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Stop using the wrong CV format. Instead use this one
Your curriculum vitae should make your achievements easy to find, not difficult to decipher. Download a free artist curriculum vitae template based on a professional gallery standard and learn how to present your exhibitions, education, publications, and awards clearly and professionally.
Winners Walk Away
Grit is overrated. Strategic quitting is underrated. Most people stay trapped in bad projects, careers, and goals not because they are rationally valuable, but because sunk costs, identity, and fear make walking away feel like failure.
Kamau Brathwaite: alter/native
Introduction Edward Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020) stands as a towering figure in Caribbean literature, a poet-scholar whose work revolutionized the region’s literary voice. Over six decades, Brathwaite produced an expansive body of poetry and criticism that chronicles the African diaspora experience and boldly experiments with form and language. From his early days in the 1960s crafting…
Fred Wilson: In Depth
Early Work and Influences (1980s–1990s) Fred Wilson’s formation as an artist was deeply informed by his early, behind-the-scenes experiences in museums. After earning a BFA in 1976, he worked in the education departments of major New York museums – including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History – where he…
Curator Mania: Stop Trying to Impress them
Most artists try too hard to impress curators. In reality, long-term opportunities usually come from being reliable, easy to work with, and staying in touch over time.
Artists Misunderstand Public Art
Most artists misunderstand how public art commissions actually work. This conversation with curator Edi Muka explains what public art institutions are really looking for.
Stop Trying to Control Everything
Most stress comes from trying to control things you were never able to control in the first place.