New artist portfolios are thrown aside into stacks - while they are important, they're not URGENT. And if something is not urgent, then other tasks tend to take priority.

A lot of commentators will tell you the answer to getting noticed is sending in very professionally prepared portfolios. It's not. Being professional is always a good thing, but, frankly, we didn't care what the portfolio looked like. An envelope full of snapshots was fine because the determining factor for acceptance was the artwork itself....not the presentation of the portfolio.

And here's what makes the situation even worse - if you call ahead about your portfolio, you're just interrupting someone with all those other tasks to do - so that's not really a good idea. Let's say you had a deadline to finish several Gallery Oil Paintings for a show by the end of this week. So you're painting, painting, perhaps dealing with a few other issues, but, for the most part, you have your entire week's agenda already set. He has a stack of 20 new frame designs and wants to spend the next 3 hours showing them to you, discussing them with you, he even offers to take you to lunch.

1. Go through each gallery's roster of artists looking for artists whom you personally know. If you really are at the same "level" as the artists in your target galleries, chances are you will have at least met some of them.

2. If you don't know anyone represented by any of the galleries, you probably need to do some networking and meet more people. You'll do better by giving something first, perhaps a collector of your work would like one of the other artists works. Call the artist and tell him you have a collector who might be intersted in his work and make a referral.....an artist will remember someone who sends him a possible sale!

3. Ask your artist friend about the target gallery. Once you've identified some artists whom you know and/or have developed relationships with you're ready to continue your quest. Ask your friend what it is like to work with such and such gallery.

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