12. An Insider's Guide to Gallery Success: Bonus Session

This is a cheeky little extra session where I talk about my online course 'An Insider's Guide to Gallery Success' and explain why with a number of alternatives to learn about how to best approach - and develop a relationship - with galleries, mine might be the right one for you.
There are three reasons that this course fits the bill for you:
• The Byre Gallery, which I founded in 2014, is a welcoming and elegant space with carefully curated exhibitions of lovely work in contemporary craft and fine art; it's the sort of gallery any art or interiors lover wants to spend time. It's not a scary and unapproachable gallery; we're not in a snooty street in London where you have to ring a bell and be met by either a ridiculously skinny young woman dressed all in black clutching her phone to her ear and looking you up and down; or an old bloke in pink cords who glares over his specs at you. I'm as approachable as my gallery, and I care about all my artists and makers - those I show and those I work with as a coach and mentor.

• I'm over 50! I may think I'm still 28… or 38 on a day when I feel like a grown up, but the calendar cannot lie. And that means I've got a lot of experience behind me: as well as in the gallery world, I'm a qualified business coach, plus I have a background in PR and communications. But most importantly, if you're looking at developing your creative career later in life, I talk your language and won't (unless I feel its right for your work and business) suggest you do Tik Tok.

• This course isn't just for ALL artists and makers. Some courses are strongly geared towards visual artists, but not this. I've worked with every kind of maker and a huge range of visual artists so I understand the specific needs of each.

What will you get out of the course:
I wish I could say I would wave a magic wand and you would suddenly be the most in demand artist or maker in the country.
I can't do that, but I can take you be the hand and get you in the best possible shape to be ready to approach the right galleries for you.

No one likes rejection and I want to make sure you're confident in what you're offering - and you're offering it to the right galleries so that you increase your chance of being successful. All galleries have a set of criteria when they make a selection and I want to help you really understand what your offer is and recognise who might be your match.

There are six modules, plus some super useful handouts, a live zoom - and the potential to add on a 1:1 session.

We'll cover:
• Why work with galleries

• Getting you, your work, your business and your brand ready

• The tools you need to make your approach

• Where to find the right galleries

• How to make the most effective approach

• How to deal with the responses, and how to get your relationship off to the best start.

You can book here:

courses.thebyregallery.co.uk/courses/an-inside…

And read our FAQs and find out more about me and the Byre Gallery here:

thebyregallery.co.uk/pages/courses-and-coaching