INTERVIEW ☆･｡･☆ GRACE MICELI“It’s really important for me to be able to instil confidenc
INTERVIEW ☆･｡･☆ GRACE MICELI“It’s really important for me to be able to instil confidence in younger female artists”Who better to start our new series of interviews with creative babes than our recent collaborator, artist and writer Grace Miceli. Founder of Art Baby Gallery, an online exhibition space that is specifically interested in providing a platform to showcase work by female artists - Grace shares her inspirations and tips on how to sell your art.What have you been up to lately? Recently I’ve started making a lot of clothes, I’m calling it “Art Baby Gear” it’s mostly crop tops with my drawings on them. I have a new series of drawings combining my favorite snacks and sex toys. You’re always doing different things. Which work are you most passionate about?Art Baby Gallery is my favorite project. It’s really important for me to be able to instil confidence in younger female artists. I want the artists I feature to know that by having and sharing their creative output they are demanding attention, and that’s significant. How did you start getting creative? My mom is an artist and my dad is a musician, so I started really young taking art classes etc. And then when I was a teenager I didn’t go to parties or have a lot of friends so I had a lot of free time and built a black and white darkroom in my parent’s basement, made internet friends on livejournal and started a pop-punk cover band with the 3 friends I did have. How long have you been making and selling art? Any tips for beginners? I sold my first drawings when I was a senior in college, it was a pair, Chris Burden and Marina Abramovic, to one of my professors. I’m still figuring it out myself but my advice is to take really good care of your art, store it safely and scan all works on paper and try to keep an organized inventory of everything you make. When figuring out how to price work make sure you take into consideration the price of materials used and the amount of time you spent planning and making the piece. I’ve also found that making more “useable" products that feature my art (stickers, shirts etc.) is the best way to get the most exposure since then your work is actually affordable to more people. Fave artists? Shana Sadeghi-Ray, Molly Matalon, Vivian Fu, Elyse Silverberg, Brie Moreno, Morgan Maher, Chloe Wise, Jayson Musson, Devin Troy, Alexandra Marzella, Petra Collins, Audrey Wollen, Luisa Rodriguez, Kelly Surdo, Cheyenne Sophia, Arvida Bystrom & Maja Malou Lyse What were your early influences when you were young? Lola Bunny from Space Jam, my mom & Jessie Spano from Saved By The Bell What inspires you now? All the girls at night on the internet, Rihanna, my friends, Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, late night walks to Taco Bell. Upcoming projects for 2015? I really want to have an IRL Art Baby Gallery exhibition in NYC, so I’m going to try and make that happen. Fave object in your work area? My beta fish Lil’ Romeo, he keeps me company when I’m drawing, he has a plastic leaf in his fish bowl that he takes naps on. Grace is wearing our limited edition Art Baby beanie in mintwww.beaniebabesclub.com -- source link
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