My Vision
artist’s prospering & self-sustaining
I envision a world where are artists are prospering and self-sustaining from sharing their gifts.
Not from chasing some illusive superstar status inherently reserved for a rare few, but from cultivating a community of collectors with whom their work resonates.
elizabeth rose
b. 1988
I’ve always had a reverance for artists. While I’ve worked across numerous industries in varying capacities, my focus has always been to empower people, but especially creatives.
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I've spent the first 15 years of my career designing products to empower people interested in living with a sense of direction and purpose. I’ve also led the growth strategy for entreprenial brands across multiple industries where my work has been featured in places like D Magazine, HuffPost, PopSci, Mashable, and other publications.
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I was born in Dallas, Texas where grew up competing as a Hunter Jumper equestrian, and eventually begged my parents to let me go to boarding school at Foxcroft in Middleburg, Virginia because Texas just never felt like home to me.
I graduated a semester early in 2009 with a Bachelors degree in Art History and Psychology from Southern Methodist University and received an Executive MBA in Digital Marketing from Rutger’s University in 2015.
My Perspective
let’s connect if this resonates
Despite coming from an incredibly priviledged background, I do not buy into the elitism that perpetuates the legacy art world. I can see right through it and it’s not cute. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, otherwise you wouldn’t see so many galleries closing.
I have ideas for a new path forward. The prerequisit to following this path involves tossing out old narratives, facing fears, and grieving the old way of doing things.
The more readily galleries and artists can do that, the faster they will be able meet collectors where they’re at and begin adopting and refining more practical and sustainable ways of operating.
Stronger Relationships
Much of the art world has a significant opportunity for growth when it comes to strengthening the quality of the relationships among key stakeholders like artists, galleries, and collectors.
The opaque business practices and legacy mentalities of scarcity and snobbery have muddied the waters and turned away troves of potential new collectors. It’s time to forge a new path forward. One rooted in a stronger and more sustainable foundation.
There are four pillars of a healthy relationship (this goes for any kind of relationship). Those pillars are (1) Trust, (2) Respect, (3) Communication, and (4) Acknowledgement. If any one of these pillars is fractured or begins to errode, the relationship is not longer structurally sound.
When all of these qualities are more readily embraced and exhibited, the natural order of things will be restored and rebalanced to flow in a more sustainable fashion. And that is when we will have a fertile environment for artists to prosper and galleries to thrive in.
Guiding Principles for Stronger Relationships
Trust
When you boil it down, trust comes down to safety. Specifically physical safety and psychologic safety. Physical safety is about protection from bodily harm and psychological safety is about protecting your ego from shame.
Respect
You show respect (or disrespect) through your language, tone of voice, attire, and behavior. In the art world, some examples of disrepect may look like, using obscure and overly-intellectualized language, elitest tone, and an imbalanced reliance on gate-keeping behaviors. ​
Communication
Healthy communication requires mutual accessibility, swift responsiveness, transparency, and direct dialogues. This would look like less gatekeeping, less “let me grab the director for you,” plainly displayed price lists, and many other things the free up the flow of commerce in for-profit environments.
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement is critical for ensuring all parties feel seen and heard. Acknowledge doesn’t translate to agreement, it simply means you are actively listening and thoughtfully observing the other party or person.