Selling Your Art, Selling Yourself, and How to Feel Comfortable Doing Both

Is your portfolio ready to show to galleries? Do you know which galleries to approach? Do you know how to approach them? Learn how to best represent yourself, your work, and determine the right course for your art career in this intensive practical workshop. As an artist, curator, art writer, and former gallery director, Ashley McLean Emenegger has an in-depth knowledge and insider perspective of the Los Angeles art world. In her workshop, Ashley will help guide visual artists through the process of preparing themselves to promote their work and develop the relationships necessary to advance their careers.

Ashley has been an active leader in the arts community since 1997. In 2004 she founded McLean Fine Art. Currently Ashley works in the exhibitions department at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena. She recently served as Managing Editor for THE Magazine, and was the Director of the Bandini Art gallery in Culver City. As the former Executive Director of Gallery 825/Los Angeles Art Association, she presented hundreds of critically recognized exhibitions and educational programs. She also worked at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Ashley is an exhibiting visual artist, art writer, independent curator, and a frequent lecturer, including with UCLA, MOCA, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, The Japanese American National Museum, Santa Monica City College, Fullerton College, Pasadena City College, among many others.