Building Value and Cultivating Relationships

Join Dejha Carrington, arts worker and co-founder of Commissioner, for an in-person, brown bag lunch session, “Building Value and Cultivating Relationships.” This conversation will explore strategies for artists to create long-term value in their work by fostering meaningful relationships with collectors, curators, and patrons. Learn how to navigate the complexities of pricing, building intrinsic and financial value, communicating your process and practice with collectors, and engaging audiences authentically, both in and out of the studio.

“Building Value and Cultivating Relationships” is the first of a three-part series, Let’s Get Down to Business: Pricing, Collectors, and Studio Engagement , that delves into key topics for artists at all stages of their careers including how to appropriately price your work, build meaningful connections with collectors, and engage potential clients during studio visits.

Refreshments will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.

Please enter through the red door facing 32nd Street. Free street paking available on 32nd Street and 6th Avenue.

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About the speaker

Dejha Carrington is a practitioner and consultant in the arts.

In 2017, Dejha co-founded Commissioner, an art membership that helps people collect the work of contemporary artists in their cities. She serves as Executive Director and has introduced the program in Miami, Detroit, New York, Montreal, Mexico City, and New Orleans. From 2015 to 2022, Dejha was Vice President of Strategic Communications for YoungArts, the national foundation for the advancement of artists. Previously, she led public relations initiatives with Kimball Art Museum, the Medellin Biennial in Colombia, and the National Film Board of Canada.

Dejha is a board member of the national performance arts funder MAP Fund in New York, and The Black School, an experimental schoolhouse in New Orleans. She is also a professional advisory member of Miami-Dade Art In Public Places, New York University’s Center for Black Visual Culture, and University of Miami’s Center for Global Black Studies. Dejha teaches the Business of Art at New World School of the Arts at Miami-Dade College and calls Miami her home base.

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Image courtesy of Karli Evans from All Seeing Media, 2023.

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