The Artist Business Plan How To Make Your Art Stand Out From the Pack with Michael Foley
In this episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with gallerist Michael Foley of Foley Gallery in the Lower East side of Manhattan to talk about how he is empowering artists through teaching, his gallery, and through his new platform, The Photo Community, for fine art photography, and full of resources for artists to enjoy. Michael breaks down how to know what's working and what's not in your work, and outlines in a step by step guide how to build relationships with galleries and get them to showcase your work!
"Know that your time may not be now… and that’s okay. Artists work for years and decades and their moment isn’t quite yet. Stay with what you’re doing, develop it… stay true to who you are, stay true to the vision that you have, what you want to create, and keep working with that… Don’t change your work to assimilate into what’s going on right now… in the art world, by the time you catch up to it, it’ll all be over.”- Michael Foley
Guest: Michael Foley opened his gallery in the fall of 2004 after fourteen years of working with notable photography galleries. The gallery has since been invited to participate in over twenty international and national art fairs including Paris Photo, Pulse, AIPAD and the London Art Fair. Foley continues his interest in educating by serving on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography where he teaches and lectures on issues in contemporary photography. He has been a portfolio reviewer at over 25 photography reviews throughout the United States.
Foley is the founder of The Photo Community, which is an online platform for people involved in various aspects of fine art photography. https://www.thephotocommunity.org/
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Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow
Executive Producer/ Producer: Kelsey Susino
Written by: James Miille and Alexander Mitow
Audio Edited by: Federico Soler Fernandez