Exposing Yourself to More Art

Edited by Darwin Slindee and Patricia Frischer

The San Diego Visual Arts Directory allows you to do searches in many of the following areas by location. Please click here for a specific search.

Go Where Art Is on Display

• Museum
• Sales galleries – look for art districts which open all at the same time of the month – see SmART Collector Marketplace
• University art galleries
• Art association galleries
• School art departments
• Restaurants - see SmART Collector Marketplace
• Hospitals
• Theater lobbies
• Art festivals – like the SD County Fair and La Jolla Art Festival
• Art Walks
• Open studio tours
• Collectors homes – even look at the art on your friend’s walls
• Corporate collections
• Estate sales
• Underground art events
• Public art displays – contact the Commission of Arts and Culture for a full brochure with map

 

Go Where You Can Meet Artists (Why not adopt one!)

The San Diego Visual Arts Directory allows you to do searches for artists in different mediums Please click here to perform those searches

• All Art Openings
• Art stores
• Art classes
• Art tours offered by Alumni Clubs and Museums (Open Studios, Collectors’ homes, Art Fairs, and even national and international tours)
• Art lectures
• Ask artists to introduce you to other artists

 

Get Help From Professional Art Scholars

• Gallerists, directors and staff
• Private Dealers
• Art Consultants – can be hired and charge a retainer and/or commission on purchases
• Artists Agents – representatives of artists
• Independent Curators
• Museum and art gallery staff especially the museum education clubs like StART at MOCA and Contemporary Arts Committee at SDMA
• University art department staff – teachers of studio art and art history
• Critics and art writers – newspapers and magazines as well as ezines
• Collectors
• Artists
• Specialist Interior Designers and Architects
• Government art officials such as Commissioners of Art, Public art directors, Arts Council members

 

Research Art and artists Using These Resources

• San Diego Visual Arts Network and SDVAN SmART Collector:
• Art Magazines – such as Art News, Arts Forum, Art In America, Art at Auction
• Art Catalogues and Books
• Libraries especially University or specialist like the Athenaeum, La Jolla
• Gallery archives/ and speaking to directors
• Museum Book/Gift Stores and staff especially the de-accession sales for art books
• Museum membership newsletters and
• Attending lectures with guest speakers
• Newspapers art columns
• Art Association websites (SDVAN listed more than 60)
• Online sources such as www.SanDiegoArtist.com, www.AskArt.com, www.ArtNet.com, www.ArtFact.com and even www.Google.com
• Specialist sources for pricing such as ArtAuctionResults, www.ArtPrice.com
• Specialist sources for registry such as Getty Art Registry, National Fine Arts Title and Fine Arts Registry
• Conversations with people at openings, underground art events
• Handouts for smaller exhibitions like coffee shops and lobbies

Look for other topics in the SmART Collector

Topic: Commissioning Art - Joan Seifried at Galerie D'Art International written by Lisa Roche (Report on the Art Collectors Round Tables, 2004)

For more information contact info@SDVisualArts.net