Last Thursday, Hamlett Dobbins came and gave a lecture with a short Q&A during class. During his lecture he taked a lot about the backstory of his involvement in the Memphis gallery scene. He talked about how the shows were organized. He also talked about the differences in the ways shows were organized for his different gallery spaces. He talked a little about the marketability of different shows and how that affects the choice of gallery space. I was particularly interested in his talk about the varying levels of restriction on different sorts of shows. Hamlett focused particularly on the aspects of his more approachable gallery space.
Hamlett also spent some time talking about his involvement in artist in residence programs. He recommended this highly and im pretty interested in looking more into artist residencies. He also talked about grants for a short while. He again recommended writing for grants. I wish he had gone more in depth into the process of applying for grants and residencies.
I agree Trey, I think residencies are extremely important for students about to graduate/recently graduated. It gives more levels of experience that I think most of us might benefit from before grad school
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