Dear Artist,

There’s a persistent fantasy about curators.

It’s that they’re sitting in front of their laptops, scouring Instagram, following rabbit holes of obscure hashtags, on a constant quest to “discover” the next great artist. All you have to do is post more. Sharpen your bio. Hope the algorithm takes pity.

The truth is different. Less magical, but more actionable.

Curators are not hunting. They’re filtering.

They’re not wandering. They’re navigating.

They’re overloaded with information, with emails, with exhibition proposals, with artists pitching them constantly—most of whom are reaching out with no context, no clarity, and no connection. It’s not that curators don’t want to discover new artists. They absolutely do. But they rely on networks of trust, spaces of context. They rely on signals.

Praxis is one of those signals.

Every week, we host live Zoom sessions with curators—people who have organized exhibitions for institutions like the Venice Biennale, Manifesta, the Whitney Biennial, and cutting-edge nonprofits you may not know (but should). These curators don’t give keynote speeches. They don’t stay on script. They talk, directly, with our members—answering questions, reviewing work, giving the kind of insight most artists never get access to.

Because Praxis is not a “course platform.”

It’s a professional ecosystem. One that curators trust.

Now, let’s talk about what access actually looks like:

When you join Praxis on an annual plan (currently $595, but going up soon to $1,200), you’ll be included in the Praxis Center Portfolio—a curated directory of member websites and portfolios that we share with each of our visiting curators. It’s discreet. There are no bells and whistles. And it works.

We’ve had artists contacted for studio visits, included in group shows, invited to submit proposals—all from being listed in this Portfolio. This is not a promise of success. But it’s a reality of visibility.

Because when curators see your work inside a trusted space, context changes everything.

If the Portfolio isn’t your speed, there’s still the monthly option at $120/month, or $59 a month if you act quickly, which includes full access to the weekly sessions and our complete course library. But the Portfolio is reserved for annual members. That’s intentional. It allows us to offer something more focused—and frankly, more powerful—for both artists and curators.

Here’s what I want you to take away from this:

Getting your work in front of the right people isn’t about luck or timing. It’s about having access to the rooms (virtual or not) where curators are actually listening. Praxis opens that door. And when the price doubles soon, you’ll still be welcome—but the window for joining at $595/year will have closed.

→ Join Praxis today before the price increases

I’ve spoken with enough artists to know this: the moment you stop waiting to be discovered and start building the architecture around your practice, things begin to shift.

Not overnight. But steadily.

That’s what we’re here for.

With warmth,

Brainard Carey

Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies

P.S. The curators who come to Praxis aren’t doing us a favor. They come because they value the conversations here. That should tell you something.