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Connect+Collect Lecture 04: Collector Philippa Hughes and Artist Zoë Charlton
Collecting is all about relationships!
How to organize a studio visit, how to build relationships between artists and collectors, and what to do when your studio is a hot mess.
Required Reading for Artists: Barbara Bourland’s Fake Like Me
A New Novel Explores the Battles that Play Out in Every Artist’s Head While Deliciously Skewering the Art World
Barbara Bourland's novel about a young female artist earnestly making paintings in NYC in the early ‘90s captures all of the magical pain of being an artist
What They’re Wearing: Baltimore Vintage Expo
A perfect environment to showcase Baltimore's fashion-forward individuals
Baltimore Vintage Expo was the perfect environment to showcase a range of on-point wardrobe decisions and to capture some of Baltimore's more fashion-forward individuals.
Tax Tips for Artists, How to Price Your Work, and Museum Acquisitions
Connect + Collect III with Doreen Bolger and Taha Heydari
We discussed ethical relationships between artists, collectors, and galleries; strategies for exhibiting across the country and internationally; collecting at Baltimore-based art, and more.
Living With Art: Schwanda Rountree, Art Collector, Consultant, and Connector
How a DC-based lawyer became an advocate for contemporary art and artists
What’s especially inspiring about Rountree’s collection is that it’s personal, relational, and manageable in the relatively small Petworth rowhouse she shares with photographer Jati Lindsay, her husband, and their two-year-old daughter.
No Glitter Allowed: Ballroom 101
An interview with Marquis Revlon Clanton and Joseph Plaster on the historic collaboration between JHU Peabody Library and Baltimore's ballroom community
Artspeak and Audience: Art Writing as Bridge or Barrier
International Art English has enforced a hermeticism of contemporary art that is not particularly healthy
As a pragmatist and the editor of an independent publication that collaborates with artist groups and cultural institutions, I see so much room for improvement in the language and accessibility employed to attract new audiences
The Aesthetics of a Cocktail: The Bluebird’s Paul Benkert Does Not Play
An interview with the owner of Baltimore's most beautiful cocktail bar