What Kind of Art Gallery?

DIFFERENT TYPES… (WHO KNEW?)

If you didn’t know, and to be honest, a few of us at that first meeting didn’t, there are different types of art galleries. Listed below are the two main types with very brief descriptions of the differences between them.

COMMERCIAL: These include private galleries, co-operative galleries, vanity galleries, and more. Commercial galleries are businesses set up specifically to sell art. Some of these galleries offer additional services like rentals, home decor, or gift shops. Artists for these venues are selected to suit a particular clientele, or to make a splash in the art world, but always to be profitable for the gallery through sales.

PUBLIC: These galleries are usually established at the municipal level in the public’s interest. They tend to showcase and celebrate local, regional, and / or under-represented artists and creators. Public galleries operate as not-for-profits and may receive funding through granting organizations, donations, and / or memberships.

This gallery will be set up as a non-profit division of the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum. It will have its own funding and Advisory Committee. The gallery will seek submissions from artists within an approx. 80 kilometer radius.

First things first, though…

Do you have some free time and a soft spot for the visual arts? If so, help us establish this gallery space for the artists and arts enthusiasts of Cut Knife and surrounding area. Email Randy at cmmmcutknife@gmail.com.

SHOUTOUT to Aleah Anseth (Fragment Media / Alte Studios) who insisted the first step in this process would be to find enough artists willing to exhibit in a new space. Thank you for your Facebook post in Cut Knife Events. You were right!

~ Debbie M.