Getting your work into museums
Brainard Carey
The Art World Demystified
One way is to meet a curator and propose a project or show them your work, but here is another back-door way, that is more intimate and you get paid right away.
Look at the website of a museum near you. Find their educational programs and read the descriptions of them all. There will be workshops and lectures the museum offers for adults, children and usually ages in between as well.
Now think of a workshop or lecture you could propose. It could be anything with any age group. It helps if it relates to an upcoming exhibit. For example, if there is a show on Picasso coming up, you could propose a workshop on how to paint or photograph like picasso, or make a video with a group using methods picasso used for painting, or lecture on how picasso has influenced contemporary artists or anything else, do you get the idea?
Now maybe you are wondering why do a workshop or lecture, because it may not be easy for you or interesting to you.
The reasons are 1. The museum will pay you. 2. It gets you in the museum, you will meet all the staff and be on the inside which may lead to greater things, like a show.
So, your next step is to call the museum near you, ask who is in control of the educational department because you want to propose something. It’s usually a program director or someone like that. Get their email, and send them a proposal that sounds like one of the descriptions on their website and tell them what exhibit it would relate to that they are having.
In this way, you will get paid to do workshops, and will meet the staff of the museum which is the key to being an insider.
If you have any questions about this, do not hesitate to ask by email: Brainard Carey brainardcarey@gmail.com
Brainard Carey works with artists of all different levels from students to mid-career to full time professionals. He helps artists manage their careers as well as develop how their career will be strategized. You see, all artists are different, not just because they have different artwork, but because they have different personalities and views, and this is what primarily determines how they (you) will structure their involvement with the art world. Because if you are shy or aggressive or somewhere in between, your strategy must suit your personality or it will fail.
As an art mentor, Brainard helps artists to develop strategies that suit them and are comfortable to execute. If you are interested in possibly working with Brainard to develop your career, send your website or images via email to: brainardcarey@gmail.com He will contact you to schedule a conversation to discuss working together and what it will cost. There is no charge for that first call, it is for discussing your needs.
Other ways Brainard helps artists is by writing letters or grants for them and editing texts that they are currently working on.
Branard Carey is an artist as well as an educator in professional career development. He was in the Whitney Biennial as a collaborative with my wife, as Praxis. Has also had solo museum shows, one of which was at the Whitney, and exhibited in Europe. Brainard receives the large amount of his income from private collectors and sponsors.He presents lectures on career strategies for artists in universities and other venues.
He also offers a newsletter. The newsletter is a paid subscription which is 20.00 and you will get a newsletter by email every sunday morning. His newsletters give endless inside information about the art world. Including interviews of major curators, directors of museums and all types of art professionals for advice on how artists should manage their careers. He also gives a teleseminar once a month that comes with your subscription, where he talks about topics like how to approach galleries and museums.
If you would like to know more about the subscription which for new subscribers like you is free for the first month, please check the link below. If you subscribe now, you will also get an ebook on How I got into the Whitney Biennial as well as a DVD mailed to you of a two hour presentation Brainard gave at the New York Academy of the Arts on Income Strategies for Artists.
If you sign up for a free trial subscription to the newsletter which is normally 20.00, as a bonus, will you receive the ebook, How I got into the Whitney Biennial, as well a 2 hour DVD in the mail of the full presentation Brainard gave at NYAA on income strategies.
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