Artist Whisperer Pennylane Shen - a podcast by Carol McQuaid

Wine Night with Artist Whisperer Pennylane Shen

Our Guest Artist: Pennylane Shen of Dazed and Confucius https://www.dazedandconfucius.com/ (www.dazedandconfucius.com)Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid http://carolmcquaid.faso.com/ (www.carolmcquaidart.com)

Our Bar: Campagnolo https://www.campagnolorestaurant.ca/ (www.campagnolorestaurant.ca) In this episode you’ll hear about:


How we met (clue: it involves Thrive Mastermind)Her life as an artist consultant and how that differs from art consultant

Her business Dazed and Confucius and what they doHaving a foot in the commercial gallery world and the unique perspective that provides/affords her

What gallerists really wish we artists knewWorking with hospitals and charitable foundations on their art collections

The international workshops and consults she does around the globeThe four different seminars she teaches:



How it Looks presentation, framing and hangingHow it Sounds art writing

Navigating the Art IndustryOutbox (all things digital)



What are some of the common things that artists need to hear?Talking about ham, lettuce and tomato clients (what?!)

Attending Visual Culture Theory at NYU first year of the programs existence!My fave quote of the evening: “Turns out anger is way more powerful than curiosity. Use your anger.

Why she chose to follow the business and strategic side of the art world rather than being a studio artistArt school; cash grab or awesome opportunity?

What does Dazed and Confuscius do exactly? Advising, web work, Ghost writing artist statementsAt about the one hour mark Pennylane shares the best one size fits all advice she has for emerging artists everywhere

We finish off with a fun story set in an Los Angeles bar  

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Dazed and Confucius https://www.dazedandconfucius.com/ (www.dazedandconfucius.com)Thrive Mastermind https://www.thriveartstudio.com/mastermind (www.thriveartstudio.com) 


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