Gallery breakthrough!

Mia's first solo gallery show

Dear Artists,

I am SO PROUD of Mia, who is having her first solo show!! I feel like she told me yesterday that she had interest in galleries and then BOOM, she landed a show at Archenemy Arts in Philadelphia.

Here's how Mia made it happen: (this happened over many months btw)

I advised her along the way. (I do that in Art Club)
Mia researched galleries with an illustrative style.
She had 1 piece in a "small works" show at Gallery Nucleus.

Mia posted regularly on Instagram.
Archenemy Arts reached out to have 1 small piece for a group show.

Mia gets more specific in this 1 min video:

Archenemy Arts asked Mia to contribute a piece at Aqua Art Miami.
Mia and I went to Miami Art Week and met them in person.
I made a point to tell them what a treasure Mia is hehehe.

Mia kept in touch, replied promptly, and always had her materials ready.

Working on my book, there have been a few artists who I wanted to include, but their photographs were not professional enough for me to use. I was on a tight deadline and couldn't wait for them.

You've got to be ready!!

I know galleries can feel really out of reach. The basics are that Mia 1) researched a ton, 2) had my ongoing support, 3) had materials ready, 3) used Instagram, and 4) showed up in person.

Where are you with galleries, are you just starting or wanting to level up? Reply and tell me, I love hearing from you.

xoxo Prof Lieu

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Meet me in Brooklyn this week

I'm doing tours + a panel discussion at the Brooklyn Print Fair, nerd out with me about magnesium carbonate! The tours are first come, first serve and limited to 15 people.

The panel is Print Ecosystem 101: Navigating Curators, Galleries, and Academia and is on Friday, April 10, 4-5pm in Small Hall.

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ICYMI, I have a book coming this fall! This image pretty much sums up how it's going so far hahaha. I am in spreadsheet and file renaming hell.

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