With an award from the Provost Office, the Art History Department coordinated a spring speaker series on the Business of Art: Fifteen Minutes of Fame & Decades of Success. Art History Department and MFA Program sponsored a series of nine speakers to discuss strategies and techniques to navigate a career in the arts. Business of Art Brochure.

February 23, 2011
Art Marketing and the Web
Michelle Bowers
Professor of Visual Design

March 2, 2011
The World of Shows and Exhibitions
Wyona Lynch-McWhite
Executive Director
Fuller Art Museum

March 9, 2011
Grants and Foundations
Lauren J. Winsor
Public Art and Donor Coordinator
New England Foundation for the Arts

March 23, 2011
Residencies and Commissions
Greg Liakos
Communication Director
Massachusetts Cultural Council

March 30, 2011
Taxes for the Artist
Jason P. Traue, Associate
Bingham McCutcher LLP.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Massachusetts

April 6, 2011
Artist Role in the Retail, Business, and Corporate World
Mich Gunderman
Vice President of Creative Services
Access TCA

April 13, 2011
Gallery as Business Partner
Arthur Dion
Gallery Director
Gallery NAGA

April 20, 2011
Art Advisor, Art Consultant, Art Agent, Oh My
Barbara Cole Lee
Art Consultant and Owner of
Barbara Cole Lee and Company

April 27, 2011
Museum and Artist Relations
Nancy Grinnell
Curator
Newport Art Museum