Would you like to meet one of the top curators in the world: Mia Locks?
Published: Mon, 03/25/24
Just last month, we had the privilege of hosting Mia Locks at a Praxis Roundtable -- a weekly Zoom call where Praxis students meet and interact with influential collectors, curators and gallerists.
Here are some highlights from that Roundtable:
- Video Clip 1: She is talking about the pressure on museums to make public statements on social issues. She values the nuanced, vulnerable conversations that occur privately, wishing for more openness despite potential risks.
- Video Clip 2: She is talking about the resistance to change in museums. Advocating for a "coalition of the willing," she believes in sharing values and ideas, rather than convincing skeptics, to drive meaningful progress.
- Video Clip 3: Museums often prioritize institutional needs over the artist’s needs. “Oh that’s such a good idea, but we don’t have that many projectors. What if we thought about *cue something different that dilutes the artist’s vision*?” That’s why it sometimes benefits the artist to work with an independent curator who prioritizes what is best for the work - someone like Mia Locks who shares your belief in doing what is best for the work and ruminates on the impact of this object or set of ideas on the contemporary public, and also future generations of public. Because trends will come and go, and as curators move from one institution to another their curatorial agenda might change. However, if you connect with curators on the basis of your beliefs and shared values, they will continue to champion for you.
Would you like to meet her?
As a Praxis member, you can!
- You get access to her contact information - as well as the private contact details of 200+ other prestigious collectors, curators and art dealers…
- When you enroll, you get access to the full, 1-hour recording of our Roundtable with Mia Locks. The insights Mia Locks shared will help you understand how museums work and how to approach them - and how to decide when it makes more sense for your career to approach an independent curator for a particular project rather than an institution’s in-house curatorial team.
- In addition, as a Praxis member you also get to meet a new art world insider like Mia Locks every single week, live, at our Praxis Roundtable, which is a Zoom call with a different collector or curator each week…
- You’ll get my assistance to effectively reach out to the movers and shakers you meet at these Roundtables. I’ll give you two letter templates you can use, so that you don’t have to worry about what to say and will have a better chance of getting a response back.
- Best part? Mentoring. You can ask me to personally edit these emails and letters before you send them out to make sure that they are compelling and you don’t get ghosted.
That said, I’m willing to bet that if you ONLY showed up for the weekly Praxis Roundtables over Zoom and met the collectors, curators and dealers that are there, without doing ANYTHING else, you will at the very least 3X your investment right away.
Which is why I offer a money back guarantee if you are not happy.
Join the VIP Edition of Praxis Center Membership (Monthly $59/m | Annual $595/yr) and unlock a truly international circle of art world insiders who can propel your career!
Enrolment closes on Friday, 29th. No exceptions.
Artists who enrolled say they saw the membership as an investment in their art and an investment in themselves; a great way to connect with fellow artists and people in the industry.
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P.S. Here is a VERY powerful testimonial about what the membership is like… It’s what a Praxis member said in the after talk on Zoom after they met Lynne Cooke - https://youtu.be/Ene-I6OePQk