Saira Anum
Philip
D'Martino
Gallery
Management
Spring 2013
In fast pace
society many people are living hectic lives and don’t have times to experience
such luxuries as visiting art museums and galleries, which is why we are
purposing to start an online galley for contemporary printmaking. The name of our
gallery will be Gallery #FF6600 and will consist of four different pages that
represent the different rooms that would make up the gallery if it were an
actual physical gallery.
Phil and I will be running the actual gallery as well as
curating shows on two of the pages. As for the other two pages one will consist
of the galleries permanent collection, which can be drawn from at any time if a
specific piece is needed to go with a current show. This idea of the permanent
collection being pulled from for current shows comes from visiting both The
Newark Museum and MOMA in New York, NY. The fourth page will be the Main
Gallery that shall be used during shows that are curated by visiting curators.
We plan to include numerous other pages as well as the four
gallery pages. These pages will include helpful art related links, press, and a
contact page. One such idea for helpful art links page is including a map of printmaking,
which will be created by myself, and its popularity in different regions. Also,
included in the links page will be a tutorial section for those interested in
finding more about a specific form of printmaking.
The galley will also be hosting talks and events that will
take place at local locations in Jersey City. The topics that will be discussed
at such talks are artist’s talks, panel discussions, printmaking in today’s
society, gaining exposure as a printmaker, DIY public relations, and numerous
other printmaking related topics. The events that will be hosted include
workshops, a yearly printmaking festival, collaboration nights, and a monthly
open critique to which printmakers can bring current work to discuss it with
other artists.
Funding for all of this will come from numerous sources such
as entry fees, Kickstarter donations, and contributions made by those attending
such things as artist’s talks and events, and investor backing. Entry fees will
be $20 dollars a month paid by visiting curators looking to exhibit on our main
gallery page.
In conclusion, we hope to turn our online gallery is to an
actually gallery space similar to that of Hotel Particulier located at 4-6
Grand Street New York, NY, 10013. This gallery unlike others is part gallery
part café, however in our particular case we are starting off online and hoping
the online gallery to eventually become a gallery that is also a bakeshop.
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