How do I buy some original student art?

September 12, 2007 6:26 PM

I've been to small art fairs in college towns where art students sell their assigned works. The variety of subjects and media is wide and normally the costs are very reasonable (~$20). Are there online versions of this experience?
posted by cobbenterprises to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Etsy.com?
posted by sugarfish at 6:30 PM on September 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

shop.deviantart.com
posted by junkbox at 7:34 PM on September 12, 2007

Definitely browse etsy! It's a really great site with a vibrant community, and there's lots of amazing, creative, hand-made stuff on there. Here's a direct link to the art section. Just looking at the front page of that, I'm tempted to buy stuff...
posted by lhall at 8:15 PM on September 12, 2007

maybe also of interest:

design*sponge's affordable art guide
art at trunk.com
imagekind
pretty darn swell
tiny showcase
posted by logic vs love at 8:56 PM on September 12, 2007

www.ugallery.com is pretty much what you're looking for. It's all student art, and you get to see what school the student is at. The quality is pretty good, but the prices might be a bit higher than what you're looking for (although they do have a <$100 category).
posted by gwenzel at 9:47 AM on September 13, 2007

shopscadonline.com is the online version of the Savannah College of Art and Design's student-goods-stocked store.
posted by bradbane at 12:08 PM on September 13, 2007