I had the pleasure of watching The Red Violin on Saturday night. Through Netflix, we’ve had it in our home for about three months–just waiting for the perfect time to watch, I suppose. It’s a beautiful movie and I highly recommend it to all artists. The underlying theme: One beautifully crafted, much-loved musical instrument (created […]
Art Brings People Together Read
You are ready to contact an art consultant when you have a good-sized body of work of consistent quality and style. It’s not so different from approaching a gallery.
Finding and Contacting Art Consultants Read
Harriete Estel Berman and the Society of North American Goldsmiths announces recent additions to the fabulous Professional Guidelines: 1. Top Ten Tips for Getting Into a Juried Exhibition, Craft Show, Book or MagazineImprove your chances of being accepted anywhere inclusion is decided by jury. 2. Inventory Records: Documentation and Provenance Including a form for artists
New Artist Professional Guidelines Read
I got this email from a very concerned Harriete Estel Berman. I’m sharing it here in hopes that those deeply interested in this topic will figure out the math involved! She writes: Using the jury system 1,2, 4, 5, is not more effective! In fact, it is more inaccurate than 1,2,3,4. Artists just don’t understand
Fuzzy math involved in jurying your art? Read
Did another quick trip to the Blanton Museum of Art yesterday before flying out of Austin. (Peace and patience to those of you having to fly today–I seemed to get out just in time.) I always recommend that people visit museums a little bit at a time. This is more difficult when you’re in a
Ben Shahn at the Blanton is a Must See Read
I made a quick trip to Austin with my husband. As a UT art-history alum, it’s kind of like coming home, although I never felt at home in this heat. It’s more fun to come down these days because my dear friend and former museum colleague, Brian, is here working at the new Blanton Museum
Blanton Museum of Art–Austin, Texas Read
As I was writing yesterday’s Art Marketing Action newsletter about updating your resume and the blog entry about biographies, it occurred to me that you also need to be keeping track of which works of yours are being shown where and when. In other words, keep a detailed list of what you show in each
Don’t ever assume that someone knows how to take care of your artwork. Two artworks were destroyed in separate accidents, but in the same exhibition, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris–a world-class museum. It’s such a strange and sad story. Read “Make a Conservator Happy.”
Make Sure They Know How to Care for Your Work Read
It’s tough to put together a resume when you’re just beginning. If you find yourself in this situation, follow these two pieces of advice: Start a file labeled “Resume.” Drop into it anything and everything that will one day appear on your resume: honors, awards, teaching, public collections, exhibitions, articles by you, articles about you,
Pat Velte, my Web guru, sent me a link to Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules to Live By. Worth reading. (Thanks, Pat.) Each of the 16 rules is relevant to me, but these are some that stood out: 1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance
Bob Parson’s 16 Rules to Live By Read
COMPLIMENTARY INFO/ORIENTATION SESSION FOR CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS (AND COLLECTORS)
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