One of the very best ways to support emerging artists is to collect their work, but there are other ways you can help too, like spreading the word! Let's all take two minutes to vote for edition-maker Carrie Marril.

A Dream World Glimmers In The Background Of The Soul by Carrie Marill

Carrie is competing to win a $10,000 grant and have her work added to the prestigious West Collection. To bring her work to the top of the judges' list, make sure to visit her page and give her five stars.

West Forty-third Street (Yellow Cabs) by Joseph O. Holmes

Manhattan Users Guide, a website and e-newsletter that has long syndicated the daily photographs of edition-maker Joe Holmes, is up for a Mashable Open Web Award. To vote for MUG and Joe head over to Mashable, sign in with Twitter or Facebook, and select "Manhattan Users Guide" from the drop-down menu. Voting has closed! Best of luck to MUG!

All this is especially relevant because last week, Jen tweeted a link to a pretty upsetting survey:

A vast majority of Americans, 96%, said they were greatly inspired by various kinds of art and highly value art in their lives and communities. But the data suggests a strange paradox. While Americans value art, the end product, they do not value what artists do. Only 27% of respondents believe that artists contribute "a lot" to the good of society.

"This is the thing we're trying to fix at 20x200," wrote Jen. And I think that I speak for everyone at 20x200 when I say that the most rewarding part of working here is helping to support all these amazing artists and bring their work to collectors like you!