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Thesis Art

Artist Agreement

Draft. These terms are under legal review and may change before sales open.

This agreement is between Solera Family LLC, a limited liability company doing business as Thesis Art ("Thesis Art"), 30 Cooper Square, New York, New York, and the artist who accepts it ("you"). It takes effect when you accept it, either by email reply or on thesisart.com.

  1. Eligibility. You confirm that you are 18 or older and enrolled now in a degree program at a college or university. You will tell Thesis Art if that changes.
  2. Your work. You confirm that you made each piece you list, that you own it and have the right to sell it, that it is an original physical work, that it does not copy anyone else's work, and that your listing describes it accurately.
  3. Listings. You may send Thesis Art photos and details and ask it to build a listing for you. No listing goes live until you approve it. Thesis Art may decline or remove any listing.
  4. Price. You set the price. Thesis Art will not change it without your approval.
  5. Not exclusive. You may sell your work anywhere else. If a listed piece sells elsewhere or is no longer available, you will remove the listing or tell Thesis Art within 24 hours.
  6. Sales. When a buyer pays for your piece on thesisart.com, you agree to sell it to that buyer at the listed price and to deliver it by pickup or shipping as the Policies describe. The sale is between you and the buyer. Thesis Art is not the seller of your work.
  7. Payment. You appoint Thesis Art to collect payment from the buyer for you. A buyer's payment to Thesis Art counts as payment to you. Thesis Art will pay you the item price less its commission, plus any shipping charge the buyer paid, on the schedule in the Policies.
  8. Commission. The commission is 25% of the item price. Thesis Art will give you 30 days' notice by email before any change to the commission, and a change will not apply to a sale already made.
  9. Refunds. If a buyer receives a refund under the Policies, you are not owed payment for that sale. If you were already paid, you will return the amount or Thesis Art may deduct it from later payouts.
  10. Packing and risk. You are responsible for packing the work safely. Loss or damage in transit is your risk unless the shipment was insured.
  11. Copyright. You keep the copyright in your work and in your photos of it. A buyer receives the physical piece only.
  12. Permission to show your work. You give Thesis Art permission, without charge, to display your listing photos, your name, your school's name and your artist statement on thesisart.com and in its emails, social media posts, advertising and press outreach, in order to promote your work and the marketplace. The permission is not exclusive. It ends 30 days after you ask Thesis Art to stop, except that Thesis Art need not recall material already published or sent.
  13. Your school. Thesis Art is not affiliated with or endorsed by your school. You are responsible for following any school rule about selling work made in class or with school facilities.
  14. Taxes. You are responsible for taxes on your income. Thesis Art may collect sales tax from buyers where the law requires and may ask you for tax information it needs for its own reporting.
  15. Independent parties. You are not an employee, agent or partner of Thesis Art.
  16. Ending this agreement. You may end it at any time by email to hello@thesisart.com. Thesis Art may end it or remove your listings at any time. Sales made before the end date are completed and paid as usual.
  17. Liability. Thesis Art's total liability to you under this agreement is limited to the commissions it earned from your sales in the 12 months before the claim. Neither side is liable to the other for indirect or consequential losses.
  18. Law. New York law governs this agreement. Disputes go to the state or federal courts in New York County.
  19. Changes. Thesis Art may update this agreement with 30 days' notice by email. Continuing to list after that date means you accept the update.
  20. Whole agreement. This agreement and the Policies are the whole agreement between you and Thesis Art about selling on the marketplace. If they conflict, this agreement controls.