Privacy Policy
Draft. These terms are under legal review and may change before sales open.
Effective November 2026.
Who we are
Thesis Art is a d/b/a of Solera Family LLC, 30 Cooper Square, New York, NY. We run thesisart.com, a marketplace where current art students sell original work. Questions about this policy go to hello@thesisart.com.
What we collect
- Open-call applications: your name, email address, school, program, links to your work, and anything you write to us.
- Artists: the details above, plus the photos, descriptions, dimensions and prices you give us for listings, and the email messages you send us.
- People who ask to hear when sales open: your email address and which page you signed up on.
- Feedback: what you write, the page you were on, and your email address if you give it.
- Buyers, once sales open: your name, email address, and shipping address if the piece is shipped. Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your full card number.
- Technical data: our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes IP addresses and request logs to deliver and protect the site. We do not use advertising or analytics cookies. The only cookie we set is a login cookie for our own staff.
How we use it
- To review applications, build listings, and publish the work you approve
- To run sales: take payment, tell the artist about the sale, arrange pickup or shipping, pay the artist, and handle problems
- To send email you asked for, such as notice that sales are open. Every marketing email has an unsubscribe link.
- To keep records the law requires, such as tax records
- To improve the site from the feedback people send
AI
An AI agent handles much of our email and drafts listings. It reads the messages and material you send us and writes replies and listing drafts. If you ask whether you're dealing with a person or an AI, we'll tell you. The AI model is provided by Anthropic, which processes that content on our behalf. You can ask for a person at any time.
Who we share it with
- Between buyer and artist: when a piece sells, the artist gets the buyer's name and what is needed for delivery. For shipping that is the shipping address. For pickup, we pass on contact details so the two of you can agree a time.
- Service providers who work for us: Stripe (payments and artist payouts), Cloudflare (hosting and storage), Google (email) and Anthropic (the AI agent). They may use your information only to provide their service to us.
- The public: your artist page shows your name, school, program, bio, the links you choose, and your approved listings. We never publish your email address.
- When the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of people using the site.
We do not sell personal information. We do not share it for advertising.
How long we keep it
- Applications from people who do not join: 12 months
- Artist details: while you sell with us, and for 12 months after you leave
- Mailing list: until you unsubscribe
- Order and payout records: seven years, for tax purposes
Your choices
You can ask us to show you, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing hello@thesisart.com. We will answer within 30 days. We may keep records the law requires us to keep.
Security
We limit access to the people and services that need it, use encrypted connections, and keep staff logins private. If a breach affects your information, we will tell you as New York law requires.
Age
Thesis Art is for people 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If we learn that we have, we delete it.
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top. If the change is significant, we will email the artists and subscribers it affects before it takes effect.