An open reference
The Callisto Library.
Working references on the parts of an art career nobody teaches — what the conventions actually are, who set them, and where they disagree. Every claim attributed, updated as the field moves.
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The anatomy of an artist CV
The document every gatekeeper reads first, section by section.
Read →02Reading a call like an assessor
What the brief is actually asking, and what it quietly scores.
Read →03Pricing principles for original work
The frameworks behind a price, and how to hold one honestly.
Read →Applying
The Artist CV
How working artists structure, build and tailor a CV that professional readers actually scan — conventions, honest listing, early-career builds and the master-record method.
4 guides 02Application Craft
Reading a call the way an assessor reads it, turning a practice into a fundable project, and tailoring one project to different funders without starting over.
3 guides 03Deadlines & Triage
Deciding what to apply for and what to skip, building a reusable application kit, and planning backwards from deadlines instead of racing them.
3 guidesThe work in public
Documentation & Presence
Photographing work to submission standard, file specs and captions, choosing work samples, the artist statement, bios, website and press kit.
8 guides 05Galleries & Collectors
What a gallery does and how representation happens, being a good partner, collectors and placement, talking about the work out loud, and how fairs work.
5 guides 06Networking & Relationships
Building real relationships with curators, funders and peers: studio visits, outreach emails, references, collectives, press, and navigating art-world rooms.
7 guidesMoney & direction
Pricing
Pricing frameworks for original work, consistency across channels and raising prices over time, editions and prints, discounts, and commissioned-work terms.
5 guides 08Career Paths
What each opportunity type actually provides, how career stages and paths are modelled, planning one to three years ahead, and the realistic portfolio of artist income.
5 guidesHow this is made
Every guide is compiled from primary conventions and named practitioners — the bodies that set the norms, the curators and panellists who apply them, the published guidance artists are actually judged against. Sources are cited inline, direct quotes are checked against the original, and where the field genuinely disagrees the guides say so instead of picking a side.
The Library holds durable craft knowledge on purpose: no deadlines, no current programmes, no rankings of specific opportunities. Those live in the Callisto app, where they can change daily. What stays here is the part that is still true next year.
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