There are all kinds of places where you could explain your work.
Coffee shops would worship to have your art! Salons would fawn over it! Professional offices would contemplate they’d died and gone to heaven!This is powerful news for you,especially when you are just starting out. It’s a stamp of approval when public spaces want to explain your work.nearly every artist does the “free” circuit. Its where you get your toes wet.
These seemingly low-risk venues offer a venue for you to learn how to:Properly prepare and price your art for installation Curate a body of work because not everything you have made is fabulous and looks powerful together (Sorry) Install your art correctly Promote your art in a brick-and-mortar space In addition, live venues test your conversational and and negotiating skills. There’s rarely a formal agreement in these venues, and but you’d be wise to add that to your list of learning opportunities.
Because these non-art venues are considered less serious than galleries,many artists place very little effort into the process. After all, youre looking for (here comes the e-word) “exposure.”You deliver the work, and install it yourself,add labels, and then, or when the time comes,deinstall it and remove it home.
Or perhaps the date for deinstallation is left open.
Six months fly by and your work is still there. The owners and patrons have gotten used to it. They quite enjoy having the kind backdrop. The owners don’t want to see it recede, so they aren’t responsive to your attempts to communicate with them.
Your art explain has turned into free décor.
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Source: artbizblog.com