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The First Step to Curating Your Art

Let’s face it. Artists are terrible at curating their own work. There’s no way you can be objective. You love everything, you hate everything, you want to show everything you have, or you don’t want to show anything at all. Sound familiar? Today’s article is inspired by an email I received from Karen Meredith, in which she wanted to know about the proper number of works to have on a website, in an exhibition, or at an open studio.

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Sarah Snavely demonstrates how she packs her sculpture – securely and professionally. Image used with permission.

16 Ways to Demonstrate Your Art Has Value

Sometimes we get sloppy and forget that everything we do and say around our work affects how others perceive it. You teach people how to treat you and your art. Make sure you’re sending the right signals. Here are 16 things to consider.

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Jill Powers’ piece, Color in a Changing Forest, in a Live Motion performance. Photo by David Silver.

Multiply Your Exhibition Audience with Collaborative Programs

We were pitched exhibition ideas daily when I worked in art museums. When trying to decide on an exhibition schedule, we considered things such as funding sources, gallery space, scholarship, budget needs, and audience interest. But one of our biggest concerns was always: Can we program this?

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Wine & Cheese AGAIN???

The awesome and amazing Matt LeBlanc was generous enough to talk with me this week about his Fusion art and entertainment event, which he deliberately created to be different from the same old wine-and-cheese openings. More than an opening, Fusion is an annual sold-out EVENT.

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What Papa Taught Me About Selling Art from the Trunk of His Car

Papa didn’t care for any art other than his own and didn’t know the “rules” of the art world. Heck, he didn’t even know there was an art world! Getting into a gallery never entered his thoughts. He just drove around with a trunk full of sculptures to show to people.

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Ruth Soller, Texas Longhorn in Palo Duro Canyon

How to Pull Off a Sold-Out Show By Extending Your Antennae

Guest blogger Ruth Soller recently enjoyed her first-ever sold-out show at the Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show and Sale after participating for four years. She shares 5 tips for how she did it – building on her successes and observations each year.

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Kathy Knaus takes some pride in seeing her work Joni IV on exhibit in a Denver gallery.

Warning: Exhibiting Your Art is Good for You

The Internet is an amazing tool, but it can never replace encountering a real work of art. Exhibiting your art allows you to have a dialogue with people about the work. You can’t help but learn and grow from these experiences.

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The Role of Exhibitions < Deep Thought Thursday

Can artists have successful careers without exhibiting live?
How? Will anything be forfeited?

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Tatiana Garmendia, “Epic Ink Drawings” installation view.

Real Live Art

I write a lot about promoting your art online because it’s cost effective and easy. But you shouldn’t be satisfied with showing your work only on the Internet. Nothing can replace a live audience interacting with your art. Every time you show your art to someone, you add new layers of meaning to the work

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When 2 Minds Meet < Deep Thought Thursday

“Art viewing is nothing if not a connection between two minds, in my opinion.”

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