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Trish Higgins
Trish Higgins has been a member of Wichita's art community for the last thirty years, first as an artist and then as a gallerist. She is the owner of "Trish Higgins Fine Art" a state of the art, contemporary gallery located in a recently renovated building in the warehouse district, on the far east edge of Old Town. The gallery represents and exhibits work by national and regional artists. Youcan reach Trish or gallery director, Ann Resnick, by email: itrishhigginsf@kscable.com, or by phone at (316) 264.8020, or at the gallery... 1425 E. Douglas #1A.
Arts & Entertainment
2002-05-01 15:03:00
Selling?
Trish Higgins Question: What would you tell an aspiring artist as the quickest, best way to sell his or her paintings?Answer:  I'm not sure there is a quick way to sell art work, except just by having incredible luck. Also, quick and best don't go together when it comes to creating and making art.     The "best" way is the traditional way with some current technology added.  That means a formal education in the arts, continuing to make your work (despite your circumstances), spending time with mentors and other artists, building a body of work, and generally just paying your dues.   Then a first step might be to find a business (restaurant, office building,etc.) that schedules rotating exhibits. Make sure, if you decide to show your work, that the space has a reasonable amount of foot traffic and is secure.     Enter art competitions that give awards.  You can find notices for them in art journals, on the internet and in university and college art offices.     So, you build a vitae with your education, exhibition record, competitions you've entered and awards you've won and collections that your work is in.  Then have some professional quality images of your art work made into slides, or put on a CD. The images should represent your work as closely as possible.  Correct color and detail shots are important.       At that point, you have several choices. One is to get your own website or get your work on a virtual gallery's site and see what happens. Another is to take your vitae and images to a gallery that you think would be compatible with your work and see what happens. Good Luck!
 
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