The museum will be closed January 13 – 16th to install Nuclear Family, featuring the work of Mengwen Cao, Jess Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Finley, Matthew Leifheit, Kevin Bennet Moore, Laurence Philomene and Anne Vetter. Join us for our Opening Reception on Thursday January 23rd at 6pm
It’s every artists dream to be represented by a gallery. But how does that happen? In this course I will talk about the best practices for approaching galleries, and how relationships between artist and gallerists are formed. I will go deeper into the dos and don’ts and give insight from my own experiences over my career.
Level: All
Day & Time: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 7pm -8:30pm, ET
Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A
Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership.
Lecture Series (includes all six lectures): Members, $140.00 / Non-Members, $195
Speakers will include:
Stella Kramer, January 30, 2025: How to create and maintain a dynamic website for lens-based artists.
Holly Stuart Hughes, February 13, 2025: Best practices on writing and finding grants.
Michelle Dunn Marsh (TBD): Discussing the innovation around today’s photo books, publishing, and how the photo book has evolved into the “artist book”.
Catherine Couturier, April 17, 2025: Best practices for how to approach and work with a gallery.
Priya Kambli, May 8, 2025: Ways to find and apply for an artist residency or fellowship.
Kareem Black, May 15, 2025: How to create effective promotional avenues, social media campaigns, and other marketing strategies for furthering your career.
About the Speaker
Catherine Couturier is the owner and director of Catherine Couturier Gallery. Upon its inception, the gallery quickly evolved into the premier photography gallery in Houston and sits at the center of Gallery Row. Couturier has worked in the fine art photography world since 1999 and is involved in many different aspects. She reviews portfolios for organizations and festivals such as Fotofest, Photo Nola, Texas Photographic Society, and more, works with private organizations to review fine art photography including classes both public and private, builds and curates collections both private and corporate, worked as an art consultant on a nationwide healthcare project, is a juror for Critical Mass, serves on the advisory council of Houston Center for Photography, and give lectures to artists and collectors alike on a myriad of subjects. She is incredibly proud to be on the board of Aipad (Association of Photography Art Dealers), the most prestigious institute of its kind in the world. Catherine Couturier Gallery specializes in classic 20th century photography and contemporary work of the highest quality and also sells a wide range of rare and vintage books and publications by many of today’s best-known contemporary artists. The Catherine Couturier Gallery is committed to excellence with a dedication to the medium in all its forms, with the goal to showcase the best fine art photography available.
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