Business of Being an Artist Series

Twice a year Visual Art Exchange presents its Business of Being An Artist (BOBAA) series of lectures and panel discussions designed to educate professional visual artists and provide them with tools to become savvy small business people. This spring VAE has partnered with Artspace to offer three informative and engaging talks on a range of topics. All talks will be held at Artspace and start and 7pm. FREE for VAE and Artspace members. $5 per evening for non-members. To sign up for one or more of these evenings email Rachel Herrick (click here).

Spring 2009 Series

Part One. MAY 6: FINDING OPPORTUNITIES & MAKING THE MOST OF THEM This talk is full!

Art Festivals 101. Speaker: Terri Dollar, Artsplosure Program Director.
Building Relationships with Galleries. Speaker: Nicole Kennedy, artist & owner of Nicole's Gallery.
Understanding Art Museum Practices. Speaker: Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art @ North Carolina Museum of Art.

Part Two. MAY 13: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES This talk is full!

Fast & Easy Web-sites. Speaker: Sarah Powers, VAE Executive Director
Pricing and Presentation. Speaker: Mary Kay Kennedy, gallery manager of The Collectors Gallery and The Mahler Gallery.
Making Your Artist's Statement Speak for You. Speaker: Rachel Herrick, VAE Programs & Marketing Director.
Marketing Via Social Media. Speaker: Winston Bowden, Contactology Director of Marketing.

Part Three. MAY 20: LEARNING FROM THEIR MISTAKES
Speakers: Bob Rankin and Jane Filer. These two renown artists will talk about their careers and share tips they wish they'd known along the way.