Workshop
Michael Foley will advise artists on all they need to know to navigate their life as a fine art photographer. The workshop will include a series of short lectures:
- The contemporary history of fine art photography
- The history of the gallery system
- How to live and work as an artist today
- How to navigate the art world
- How to work with a gallery
- Your artist statement
- Leveraging social media platforms
About Michael Foley:
Michael Foley opened his eponymous gallery in the fall of 2004 after fourteen years of working with notable photography galleries including Fraenkel, Howard Greenberg and Yancey Richardson Gallery. The gallery has since been invited to participate in over twenty international and national art fairs including Paris Photo, Pulse, AIPAD, VOLTA and the London Art Fair. Gallery exhibitions and artists have been reviewed and written about in several publications including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Modern Painters and ArtNEWS.
Foley is a co-founder of The Exhibition Lab, which is a study center for people involved in various aspects of fine art photography. The Exhibition Lab provides a vibrant modern-day salon for artists who are interested in engaging the world’s diverse and vital photography community through the gateway of New York City.
Foley continues his interest in educating by serving on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography where he teaches and lectures on issues in contemporary photography. He has been a portfolio reviewer at over 25 photography reviews throughout the United States.