18 Feb The Business of Being an Artist with Richard May: Feb 2-25-25
Redlands Art Association hosts free PROGRAMS: guest artists to educate / entertain us on the 4th Tuesday night of each month, September through May.
Richard May will talk to us on Tuesday, February 25 on “The Business of Being an Artist”
May will touch on subjects relative to visual artists … but all entrepreneurs should take notes, too.
- Hobby, Side Gig, or Making a Living off of your Art
- The Business License, pricing your work, contracts, Copyrights
- Self-Promotion & Speaking about Your work
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Prints, Reproductions & Pricing your work
- Community Involvement/Collaboration, Competitive Exhibitions
Richard Allen May III is an educator, artist, writer, and scholar based in the Inland Empire. As an entrepreneur, he is the founder of Richard May Art Education Services. He teaches Writing courses at several southern California colleges; branching into art history and public speaking.
May has exhibited his art at galleries in Temecula, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Brea and Ontario.
May served as an editor and wrote the foreword to the book, AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought (2020, Duke University Press) authored by founding member Wadsworth A. Jarrell. He presented his research on the AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) Art Movement at the New Critical Perspectives on African American Art History conference at the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland.
Learn more about Richard Allen May III at richardmayart.com. Read his published art exhibition reviews in the Artillery Magazine.
Join us Tuesday, Feb 25 from 7 – 9 pm. No charge; open to the public.
The program will be held at the downtown Redlands Art Association, 215 E. State St, Redlands.