Event | Surviving and Thriving

Thursday 17 April, 6:30pm at Mall Galleries

In this session, artist-curator, author, and Faculty Expert of the Professional Artist Association, Rosalind Davis, will explore how there are no prescribed career paths for an artist, and there are no golden tickets. This talk will give you the tools to empower and encourage you to be inventive and entrepreneurial in your career, as well as with your art, to make thriving as an artist a more tangible and realistic possibility.

Key Topics Include:

• Representing yourself

• Art Opportunities: where to source them, how best to apply for them, and how to generate your own

• Raising your profile through social media and marketing

• Insights into approaching galleries and curators

• Insights into curating yourself as an artist and tips on how to develop your exhibitions or projects

• Building real art world relationships for your work such as curators, critics, and potential collectors of your work

• How to maximize an exhibition or project's success

• Working collaboratively with other artists

• Portfolio careers