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Are you ready . . .
to move to the next stage in your career, but you’re not sure what it is or how to get there? Are you frustrated in securing gallery representation? Do you want to know how dealers, curators, critics, writers, and editors select artists for exhibitions, articles, and reviews—and use that information to advance your career? Are you stymied by pricing or by whether or not you should sell online? Do you need to polish your resume or artist statement? Do you need an artist statement or catalog essay?
Are you ready . . .
to move to the next stage in your career, but you’re not sure what it is or how to get there? Are you frustrated in securing gallery representation? Do you want to know how dealers, curators, critics, writers, and editors select artists for exhibitions, articles, and reviews—and use that information to advance your career? Are you stymied by pricing or by whether or not you should sell online? Do you need to polish your resume or artist statement? Do you need an artist statement or catalog essay?
Talk to me
I am a full-time studio artist represented by galleries around the country. My background includes experience as a curator, juror, reviewer, essayist, gallery director, conference director, visiting artist and lecturer at the post-secondary level, and 20 years as a consulting magazine and book editor.
I am a full-time studio artist represented by galleries around the country. My background includes experience as a curator, juror, reviewer, essayist, gallery director, conference director, visiting artist and lecturer at the post-secondary level, and 20 years as a consulting magazine and book editor.
A
90-minute career consultation: $210
. Clarification
of your goals and development of a plan to achieve those goals
. Critical
but supportive review of your digital images, resume, and artist statement
. Discussion
of your specific questions and concerns
A
four-hour session: $480
. The career
consultation plus an additional session 2.5 hour session, including . . .
. Editorial
help with your written material (statement, cover letter, resume, biography
and/or website text)
. Critical feedback on your work or website
. Critical feedback on your work or website
A custom
package including career coaching and studio visit
. We’ll
create a program for your specific needs, which could take place over the phone,
in person, and over multiple sessions
. Each session would address a different aspect of your career, so in addition to the previously noted services, I can assist you with physical presentation, such as public speaking or finessing an interview, whether in person or on camera
. Each session would address a different aspect of your career, so in addition to the previously noted services, I can assist you with physical presentation, such as public speaking or finessing an interview, whether in person or on camera
Where and how
The consultations take place by telephone. Phone consults are every bit as
intensive as in-person meetings. We’ll work from a package you prepare, which
may include emailed images or a link to a website, so that we can see the same
material at the same time. Custom packages are geographically limited to the Boston area and New York City. Payments may be made by check or PayPal.
My clients are artists you know
Solo
exhibitions, gallery representation, publications, academic visibility and,
generally, a higher professional profile have resulted from the information and
coaching I provide.
Catalog essays and other writing
I write
clearly and cogently, creating a context for the art under consideration.
Essays are my specialty. Here is a sampling (all publications may be read online at no cost):
. Digging Deeper for Depth Perception at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2017
. Digging Deeper for Depth Perception at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2017
. Constructs and Contradictions for Organic to
Geometric at Endicott College, 2015
. A Few Conversations About Color, curator’s essay from the eponymous exhibition at DM
Contemporary, New York City, 2015
.
Extravagant Light for Swept Away at
the Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2015
. Diverse Practices, Common Threads, co-curator’s essay forTextility at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey
. Individual
essays for Betsy Eby, Kevin Frank, Sandi Miot, Jeff Schaller and others
Info
. My online resume has links to my curatorial projects and writing
. My online resume has links to my curatorial projects and writing
. Contact me at joanne@joannemattera.com with questions, to set up an appointment, or for my essay rates
