jerwood talk on emerging artists - quest for validation

The Head of painting at RCA was among the panelists in this question time style event. There was generally a lot of common sense spoken really, with the occasional enlightened comment.

The general gist was :

Don't be in a rush to develop your work.

Dont get het up about cold calling galleries - develop dialogue somehow

See where you fit in being attached to a gallery

Limit/target amount of competitions you go for that require entry fee,

be a good administrator re going for arts council grants etc.

Go to the private views, find the art you like, get on mailing lists be professional in the approach of networking; (ie factor in this as valuable time spent)

Be organised

Live in your own film!