PHOTOVOX AUGUST 2022

HUNG, LEVELED, AND SCREWED: A GALLERIST’S JOURNEY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART

SPEAKER | Rick Wester

WHEN | Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 6:30 pm (MST)

WHERE | Online (via Zoom – link provided in registration email)

COST | Free for CPAC members*; $10 for non-members

*The member discount is now applied at checkout

ABOUT | Rick Wester, President of RWFA Rick Wester Fine Art, New York has, since 1977, witnessed first-hand the rise of the photography market from a virtually unknown collecting category to a burgeoning global network of international dealers and galleries to a virtual world on the internet. In this online conversation with CPAC Executive Director & Curator, Samantha Johnston, Mr. Wester will convey his experience in the private dealing, international auction and commercial gallery worlds while peppering the conversations with tales of how artists get shown in galleries, what he thinks makes an artist successful, where the photography market is now and how it got here. Mr. Wester is President of his eponymous gallery, on the Board of and a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America, the photography expert for the internationally renowned Baer Faxt Art Advisory, a former member of AIPAD and a long time benefit auctioneer.

MEET OUR SPEAKER

Rick Wester founded Rick Wester Fine Art, Inc. (RWFA) in 2004 as an art services company dedicated to artist representation, consulting to private collectors and corporations, secondary market sales and USPAP compliant appraisals. Prior to starting RWFA, Mr. Wester was International Department Head of the Photography department at Christie’s and a Partner and Worldwide Head of Photographs at Phillips de Pury & Co. He was also a director at Gagosian Gallery, New York and Interim Director at the Howard Greenberg Gallery. Mr. Wester holds a BFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology, is a former member of AIPAD, a skilled auctioneer and the photographs expert for the Baer Faxt Art Advisory.

ABOUT PHOTOVOX

PhotoVox is a monthly program offered by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center to help you strengthen your artistic voice with the support of other photographers and artists in the Denver Metro community. Meetings are held monthly at either CPAC’s downtown gallery or virtually on Zoom, and feature discussions led by local arts and community leaders. Three sessions per year are dedicated to portfolio sharing.