Networking & Relationships: a working reference.
Building real relationships with curators, funders and peers: studio visits, outreach emails, references, collectives, press, and navigating art-world rooms.
Building genuine relationships with funders, curators, and peers
Why a relationship is not a pitch: what showing up looks like over years, how gatekeepers want to be approached, and what quietly closes doors.
15 min 02The studio visit: prepare, host, follow up
Preparing the space, the arc of the conversation, what to show and what to ask, reading the visitor, and following up.
20 min 03References and recommendation letters
Choosing referees, asking well, briefing them properly, and understanding how letters are actually weighed.
16 min 04Outreach craft: introductory emails and approaching galleries
The researched introduction: cold versus warm outreach, follow-up cadence, DM etiquette, and why mass-blasting fails.
13 min 05Cohorts, collectives, and peer infrastructure
Peers as infrastructure: crit groups, collectives and artist-run spaces — how they form, what sustains them, and what they give back.
23 min 06Events, press, and working with writers/critics
How attention is earned over time, what makes work pitchable, how arts media actually works, and how to work with a writer once engaged.
17 min 07Working the room: navigating art-world events in person
Openings and dinners without the transactional edge: what to do beforehand, how to introduce yourself, how to read a room, and where follow-up matters.
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