How does one go from being an art lover and collector to running one of the most adventurous and lauded contemporary art galleries on the West Coast?

You'll learn about that and more, when you join us at 5:00 PM PST - 8:00 PM EST for a conversation with Charlie James, Owner/Director of the Charlie James Gallery.

Charlie James Gallery was formed and opened in 2008 in Chinatown, Los Angeles, and is owned and directed by Charlie James, a collector turned gallerist who had a background in CRM application consulting at Microsoft and other companies before opening the business. The gallery’s ethos asserts that art should engage with the time of its making, and is known for platforming work of significant political and cultural engagement.

Join us at 5:00pm PST - 8:00pm EST for a lively conversation with Tiffany Shlain, a multidisciplinary artist, bestselling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and sought after public speaker.

Ever since she founded the Webby Awards, her artwork and films explore ideas in feminism, philosophy, technology, neuroscience, and nature.

Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Sundance Film Festival, and her recent exhibition Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time & Technology with Getty's PST ART in LA is traveling to the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art's new location in SF in the coming year. Her book "24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection", published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books in 2019, was a national bestseller and won the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award.

Her awards and distinctions include selection by the Albert Einstein Foundation for their Genius 100 list, the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Intellectual Activity, and inclusion in NPR’s list of best commencement speeches. Shlain is known for her dynamic cinematic talk experiences and speaks internationally. She is represented by the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York.

Join us at 5:00pm PST - 8:00pm EST for a conversation about the myriad public art opportunities for artists with Michael Chavez, Curator of Public Art Partnerships, City of Denver.

Denver’s 1% for Public Art Program was established in 1988 and consists of more than 400 public artworks in its collection with more than $40 million invested in public art. In addition to Denver’s 1% percent program, Chavez oversees a graffiti prevention and youth development program called the Urban Arts Fund (UAF). Through the UAF, more than 150 new murals have been created in perpetually vandalized areas throughout the City & County of Denver.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 12:00 PM EST for a conversation about creating communities of collective self-care with Stephanie Diamond, artist, entrepreneur and Founder / CEO of Listings Project which is a community offering free, carefully vetted real estate, job, and services offered listings weekly. 

​Since its founding 20 years ago, they have connected thousands of people with apartments, roommates, art studios, jobs and opportunities and they now have over a million people visiting their site annually from 200 countries and 43 states.

​As a social practice artist, Stephanie creates with a community as opposed to an audience and has exhibited widely. She has also served in a wide variety of educator and director roles at museums, public art institutions, and schools and universities including Socrates Sculpture Park, P.S./MoMA, Parsons New School of Design, and the Ethical Culture School in New York City.

Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST for a conversation with Heather Bhandari, the recently named Program Director at the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. She is also the Co-Founder of CreativeStudy: an online business and financial health education platform for creatives; an independent curator and writer; a co-founder of the project-based curatorial team and podcast, The Remix; a trustee of Art Omi; an adjunct lecturer at Brown University where she teaches professional practice to artists. The 2nd edition of her book, ART/WORK, was published by Simon and Schuster in 2017 and updates are being made in 2024 for its 26th printing. 

​From 2000 to 2016 Heather was a director of Mixed Greens gallery where she curated over 100 exhibitions while managing a roster of nearly two-dozen emerging to mid-career artists.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 11:00 AM CST, for an interactive follow-up session to last week's conversation with Verónica Muñoz-Nájar. This is your chance to dig deeper, ask questions, and apply industry insights to your own practice. We'll break down key takeaways, discuss real-world applications, and explore how to leverage this knowledge in your artistic journey.

Whether you're looking to refine your approach to galleries, enhance your curatorial understanding, or simply gain a clearer picture of the art world ecosystem, this session offers a unique opportunity to process and personalize expert advice.

Come prepared with your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Let's turn last week's wisdom into this week's action plan!

Join us Tuesday, December 10th at 5pm PST/8pm EST for a talk with Verónica Muñoz-Nájar on her role as a Associate Curator for the prestigious Thoma Foundation in Dallas, TX. Born and raised in Peru, Muñoz-Nájar holds a Ph.D. in the History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts. Before joining the Foundation, Verónica was a curatorial intern in the Latin American Art Department of the Los Angeles County Art Museum and the Museo de Arte de Lima. In 2019, she was the inaugural recipient of the Marilynn Thoma Predoctoral Fellowship, where she conducted research at a diverse range of archives, museums, and private collections in Bolivia, Peru, Italy, and Spain.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 11:00 AM CST, for an interactive follow-up session to last week's conversation with Martin Rauchbauer. This is your chance to dig deeper, ask questions, and apply industry insights to your own practice. We'll break down key takeaways, discuss real-world applications, and explore how to leverage this knowledge in your artistic journey.

Whether you're looking to refine your approach to galleries, enhance your curatorial understanding, or simply gain a clearer picture of the art world ecosystem, this session offers a unique opportunity to process and personalize expert advice.

Come prepared with your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Let's turn last week's wisdom into this week's action plan!

Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST for a conversation about the intersection of art and technology with Martin Rauchbauer, Executive Director of the Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside, CA.

Martin Rauchbauer is a senior Austrian diplomat and a tech governance expert. He came to Djerassi after having served for two years as Austria’s first tech ambassador to Silicon Valley, and more than five years as head of Open Austria, and Austrian consul in San Francisco.

Martin shaped the emerging field of tech diplomacy, and was engaged in transatlantic tech diplomacy and digital human rights. He also developed digital humanism as a strategic focus of Austria’s foreign policy.  Martin initiated Open Austria’s Art + Tech Lab and co-founded the European art + tech + policy initiative The Grid. He is a Berggruen Fellow on Global Governance of Technology, and a Diplo Foundation Fellow on Tech Diplomacy. In 2023, he co-founded the Tech Diplomacy Network with the World Economic Forum in San Francisco.

Join us at 10:00 AM PST - 12:00 PM CST for a conversation with Justin Anthony of Artwork Artchive as he describes the journey of building his artist-centric business. Justin is a social entrepreneur driven by his desire to be part of something that measures success not just by a bottom line, but by its contribution to society. With Artwork Archive, he has spent over a decade arming artists with the tools they need to get organized, manage their business, and share their art with the world.  It is now used by thousands of artists in over 150 countries.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 11:00 AM CST, for an interactive follow-up session to last week's conversation with Molly Casey. This is your chance to dig deeper, ask questions, and apply industry insights to your own practice. We'll break down key takeaways, discuss real-world applications, and explore how to leverage this knowledge in your artistic journey.

Whether you're looking to refine your approach to galleries, enhance your curatorial understanding, or simply gain a clearer picture of the art world ecosystem, this session offers a unique opportunity to process and personalize expert advice.

Come prepared with your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Let's turn last week's wisdom into this week's action plan!

Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST for a conversation about the transformative power of art in public and private spaces with Molly Casey, Co-Founder and Chief Curator of NINE dot ARTS, an award-winning art advisory firm known for its curatorial creativity, management of large-scale multi-phase projects and forward-thinking vision. Molly’s innovative approach to art consulting includes building a global community of artists and supporting education, advocacy, and career-building opportunities. She and Co-founder Martha Weidmann formed NINE dot ARTS in 2009 with the vision of building a forward-thinking art consulting company that both curates incredible art experiences and advocates for art and artists.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 11:00 AM CST, for an interactive follow-up session to last week's conversation with Liz Garvey. This is your chance to dig deeper, ask questions, and apply industry insights to your own practice. We'll break down key takeaways, discuss real-world applications, and explore how to leverage this knowledge in your artistic journey.

Whether you're looking to refine your approach to galleries, enhance your curatorial understanding, or simply gain a clearer picture of the art world ecosystem, this session offers a unique opportunity to process and personalize expert advice.

Come prepared with your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Let's turn last week's wisdom into this week's action plan!

Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST for a talk with Elizabeth K. Garvey, Co-Founder and Director of Garvey|Simon in NYC. She launched EKG Art Advisory in 1999, running it successfully for a decade before founding Garvey|Simon in 2010. Garvey|Simon’s contemporary exhibition program primarily features works on paper, showcasing artists who use unusual materials and meticulous methods, ranging from hyperrealist to abstract styles.

Central to Garvey|Simon’s mission is the desire to break away from traditional norms. The gallery was established to extend the reach of the New York art scene, starting with a series of pop-up exhibitions in New York and the Midwest. Liz Garvey continuously seeks to explore and expand into alternative markets, collaborating with seasoned dealers and galleries. Additional services offered by Garvey|Simon include collection management and database services, appraisals, framing, artist coaching, and online platform consultation.

Join us for an insightful discussion with Liz Garvey on alternative models in the art gallery world.

Join us at 9:00 AM PST - 11:00 AM CST, for an interactive follow-up session to last week's conversation with Bridgette Mayer. This is your chance to dig deeper, ask questions, and apply industry insights to your own practice. We'll break down key takeaways, discuss real-world applications, and explore how to leverage this knowledge in your artistic journey.

Whether you're looking to refine your approach to galleries, enhance your curatorial understanding, or simply gain a clearer picture of the art world ecosystem, this session offers a unique opportunity to process and personalize expert advice.

Come prepared with your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Let's turn last week's wisdom into this week's action plan!

Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST, for a lively conversation with Bridgette Mayer - gallerist, author, and artist coach - on the inner workings of a contemporary art gallery. Since opening her eponymous Philadelphia gallery in 2001, Bridgette has represented artists from around the world through both her gallery program in Philadelphia and her art advisory firm based in Orlando, Florida. A leader in the Philadelphia arts community, she actively partners with local organizations to support fundraising initiatives and generates opportunities for artists to engage with the public.

In this session, Bridgette will share insights into:

• The role of a contemporary art gallery in today's market

• What gallerists look for in artists

• How to build and maintain relationships with galleries

• The evolving landscape of art sales and representation

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insider knowledge from an experienced art world professional!