Finding a Gallery for Your Work with Alice Sachs Zimet

Date  | Wednesday, March 22 , 2023

Time  |   11 AM – 1 PM (MST)

Location |  ONLINE

Cost  |  $45 Member and $50 Non-Member

Instructor  |  Alice Sachs Zimet

Alice Sachs Zimet is a collector, advisor, and educator. Alice began to collect fine art photography in 1985 and has amassed a museum-quality collection of roughly 350 images from 20th Century masters to the present. Alice is Chair, Photography Curatorial Committee, Harvard Art Museums; Chair, Acquisitions Committee, International Center of Photography (ICP); and a board member, Magnum Foundation. She is on Faculty at Christie’s Education, the ICP School and Maine Media College + Workshops, where she teaches workshops on how to collect photography and how photographers can better access the marketplace.  Zimet pioneered the field of corporate sponsorship as Director, Worldwide Cultural Affairs, The Chase Manhattan Bank (20 years) where she used the arts as a strategic marketing tool across 14 countries and 20 US cities to generate $2 Billion in new business for the bank.  She is Adjunct Professor, New York University’s Graduate Program, Arts Administration where she teaches Corporate Sponsorship and the Arts. Alice holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Art History, began her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and continues to live, work and collect in New York City.

Skill Level  |  All skill levels welcome

Objective:

This workshop will give photographers insight into navigating the path to gallery representation.

Course Description:

This 2-hour online workshop will offer photographers an inside perspective from a pioneer collector on how to access the fine art marketplace. Learn the questions collectors ask and how this might impact your practice. We’ll discuss how to find the ‘right’ gallery, proper etiquette when approaching them (including what not to do), and marketing materials needed in order to get your name out into the marketplace.

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