MVS On the Road

April 20, Winchester, MA: NESOP’s Cross Currents III – Finding Your Audience

New England School of Photography’s Cross Currents III
Finding Your Audience – An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs 

You’ve made the work, now what do you do with it? This seminar provides participants with an overview of today’s commercial marketplace, focusing on targeting marketing strategies for photographers interested in selling their personal work to collectors, licensing existing imagery as illustration or decor, or being commissioned to create new work for clients.

This event is NESOP’s ANNUAL SEMINAR SERIES FOR GRADUATES called Crosscurrents III.  Limited seating will also be available to Griffin members and academic institutional members, NESOP faculty and alumni, and workshop students.

Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Rd
Winchester, MA 01890  [map]

(Second year NESOP students, please arrive early to register and sign in.)

April 5-8, New York City: MVS Attending AIPAD’s “The Photography Show”

MVS will once again be attending the “The Photography Show” presented by AIPAD.   For more information on attending this important annual art fair for photography, visit www.aipadshow.com

March 15–18, 2018: MVS Participating in FotoFest, Session 2

MVS will be participating as a Portfolio Reviewer in the second session of the FotoFest 2018 Biennial in Houston, Texas.

Details about the portfolio reviews are here.

March 14 & 19, Houston: MVS Available for Consultations

MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person consultations in Houston, Texas before and after the second session of portfolio reviews at the FotoFest 2018 Biennial.  If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact her directly at mvs@mvswanson.com to schedule a session.

If this would be your initial consultation, please visit “Mentoring with MVS” and follow the links to submit a client fact sheet; upon receipt she will be in touch with you to schedule your initial consultation.

Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.

March 14, Houston: FotoFest Biennial – Professional Development Seminar

FotoFest Biennial 2018: Professional Development Seminar
Who Buys Prints? An Update on the Marketplace for Fine Prints

Today, challenges to the traditional artist/dealer relationship are impacted by changes in consumer interests and purchasing habits, and the rise of new sales venues for acquiring art. In addition to sales through galleries, purchases occur at art fairs and via online sales venues, through third-parties such as art consultants & interior designers as well as acquiring works directly from artists. The centuries-old art market is ripe for new models.

Confirmed industry panelists are as follows: PEGGY SUE AMISON, Creative Director, East West, Dubai UAE | DARREN CHING, co-owner, KlompChing Gallery, NYC | NATASHA EGAN Executive Director, MoCP, Chicago | private collector JOAN MORGENSTERN, Houston | Liana Schwaitzberg,  Corporate Art Advisor, MKG Art Management, Houston | and LISA VOLPE, Associate Curator, MFA Houston.

Join us for the seminar between Review Sessions 1 & 2, at the Whitehall Houston Hotel.
To register visit: http://home.fotofest.org/2018_professional-development-seminars/who-buys-prints.aspx.

March 5-9: Office Closed

The office will be closed while MVS is reporting for jury duty, her email and phone access will be limited during this time.  All inquiries sent to MVS or Kelsey Vance (assistant@mvswanson.com) during this time will be answered in the order in which they were received.

February 27 & 28: Philadelphia: MVS Available for Consultations

MVS will be available for a limited number of consultations in Philadelphia in advance of attending the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Meeting in Philadelphia (March 1-4).

If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact her directly at mvs@mvswanson.com to schedule a session.

If this would be your initial consultation, please visit “Mentoring with MVS” and follow the links to submit a client fact sheet; upon receipt she will be in touch with you to schedule your initial consultation.

Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.

February 23 – 26, New York City: MVS Available for Consultations

MVS will be available for a limited number of consultations in NYC in February in advance of attending the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Meeting in Philadelphia (March 1-4).

If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact her directly at mvs@mvswanson.com to schedule a session.

If this would be your initial consultation, please visit “Mentoring with MVS” and follow the links to submit a client fact sheet; upon receipt she will be in touch with you to schedule your initial consultation.

Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.

February 18 & 19, Ft. Myers/Naples, Florida: MVS Available for Consultations

MVS will be available for a limited number of consultations in the Ft. Myers area (Sunday morning, February 18) and Naples (Monday morning, February 19).

If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact her directly at mvs@mvswanson.com to schedule a session.

If this would be your initial consultation, please visit “Mentoring with MVS” and follow the links to submit a client fact sheet; upon receipt she will be in touch with you to schedule your initial consultation.

Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.