Workshop Brief

Participants in this workshop will emerge from it with guidelines for building an art collection. The particulars will be about contemporary art including bronze, ceramics, paintings and glass. The key points covered in this workshop include artist selection, talent progression, career development, valuation verification, display, storage, and documentation, communication, insurance, exposure and providence steps.

Participants will learn how to systematically select and purchase art, secure appropriate gallery and dealer relationships, implement standard business practices in their collecting efforts and develop a mutually beneficial relationship with a gallery and the artists that they represent.

Ideal Workshop Candidate

People with a passion for life and art who are thinking about or beginning to build a collection for their corporate or personal enjoyment. Artists and art consultants who have some familiarity with contemporary art and want to learn what collectors are looking for today and why. High profile business leaders who don’t want to make mistakes with their next art purchase.

This is your basic, level one Business of Art course with measureable objectives for the artist, collector and gallery dealer.