{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Professional Artist Podcast: Art Business Transformations","title":"How to Get Your Art Into Museums (What Actually Works)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1377,"description":"Free 4-Day Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free\nJoin us live and online to make your next art show your best, design a paid workshop that's yours alone, or land your work in the right gallery. Register free.\n---\nHow does an artist actually get their work into a museum?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, painter Elizabeth Barlow is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nBased in California, Elizabeth has built a career that has taken her work into museums, hospitals, churches, corporate collections, and the San Francisco Opera.\nAlong the way, she has learned that museum opportunities often begin long before an artist ever asks a curator to consider their work.\nIn this episode, Elizabeth shares how artists can build genuine relationships with museums and curators, what to do when you don't already have a connection inside an institution, and why supporting museums can be an investment in your own career.\nShe also explores a less obvious route into museum collections and why some opportunities need to be created rather than waited for.\n“I view it as an investment in my art to get to know people, to support them and to support the museum.”\n—Elizabeth Barlow\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Introduction\n01:38 Empress - From Portraits in Absentia to Flower Portraits\n05:13 Getting Into Museum Collections - The Long Game of Showing Up\n08:28 The San Francisco Opera Donation - A Gift That Led to a Commission\n09:47 The Phoenix Rose - What Survived the Fire\n12:20 When Donating Work Makes Strategic Sense\n13:52 Approaching Institutions Cold\n15:18 Transfiguration - The Church Commission\n18:17 Final Advice\nConnect with Elizabeth\nWebsite: https://www.elizabethbarlowart.com/\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethbarlowartist/\nLearn more about The Professional Artist Association:\nMentoring:\nApply to join 99 artists for unlimited...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1w06IKct0FZ59SGs6Y8H5DQOlgFvyRf7GbYr1lhEpu0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjgx/ZjQ3MjE4YjdhNDFi/OGE2ODg0NDY2ZDdi/ODI0MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}