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From the Archive – Help Desk: The Biggest/Littlest Decision
Our intrepid columnist is on the road this week, so today we bring you a popular Q&A from our archive. It’s good to note that support for parent–artists is increasing: The Bemis Center has a...
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From the Archive – Help Desk: Giving Up?
As our intrepid columnist finishes settling into her new digs in Warsaw, today we bring you a look back at some advice that still holds true. If you have a question about making, exhibiting, finding,...
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From the Archive – Help Desk: A Spark in the Dark
As our intrepid columnist continues to traverse Warsaw, we bring a piece of advice for all those finding their way in through the muddy path we call “art.” If you’re stumbling through the dark or...
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From the Archives – Help Desk: Friends in High(er) Places
Today from our archives we bring you an age-old question about how to respond to friends and acquaintances who ask for (un)professional favors. Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies...
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Help Desk: The Snarky Remarker
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Help Desk: Culture and Compensation
Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public—and today we’re celebrating our 100th installment! Submit your...
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Best of 2015 – Help Desk: Selling Out
Today we kick off our annual Best Of series with a selection from senior editor Vivian Sming: “Bean Gilsdorf hits the nail on the head once again in her Help Desk article on ‘selling out.’ As an...
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Help Desk: Self-Promotion
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Help Desk: Conceptual Conundrum
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Help Desk: Institutional Bias
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Help Desk: Critic or Collector?
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Help Desk: Establishing Installations
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Help Desk: Why Your Show Wasn’t Reviewed
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From the Archives – Help Desk: Put the Artist First
Today we look back at an intriguing curatorial question from last year: “Which comes first—the artist or the machine?” Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists,...
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Help Desk: Quid Pro Quo
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Help Desk: Getting Paid for Curatorial Work
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Help Desk: Underrepresentation
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Summer Session – Help Desk: Internship Woes
Kicking off our 2016 Summer Session is a sequence of articles that regard labor in the arts: work, innovation, compensation, leisure, and more! In this Help Desk column, Bean Gilsdorf answers a...
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Summer Session – Help Desk: Support for Artists
Our first Summer Session theme is labor, and today’s Help Desk advice column answers a tricky question about support, “exposure,” and compensation with some help from Working Artists and the Greater...
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Summer Session – Help Desk: Getting Paid for Curatorial Work
This week wraps up our month of regarding labor in the arts: work, innovation, collaboration, compensation, and leisure. In this Help Desk column, Bean Gilsdorf answers a question about making money...
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