Arts Seminars

There is no single pathway to being an artist. If there were it would be much like any other industry such as medicine or accountancy, where there is a structured and ordered process. By its very nature, the art world is both straightforward and yet baffling until you have acquired ‘the knowledge’

Talent is never enough

There is an enormous difference between being able to talk about your work well and just being pushy or opportunistic. Being able to convey artistic or intellectual information, and question it, forms part of the mechanics of becoming an artist, but the other part is doing the right thing, at the right time and in the right place, as well as meeting the right people.

Seminar Content

• An introduction to how the commercial gallery system works; outlining the do’s and don’ts and how to avoid the pitfalls.

• How to identify what a commercial gallery/dealership is looking for in both the art and the artist.

• How to get from the drawing board to the gallery turning ideas into commercially viable works for sale and collection

• Producing killer content and slick production methods

• Identifying the correct gallery for you and the correct stable

• How to get beyond the group show and progress to the solo exhibition

• What makes a gallery/dealer cherry pick certain artists and groom them for success

• What a gallery/dealer will offer the artist and how a career is developed and sales structure is implemented

• Who moves the market and how its done

There is an enormous difference between being able to talk about your work well and just being pushy or opportunistic. Being able to convey artistic or intellectual information, and question it, forms part of the mechanics of becoming an artist, but the other part is doing the right thing, at the right time and in the right place, as well as meeting the right people. As an artist you will need to know your market and your worth and how to turn your talent into commercial opportunities.

Seminar Content

Key Skills Needed

• The ability to talk about your work.

• The ability to engage in professional relationships within the arts.

Knowledge Needed

• A basic understanding of how the art industry works – know what you are operating within.

• Range of opportunities available

• Sources of information

Resulting Activity

• Identifying aims and objectives.

• Creating a workable and realistic schedule of activity.

• Creating different income streams and activities spread over a workable timeframe

• Structuring activity to satisfy aims and objectives

• Future planning both strategic and financial

• For forthcoming seminar dates please see the ‘Events Calendar’.

• For more information on any of the seminars please contact us.

• If you have further questions please see ‘Eligibility/FAQ’ or ‘Contact Us’.

• To apply to take part in one of the seminars, please complete the application form, downloadable here.

• If you would like to receive the form in a different format, or would like to complete it over the phone with a member of the Link Up team please contact us, see details in the ‘Contact Us’ section.

FREE programme with access and childcare costs covered.