Art Management








Promotion/Marketing:
  • Portfolio Development
  • Business Cards
  • Art post cards
  • Fliers
  • Promo packets for prospective venues
  • Mailing List management of more than 500 collectors, galleries, and other venues
  • Photography: Slides of Work and Artist Photo Shoot (Photographer: Don Lawson)
  • Matting/Framing Artwork
  • Venues/Exhibition locations (galleries, coffeehouses, restaurants, book stores)
  • Opening Receptions
  • Press Releases
  • Articles/Interviews/Reviews

Business Consultation:
  • Filing for a Sales and Use Tax Permit

  • Collecting and paying Sales Tax

  • Filing for an assumed name or dba (doing business as)

  • Reviewing and drafting contracts and commissions

  • Setting up Merchant Account for Visa/Mastercard/Discover sales

Artist Profile Development:
  • Artist statement (why you create art, where you are coming from with your art)
  • Bio (education, media, photo, exhibition history, artist statement)
  • Resume: Education, Experience
  • Media, style, and concepts
  • Bodies of Work (creating conclusive series of your work, categorizing pieces, grouping styles, themes, or media)
  • Art Statements (descriptions, stories about your bodies of work, individual pieces)
  • Past, Current, and Future exhibitions
  • Kudos and quotes (use those compliments!!!)
  • Photo Shoot Arrangements (for your bio, portfolio, and web page)

Web Presence:
  • Choosing an appropriate domain name
  • Domain name registration
  • Host and internet service provider search
  • Layout and content design of web page
  • Development, programming and production of web page
  • Maintenance and updates of web page

Financial Advising:
  • Investment potential/possibilities (Short-term vs Long-term)
  • Prioritization of To Do Items (Now vs Later)
  • Identification of Growth Potential
  • Cost analysis (Supplies and Advertising)
    • Print Production
    • Matting/framing and other art-related supplies
    • Promotion, Marketing, Advertising
    • Transportation and Shipping
    • Festival Fees
    • Juried Competition Fees
    • Opening receptions
    • Postage for Mailings
    • Web Design and Maintenance
    • Photography, Slides
    • Portfolio Building


Training/Awards:
  • Best of Austin 2000: Critics Pick, Austin Chronicle Best Promotion of One Woman's Work (Liz Guenthner)

  • Taking the Leap: Building a Career as a Visual Artist Workshop by Cay Lang, Photographer & Professor

  • Marketing Your Art on the Internet Leading Visions Seminar presented by Austin Visual Arts Association