Wine Night with Artist Whisperer Pennylane Shen
Our Guest Artist: Pennylane Shen of Dazed and Confucius www.dazedandconfucius.com
Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid www.carolmcquaidart.com
Our Bar: Campagnolo www.campagnolorestaurant.ca
In this episode you’ll hear about:
- How we met (clue: it involves Thrive Mastermind)
- Her life as an artist consultant and how that differs from art consultant
- Her business Dazed and Confucius and what they do
- Having a foot in the commercial gallery world and the unique perspective that provides/affords her
- What gallerists really wish we artists knew
- Working with hospitals and charitable foundations on their art collections
- The international workshops and consults she does around the globe
- The four different seminars she teaches:
- How it Looks presentation, framing and hanging
- How it Sounds art writing
- Navigating the Art Industry
- Outbox (all things digital)
- What are some of the common things that artists need to hear?
- Talking about ham, lettuce and tomato clients (what?!)
- Attending Visual Culture Theory at NYU first year of the programs existence!
- My fave quote of the evening: “Turns out anger is way more powerful than curiosity. Use your anger.
- Why she chose to follow the business and strategic side of the art world rather than being a studio artist
- Art school; cash grab or awesome opportunity?
- What does Dazed and Confuscius do exactly? Advising, web work, Ghost writing artist statements
- At about the one hour mark Pennylane shares the best one size fits all advice she has for emerging artists everywhere
- We finish off with a fun story set in an Los Angeles bar
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