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Adventures in Chelsea – Shoutout to Luhring Augustine & Bruce Silverstein

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:43:09 +0000

Last Saturday was a beautiful NYC day and so I decided to go gallery hoping in Chelsea. Note to self: never go to midtown on ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Ugh what a total mistake!! Thankfully by the time I made it across town to Chelsea the drunk green crowds were behind me.

I started off [...]

…being bored

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:52:19 +0000

Dear readers, I have to confess, after the the initial euphoria of actually having a job waned……I got bored at Gallery X. Not bored because I didn’t like my job, on the contrary – I LOVED my job. It’s just that….there wasn’t that much for me to do. I answered the phone, I said [...]

The Bathroom Issue

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:03:11 +0000

Okay, here’s the thing – everyone knows that a gallery has a bathroom. BUT……it is NOT A PUBLIC BATHROOM. As the official greeter of all visitors the Gallerina also has the uncomfortable task of saying “no” to the frequent “do you have a bathroom?” questions.

At the beginning I felt really bad saying no [...]

Looking the part

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:25:11 +0000

You are in the business of aesthetics so there is NO WAY you can land/keep the job without looking the part. Don’t fret. You don’t have to be bombshell and you don’t have to go out and spend all your money on designer duds (right, as if you could afford those right now anyway!?!). [...]

Sample Interview Questions

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:35:19 +0000

Readers – this is the main reason I started this blog. When I was looking for gallery jobs I could not find ANYTHING online on how to prepare for an interview at a gallery.

All of these questions are REAL QUESTIONS that I was asked during my many, many interviews.

1. Tell me about [...]

Acing your interview

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:13:10 +0000

Congratulations! You were called/emailed and asked to come in for an interview. The hard part is done. What to do now:

1. Look clean and put together This is not the time to wear your leopard print jumpsuit. You want to look like you can be a team player here – not stand out [...]

Resume Resume

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:53:41 +0000

Ok, so like the ‘Writing a cover letter post’ a lot of what I say here is applicable to resumes for all fields not just art resumes-but I’m going to post it all because for some reason art people are really bad at writing resumes.

Keep the resume to one page You are applying [...]

Writing your cover letter

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:03:51 +0000

Keep it about yourself

Having read a lot of cover letters – a common mistake people make is to spend more time talking about how important the job/that gallery versus how awesome they are themselves. Do not do that-the reader knows exactly how important their institution is or how vital the receptionist is [...]

How to apply for the job

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:35:27 +0000

1. Look for jobs online* In New York all art related jobs are posted on www.nyfa.org (The New York Foundation for the Arts website). Readers this is how I got the majority of my art jobs. When I was looking for a job this was literally my home page. Watch this page like a [...]

What does a Gallerina do exactly?

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:27:19 +0000

So you think you want to work in an art gallery. If this is the beginning of your art world career then you will apply for the front desk position, also known as: -Receptionist -Gallery Assistant -Gallery Associate -Administrative Assistant -Executive Assistant -Gallerina (jk-that’s not really a title)

They are all the same job [...]