“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” – Francis Bacon Submitting proposals to galleries is a competitive process, with a lengthy wait time before receiving an exhibit offer. In the meantime, you want and need options to introduce your art to the market. So what should you do? Make a decision to [...]
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Artist Interview: Jean Gonzalez
There are endless forms of expression in contemporary art. An old tradition of hand sewing has emerged in the art world as textile art. Historically, this art form was used to record family history through quilts and other textile works. One of the most well-known textile art works is “Stars and Strips flag,” created by [...]
Artist Interview: Stanley Rayfield
Clarke Art Consulting was delighted to interview emerging artist Stanley Rayfield. Rayfield has launched a great start to his art career with his painting titled, “Dad”, which won second place in competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Rayfield is a recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts, and currently works on [...]
How To Take Your Art To Market
Art Is A Business – First and foremost, consider your art to be a “product,” and with any product, it must be presented and package professionally for sale. If you consider yourself a fine artist – you should always treat your art as a highly valuable good. Therefore, be discriminative when choosing where and how [...]
Diversifying Art Museums
Most major US art museums’ senior management does not include minorities, unlike staff at comparable levels in corporations, universities and government offices. But American demographics are shifting swiftly and art museums will soon have to change with it. Art museums will have to diversify to survive – if they don’t, they could be out of [...]
