Copy This Strategy, It’ll Blow Up Your Art Business
Brainard Carey
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How to Build a Successful Art Business (Zero Experience Needed)
Membership: https://pages.praxiscenterforaestheti...
Twenty years ago, my wife Delia and I were working out of a tiny East Village studio with a newborn baby — no gallery, no connections, no trust fund. And we got into the Whitney Biennial. Not through who we knew, but through strategy, persistence, and the belief that our work belonged there.
In this video, I share exactly how it happened, and how I've turned that approach into a system at Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies — a community that has helped thousands of artists in dozens of countries land gallery shows, sell paintings, win grants, and build sustainable careers.
You'll hear real stories from members:
• Orange Lee — sold all 9 paintings at her first NYC solo show
• Alan Bale — sold a large photograph internationally from Mexico
• Joe Mora — won a $10,000 grant for a public mural
• Julian — went from zero shows to gallery representation
• Sabra Crockett — earned a residency in Costa Rica
• Plus Per Forsstrom (Sweden), Nick, David Hathaway, Elena, Kiki, and many more
The truth most artists never hear: you are not lacking talent. You are lacking strategy and access.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 The Artists Who Broke Through
00:54 Have You Ever Told Yourself This?
01:21 How I Got Into the Whitney Biennial
03:38 Why Praxis Center Was Built
04:38 Real Member Success Stories
06:30 The Real Problem: Access, Not Talent
08:01 Weekly Live Roundtables With Curators
08:46 Portfolio Reviews by Top Curators
09:23 Inside the Vault: 400+ Galleries & More
10:20 The Praxis Community
11:01 Orange Lee's Story
11:40 Your First Year as a Praxis Member
12:55 Pricing & 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
14:39 The Three Paths Forward
15:33 A Special Offer
16:17 How to Join Today
🎯 WHAT YOU GET AS A PRAXIS MEMBER
✓ Weekly live Zoom roundtables with working curators, gallery directors, and biennial jurors
✓ Portfolio review by each week's guest curator (annual members)
✓ The Vault — 400+ gallery contacts in NYC, LA, London, Madrid and beyond
✓ A curated list of art consultants who buy for corporate and private collections
✓ Email contacts for 350+ curators and gallery owners who have appeared on Praxis Tuesdays
✓ Guides for Instagram, grant writing, artist statements, press, and curator outreach
✓ Templates for consignment agreements, gallery letters, and invoices
✓ A private community of emerging, mid-career, and established artists from around the world
✓ My books, including "Making It in the Art World" and "The Whitney Biennial Guide"
🎟️ JOIN PRAXIS — A FULL YEAR FOR $595
That's less than $1.75 a day to be in a room with curators and gallery directors who can change your career. Plus a full 30-day money-back guarantee — try everything risk-free.
📚 ABOUT BRAINARD CAREY
I'm an artist, author of seven books on professional practice for artists (including "Making It in the Art World," published by Allworth Press in New York), and co-founder of Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies. I've personally interviewed over 1,700 curators and artists for Yale University Radio.
Click the link below this video to join us — the next roundtable is coming up, and I'd love to see you there.
#ArtCareer #ArtistTips #GalleryRepresentation #PraxisCenter #ArtWorld #ProfessionalArtist #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #FineArt #ArtBusiness
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Now isn’t the right time as I also have a French artists community to manage. But as soon as I can? I’ll delegate things to grow myself and help my artists grow too ❤
Copy This Strategy, It’ll Blow Up Your Art Business
Brainard Carey
8,516 views
How to Build a Successful Art Business (Zero Experience Needed)
Membership: https://pages.praxiscenterforaestheti...
Twenty years ago, my wife Delia and I were working out of a tiny East Village studio with a newborn baby — no gallery, no connections, no trust fund. And we got into the Whitney Biennial. Not through who we knew, but through strategy, persistence, and the belief that our work belonged there.
In this video, I share exactly how it happened, and how I've turned that approach into a system at Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies — a community that has helped thousands of artists in dozens of countries land gallery shows, sell paintings, win grants, and build sustainable careers.
You'll hear real stories from members:
• Orange Lee — sold all 9 paintings at her first NYC solo show
• Alan Bale — sold a large photograph internationally from Mexico
• Joe Mora — won a $10,000 grant for a public mural
• Julian — went from zero shows to gallery representation
• Sabra Crockett — earned a residency in Costa Rica
• Plus Per Forsstrom (Sweden), Nick, David Hathaway, Elena, Kiki, and many more
The truth most artists never hear: you are not lacking talent. You are lacking strategy and access.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 The Artists Who Broke Through
00:54 Have You Ever Told Yourself This?
01:21 How I Got Into the Whitney Biennial
03:38 Why Praxis Center Was Built
04:38 Real Member Success Stories
06:30 The Real Problem: Access, Not Talent
08:01 Weekly Live Roundtables With Curators
08:46 Portfolio Reviews by Top Curators
09:23 Inside the Vault: 400+ Galleries & More
10:20 The Praxis Community
11:01 Orange Lee's Story
11:40 Your First Year as a Praxis Member
12:55 Pricing & 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
14:39 The Three Paths Forward
15:33 A Special Offer
16:17 How to Join Today
🎯 WHAT YOU GET AS A PRAXIS MEMBER
✓ Weekly live Zoom roundtables with working curators, gallery directors, and biennial jurors
✓ Portfolio review by each week's guest curator (annual members)
✓ The Vault — 400+ gallery contacts in NYC, LA, London, Madrid and beyond
✓ A curated list of art consultants who buy for corporate and private collections
✓ Email contacts for 350+ curators and gallery owners who have appeared on Praxis Tuesdays
✓ Guides for Instagram, grant writing, artist statements, press, and curator outreach
✓ Templates for consignment agreements, gallery letters, and invoices
✓ A private community of emerging, mid-career, and established artists from around the world
✓ My books, including "Making It in the Art World" and "The Whitney Biennial Guide"
🎟️ JOIN PRAXIS — A FULL YEAR FOR $595
That's less than $1.75 a day to be in a room with curators and gallery directors who can change your career. Plus a full 30-day money-back guarantee — try everything risk-free.
📚 ABOUT BRAINARD CAREY
I'm an artist, author of seven books on professional practice for artists (including "Making It in the Art World," published by Allworth Press in New York), and co-founder of Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies. I've personally interviewed over 1,700 curators and artists for Yale University Radio.
Click the link below this video to join us — the next roundtable is coming up, and I'd love to see you there.
#ArtCareer #ArtistTips #GalleryRepresentation #PraxisCenter #ArtWorld #ProfessionalArtist #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #FineArt #ArtBusiness