Join us for the first annual Lost Sierra Plein Air Festival May 31st through June 4th. About an hour north of Truckee Ca is a vast track of land known as the Lost Sierra. A land full of endless forests, old barns, beautiful valleys, and wild & scenic rivers.
Visual Arts
Art Gallery Preparator
Los Angeles (Westside) art gallery specializing in contemporary painting and sculpture seeks skilled and experienced freelance preparators for project-based and as-needed work.
Ideal candidates will work well under pressure, respond to the aesthetic needs of exhibition production, and be sensitive to the unique demands of a commercial gallery setting.
Requirements:
– Knowledge of safe art handling and installation procedures for two- and three-dimensional art objects in a variety of materials, sizes and weights
– Experience in archival wrapping and secure packing techniques, including packing and unpacking of crates
– Knowledge of different types of hanging hardware, their appropriate uses and weight holding capacities
– Experience with exhibition space preparation, inlcuding wall painting, patching, clean up, touch up and maintaining a pristine show environment
– Skilled with hand and power tools
– Extremely detail-oriented and capable of taking responsibility for assigned tasks
– Can maintain organized, non-cluttered work environment
– Capable of lifting minimum 50 lb.s
– Current driver’s license
Other desired skills:
– Heavy sculpture handling
– Rigging and use of a gantry
– Forklift driving
– Light carpentry and framing
– Photoshop, Google Sketch Up
Please submit cover letter and resume via PDF to work@lalouver.com.
Qualified candidates will be contacted directly. No phone calls, please.
GALLERY SALES ASSISTANT
Established in Venice Beach in 1975, L.A. Louver is currently seeking a full-time Sales Assistant to work alongside and support the gallery’s Directors.
This will be a perfect opportunity for an early career art professional who is interested in investing their energy, excellent judgment and creative problem-solving talents toward the gallery’s sales efforts within a highly collaborative team environment.
Essential: You’re innately detail-oriented, with superb communication skills (both in-person and written), a gift for advance planning and organization, the ability to tenaciously manage and meet deadlines, a strong research acumen, and enthusiasm for and knowledge of contemporary art.
Pluses: Experience and understanding of commercial gallery operations, sincere curiosity about the art market, and a long-term interest in developing a career in art sales.
This is a full-time, salaried position with full benefits.
Work schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am – 6pm, plus additional hours as required.
Duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
· Works closely with the Directors to develop and coordinate sales strategies
· Performs client and institutional research
· Tracks, synthesizes and documents client interest in database, generates interest/call lists to direct outreachand targeted mailings
· Serves as point of contact for incoming sales requests and inquiries, coordinating responses
· Conducts weekly Sales Meetings, including creating agendas/reports, taking minutes, and following up on action items
· Assists Directors in sending and monitoring offers, including organizing images, fact sheets, press packs and all other relevant documentation
· Responsible for post-sale tasks, including invoicing, communicating and memorializing terms
· Collaborates with Directors on curation and conceptualization of Online Viewing Rooms, and works with Web master to oversee design and execution
· Manages all online sales platform content (Artsy, Artnet) and coordinates responses to inquiries
· Responsible for auction and art market research, including weekly auction alerts and real-time sales results updates
· Performs sales and pricing research, and assists with art valuation appraisals as directed
· Researches and confirms fact sheet information for incoming consignments and outgoing presentations
Qualifications:
– BA in Art History or related field
– Two years of experience in a contemporary art gallery, arts organization or relevant organization
– Proficiency in other languages would be an added value
Tech:
– Fluency in Mac OS, Microsoft Office Suite and G Suite required
– Familiarity with Artbase or other art collection database would be ideal
– Adobe Acrobat/Photoshop proficiency
To apply, please email cover letter and resume to work@lalouver.com.
Qualified candidates will be contacted directly. No calls or walk-ins, please.
21st “Solo Art Series” – An Opportunity to Shine
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces its 21st “Solo Art Series” Online Art Competition. This competition will result in an award of 4 monthly solo art exhibitions. In addition, the gallery will award the next 8 juried artists to be featured in the gallery’s Artist Showcase Section.
The gallery invites online submission of all 2D and 3D art (including photography) from artists around the world for possible selection for one the Gallery’s monthly solo art exhibitions or into the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
The gallery encourages artists regardless of where they reside to submit their best abstract and/or representational art to this competition. There is No Theme for this Art Competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration.
Extensive worldwide publicity & promotion, 550+ press releases for winning artists. Open to 2D and 3D professional or amateur artists, including photography & digital art, without any geographical restrictions.
12th Annual “Figurative” Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 12th Annual “Figurative” Online Juried Art Competition. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s May 2022 online group art exhibition.
The gallery encourages entries from artists (including photography & digital arts) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best abstract or representational art.
The “Figurative” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the human form and human features. “Figurative” subjects are considered to be figures, forms and faces. The gallery will accept art on this subject that is either representational or abstract, and although nude art is acceptable, please, do not submit any erotic art.
The deadline to apply to this art competition is April 26, 2022.
Early entry and art student discounts. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
7th Annual Landscapes Art Competition
Fusion Art invites submissions for the 7th Annual Landscapes art competition for an online exhibition during the month of May 2022.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting natural scenery and the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, valleys, deserts, farmland, trees, rivers, lakes, ponds, forests, wilderness, polar regions, rainforests, islands and tropical landscapes.
All artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representational and/or abstract artwork in any medium.
Cash prizes and an invitation to Fusion Art’s Annual Group Show in Santa Fe, NM in 2023 for Best in Show winners. In lieu of the cash prize, Best in Show winners can to choose a complimentary one-year membership to our Fusion Artist’s Members Gallery, as long as they meet the eligibility.
Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
