Emerging Artist Program
Guidelines and Application Info
The Art Guild of Paducah will provide a free membership to one artist for one year. The fees waived in this program for membership and exhibiting amount to $170 annually.
The purpose of this internship is to introduce an emerging artist to the business of selling art in both retail and online space.
The artist must live within commuting distance to the Historic District of Downtown Paducah because the applicant who is accepted into this program must fulfill the same obligations of staffing at the gallery and participating in the Guild’s programs.
The program is open to all artists working in any media. The only limitation is that the work be suitable for sale in a retail gallery space.
The applicant
• Must be an artist at least 18 years old
• Must have their work juried by the same jury that qualifies all exhibiting members at the Guild’s gallery
• Must staff at the gallery for two (2) 4 hours shifts every month
(duties include running a cash register, greeting customers and helping them learn about the exhibiting artists, cleaning the gallery.)
• Must hang or display their work professionally in the gallery space following the same guidelines as the other exhibiting artists.
In the course of this membership internship, the artist will join with a fellowship of other artists in jointly operating an art business. This will include learning about retail sales and the skills needed to sell online. The artist will leave the program with a greater understanding of the business of art and will develop important tools to further their artistic career.
Application available via email. Send us a request.
Or simply send your contact information and a brief bio of yourself describing where you are in your art career and how it can benefit from this program. Include examples of your work with 3-5 attached jpgs.
admin@artguildofpaducah.org
(you can also fill out contact form below and we will get back to you!)
The Art Guild of Paducah will provide a free membership to one artist for one year. The fees waived in this program for membership and exhibiting amount to $170 annually.
The purpose of this internship is to introduce an emerging artist to the business of selling art in both retail and online space.
The artist must live within commuting distance to the Historic District of Downtown Paducah because the applicant who is accepted into this program must fulfill the same obligations of staffing at the gallery and participating in the Guild’s programs.
The program is open to all artists working in any media. The only limitation is that the work be suitable for sale in a retail gallery space.
The applicant
• Must be an artist at least 18 years old
• Must have their work juried by the same jury that qualifies all exhibiting members at the Guild’s gallery
• Must staff at the gallery for two (2) 4 hours shifts every month
(duties include running a cash register, greeting customers and helping them learn about the exhibiting artists, cleaning the gallery.)
• Must hang or display their work professionally in the gallery space following the same guidelines as the other exhibiting artists.
In the course of this membership internship, the artist will join with a fellowship of other artists in jointly operating an art business. This will include learning about retail sales and the skills needed to sell online. The artist will leave the program with a greater understanding of the business of art and will develop important tools to further their artistic career.
Application available via email. Send us a request.
Or simply send your contact information and a brief bio of yourself describing where you are in your art career and how it can benefit from this program. Include examples of your work with 3-5 attached jpgs.
admin@artguildofpaducah.org
(you can also fill out contact form below and we will get back to you!)