Welcome to the website of respected creative consultant, author and educator MARY VIRGINIA SWANSON.

With decades of experience in the field, Ms. Swanson guides artists on making and marketing their artwork. She has inspired many artists to build on the strengths of their work, refine their craft, and identify appreciative audiences for their prints, exhibitions, and licensing placements.

Swanson’s informative seminars and educational lectures on marketing opportunities have proven to aid photographers in moving their careers to the next level.

Within this website you can view “MVS On The Road” to learn about forthcoming lectures, seminars and workshops, keep up on opportunties for photographers on “MVS Marketing Blog,”  download recent articles to get “Advice” and buy her books and Resource Guide, learn “How We Work Together” and read the testimonials her clients have shared.

You will gain knowledge and be inspired here.

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© Dennis Keeley, Chair of Photography and Imaging Art Center College of Design

As a teacher and a department chair I am always searching for tools that bridge the gap between what we teach and what our students will really do after school. Mary Virginia Swanson has written a manual for how students can research, connect and really begin to act as artists and photographers in their own careers. This book is a must for the new economy, the new legal environment and the new psychology that our successful photographers will work in.

—Dennis Keeley, Chair of Photography and Imaging Art Center College of Design

From the MVS Marketing Blog

Deadline Extended to June 10th: The Art of Photography Show

Call for Entries: Art of Photography Show
Deadline: Saturday, May 18, 2013  Extended to Monday, June 10, 2013 at 11:59 pm PDT
Fee: $25 for 1st entry, $10 for each additional. Previous entrants receive a $15 discount.
“Now in its 9th year, the Art of Photography Show is an established and critical force in the world of contemporary [...]

May 16th-19th, Boston: Flash Forward Festival

Magenta Foundation
Flash Forward Festival Boston
May 16-19, 2013
Free and open to the public.
“Flash Forward Festival Boston programming provides opportunities for all photography enthusiasts, offering insight into an evolving image industry while promoting the self-sufficiency of artists.
 
Set within the Boston cityscape, the four-day festival is based out of the Fairmont Battery Wharf, offering an in-depth experience [...]

Deadline May 31st: Howard Chapnick Grant

W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
Call for Entries: Howard Chapnick Grant
Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2013
“The Howard Chapnick Grant was introduced in 1996 to encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism, such as editing research, education and management. The Grant was established to honor the memory of Howard Chapnick, and acknowledge the value of his [...]

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