4 Week Series: Understanding the Art Market with Negarra A. Kudumu / Workshop

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About this Workshop

Join independent curator, writer, and advisor Negarra A. Kudumu for a 4-week workshop series on understanding the art market. During this series, Negarra will break down the structure of the art world to build a greater understanding of the underlying programs, institutions, and influences that shape it both regionally and worldwide. She’ll also share practical tips for artists interested in entering the art market and growing their careers, on topics including pricing artwork, building your network, and leveraging community and connections to create opportunities for your art career.

You will leave with a greater understanding of the underlying structure of the art world and commercial markets, and with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions on how best to build an individual career in line with your goals.

Topics Include:

• Overview of how the art market works, and major institutions, programs, and organizations that influence and shape it, both regionally and internationally.

• Considerations when pricing your artwork and identifying your audience.

• Tips for identifying where you best fit within the art market, and strategies for connecting with galleries and art spaces.

• Strategies for leveraging community and networks to create opportunities.

• How to build a long-term and sustainable art career.

This workshop is open to artists of all disciplines and career stages, and will meet weekly via Zoom on Tuesdays, October 13-November 3. The ticket price covers attendance for all 4 sessions.

About the Instructor

Negarra A. Kudumu is an independent scholar and curator of contemporary art. Her curatorial interests focus on Afro-Surrealism, Black Abstraction, contemporary art from the Pacific Northwest, Africa, South Asia, and their respective diasporas. Negarra’s curatorial expertise includes the 2023 25th Anniversary Neddy Award Exhibition in Seattle, a group exhibition at the 2021 ARCO Madrid art fair for the Lisbon-based art gallery MOVART, and three exhibitions, also in 2021, during her tenure as curator at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle (CoCA). In 2017 and 2018, Negarra curated a series of online exhibitions featuring emerging and established artists based in the United States, Canada, and The Netherlands titled, Curatorial Lab. Negarra’s writing has been published in notable volumes such as Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 (Delmonico Books, 2024), Atlantica: Contemporary Art From Angola and Its Diaspora (Hangar Books, 2018) and Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art From the Walther Collection (Steidl/The Walther Collection, 2017). She has also contributed essays to gallery publications, exhibition catalogs, and art world magazines in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

About Artist Trust

Artist Trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and encourage artists working in all disciplines to enrich community life throughout Washington State. Since its founding in 1986, Artist Trust has invested over $15 million in individual artists through grant programs and provides a comprehensive suite of professional development training and resources to help artists achieve their career goals. Learn more at artisttrust.org.

Have Questions?

Email Program Coordinator, Naomi Day.

Registration Ends October 13, 2026 2:00 pm

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