Course 2: Flourish

$2,000.00

Level II

Application Deadline, October 4 / Begins Sunday, October 19, 2026

This is a semi-private, intensive, accelerated course for artists already established, who have studio business underway. Like Course 1 it is focused on participating in the New York City art ecosystem. 

Artistic success can take many forms; we will examine this fact through case studies and candid discussions of real working art lives.

Indeed, when has one transitioned from emerging to mid-career and what does that imply? This course focuses on building the infrastructure necessary to sustain a long-term artistic career.

We’ll look at best practices for maintaining relationships and contracts with multiple dealers, advisors, and collectors.

The importance of building a robust studio infrastructure, includes:

  • comprehensive archiving

  • database management

  • tracking works past and present

  • exploring AI as an informed assistant

  • working with multiple galleries’ “inventories”

  • contracts written by art lawyers

  • managing gallery inventory vs. studio inventory

  • knowing when to say no to certain shows, PR, charities

  • best practices for selling from your studio

Additional topics include sustaining a long term artistic life outside of the conventional nine to five economy through discussions of pricing, payment, taxes, investing, insurance, law, and real estate.

Participants will learn to build greater stability while preserving the independence that defines a professional artistic practice.

Level II

Application Deadline, October 4 / Begins Sunday, October 19, 2026

This is a semi-private, intensive, accelerated course for artists already established, who have studio business underway. Like Course 1 it is focused on participating in the New York City art ecosystem. 

Artistic success can take many forms; we will examine this fact through case studies and candid discussions of real working art lives.

Indeed, when has one transitioned from emerging to mid-career and what does that imply? This course focuses on building the infrastructure necessary to sustain a long-term artistic career.

We’ll look at best practices for maintaining relationships and contracts with multiple dealers, advisors, and collectors.

The importance of building a robust studio infrastructure, includes:

  • comprehensive archiving

  • database management

  • tracking works past and present

  • exploring AI as an informed assistant

  • working with multiple galleries’ “inventories”

  • contracts written by art lawyers

  • managing gallery inventory vs. studio inventory

  • knowing when to say no to certain shows, PR, charities

  • best practices for selling from your studio

Additional topics include sustaining a long term artistic life outside of the conventional nine to five economy through discussions of pricing, payment, taxes, investing, insurance, law, and real estate.

Participants will learn to build greater stability while preserving the independence that defines a professional artistic practice.