Karen Comer Lowe breaks down how she chooses artists for museum exhibits and how artists like you can break in too.
 

Earlier this year, we had the privilege of hosting Karen Comer Lowe 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: Curating The Drawing Experiment, where she gave artists full creative freedom. She shares how different artists approached the project—some working quickly, others taking their time, and one even redoing their piece. Discover how she pushes artists beyond survival mode.

Video Clip 2: Unconventional gallery spaces in Atlanta, where artists use garages to showcase their work due to financial limitations. She encourages her curatorial studies students to think creatively about exhibition spaces and considers how to engage both seasoned and new art viewers. Get the insider scoop on curating the Amanda Williams exhibition at Spelman, where she used a love-themed playlist to create an emotional connection, making art more accessible to the public.

Video Clip 3: How she became a curator. 

Karen Comer Lowe has over 20 years experience curating in major museums and shows you the art she likes and how to present your work and why she chooses the artists she does.
 

Would you like to meet her?
 

As a Praxis member, you can!
 

• You get access to Karen Comer Lowe’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 her. The insights she shared will help you know what to say when you write to her with your art or a proposal.
   
• Mmeet a new art world insider like Karen Comer Lowe every single week, live, at our Praxis Roundtable, which is a Zoom call with a different collector or curator each week… 
   
• ✨ANNUAL MEMBERS ONLY 👉 portfolio inclusion in our Praxis Center Portfolio, which we send directly to curators each month. We’ve had artists contacted for studio visits, included in group shows, invited to submit proposals…
  
  For example:
  
  👉Praxis member Carolyn McDonald was selected by not one, but two different curators: Katherine Anne Paul and Laura Raicovich.
  
  👉Dan Cameron, the curator behind Prospect New Orleans and the man who launched Faith Ringgold's retrospective, looked through the Praxis Portfolio and picked five artists. Five. Among them: Maria-Agni, Glen Gauthier, Andrew Carnie, Udi Cassirer, and Don Keene.
  
  👉 Katherine Anne Paul from the Birmingham Museum of Art (who picked Jeffrey Hartman, Carolyn McDonald, Jordan Wong, Marco Raimondo, and Mutlu Yılmazer).
  
  👉Raphael Gygax from Kunsthaus Zurich (he chose Amy Kupferberg, Kiki Klimt, and Jamie Zimchek.)
  
  This is what happens when you build a portfolio that gets in front of decision-makers every week. This is Praxis.
   
• 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 time management 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, June 20, 2025. No exceptions.