Earlier this year, we had the privilege of hosting her 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: How she collaborates with artists receiving project funding. Part of the budget often goes toward materials, mentorship, and hiring advisors across different specialties, such as programmers or editors. This structure fosters ongoing relationships between artists and mentors, similar to programs like Creative Capital, where mentorship plays a
significant role.
- Video Clip 2: Strategies for artists or spaces to build partnerships and exchanges between regions. Similar-sized collectives or spaces could trade exhibitions or access exchange grants, which are common between regions like the UK and Asia.
- Video Clip 3: The potential of underused spaces, like artists’ studios, for hosting shows. She recommends cleaning and repurposing these spaces to exhibit work and suggests starting small with programs that align with the artist’s practice. This allows for early engagement with audiences and collaborators, even through online
platforms, without needing a fully realized version of the work.
In summary: Rachel A. Rakes is a global curator working with artists everywhere.
Would you like to meet her?
As a Praxis member, you can!
- You get access to Rachel A. Rakes’s contact information - as well as the private contact details of 240+ other prestigious collectors, curators and art dealers…
- When you enroll, you get access to the full, 1-hour recording of our Roundtable with Rachel A. Rakes. The insights she shared will help you understand
exactly how to know if you are a “fit” for her exhibtion interests.
- In addition, as a Praxis member you also get to meet a new art world decision-maker like Rachel A. Rakes every single week, live, at our Praxis Roundtable, which is a Zoom call with a different collector or curator each week…
- ✨NEW THIS YEAR 👉 Your artwork will be shared with curators and collectors. Praxis will showcase your portfolio to art
world decision-makers before these Roundtables, giving you a head start in building your career.
- 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.
Plus: you also get personal access to me, Brainard Carey, and a suite of educational guides on topics ranging from social media tactics to grant applications to reaching galleries and getting feedback on your art.
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 decision-makers who can propel your career!
Enrolment closes on Friday, February 28th. No exceptions.
