself up to be contacted from people you have never met and will never meet.  One of the classic rules to safeguard yourself on the internet is to never open email or attachments from individuals you do not know.  This is not possible if you wish to run a successful business.  You must open up email from new people all the time to acquire new business.  I have included information from Internet Fraud Watch, Better Business Bureau, Internet Crime Complaint Center, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and will first list some tips I have gathered myself over the years.

• The old adage if it sounds too good should always, always take a front seat
• Is English the first language or are they just pretending
• Are they making ridiculous requests such as mail the artwork to one address and they live at another address especially two different countries
• Are they asking to make an overpayment and have you send a portion of the payment back to them
• Do they have their own shipper and do not want to use and established shipper such as UPS or FedEx
• Do they refuse to use an established means of payment such as PayPal

All of these things I have found sound send a red flag(s).  If you do not have your own merchant account and the customer does not want to use an established merchant exchange such as PayPal, stay far, far away. I have my own merchant account but still use PayPal for long distant sales with strangers.  People since the beginning of tyme have been finding ways to commit fraud.  Now with the internet they can do it long distant.  Just use some simple rules, be on your guard and remember not everyone is trying to rip you off.  Here are some more tips for safeguard in general:

Sources: Internet Fraud Watch, Better Business Bureau, Internet Crime Complaint Center, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission