Gallery Assistant for Tiny Pip Gallery at LMN Wedge in Flatiron Arts Bldg
Hi! I have a teeny-tiny gallery space we call "Pip Gallery". It measures a "whopping" FOUR FEET WIDE by 16 feet deep, with an 11' ceiling, and tall window on north-facing wall. A desk, chair and lamp are included for your use.
The idea here is that we want to have this gallery open and welcoming walk-in guests during specific hours, such as 3-6pm W-F, and noon-6pm on weekends. (Hours and days can be tinkered with, but probably 18-25 hours of gallery time per week would be involved).
We want to bring in revenue from art sales, and we also want you to have access to the space for your own work outside of gallery hours. The idea is that a couple of days a week would be non-gallery days, such as Monday and Tuesday. Those days would be fully yours to use the space and the desk, enjoying the private work space. Other days, you'd have time before and even after gallery hours to work or meditate, or just daydream, in the space. Keep in mind: "Cleaner" creative work is preferred, since it's a small space. small-scale table-top painting or drawing is probably as "messy" as you could get away with. On the contrary--Wild, large-scale painting or dusty work would damage the art in the space, plus you don't have walls to work on (because, gallery art ;-). During gallery hours you'd be "on", the door would be open, and you'd be showing the art and welcoming guests who might come in off the street or schedule a viewing.
What YOU get:
-A SPACE to use for YOU, more or less 148 hours per week. That could be simply a space to do your desk work, design work, reading, writing, time away in a quiet space... but in a great location at the center of the Wicker Park action.
-Sales COMISSION of 15% (You would earn 15% of any art sale you make through the gallery). Our artwork ranges from $50- $10,000 in price, and we most often sell things priced between $50-$350.
(So, if you sell a piece priced at $200, the artist gets $100, we get $60, and you get $30). If you sell a piece worth $1000, you get $150- not bad!
What WE'D get:
-You'd be responsible for getting us $250 per month, plus helping us earn our share of comissions. Hopefully you'd bring in at least some of that just by showing and selling artwork.
-We'd get a faithful gallery attendant to help us publicize art shows, and sell artwork.
If you do well selling art, we could have you work with the art in our main suite, at off-site events, or help organize or even curate art shows in the future.
A few simple duties associated with this gallery attendant/ space sublet would include:
-making sure the sandwich board is set up in front of the building entrance
-checking appointments regularly to see if anyone has booked a gallery viewing
-basic tidying of the space before gallery hours (sweeping, stowing personal items/projects)
-handling gallery visitors in a positive, welcoming way with the intention to sell...that also gives them space to enjoy seeing artwork (it's a balance, and one needs to "read the room" with each guest).
... that's more or less it!
I'm hoping for at least a 3-month commitment.
Looking forward to hearing from those of you who feel like you'd be a good fit!
Please email us and let us know why you'd like to do this thing- list any experience, schooling, previous job experience, interest in art, whatever you think makes you a strong candidate. By the way, we're not a corporation, or a scary art-world gallery-- "we" are Laura Noble, an artist, educator, and mom, with a lot on my plate. I am looking for symbiotic relationships that will be mutually-benefical, take work off my plate, and bring in needed revenue to help my art studio, event space, and gallery thrive.
the website for my art studio and gallery is lmnwedge.com, and we are on IG at @lmn_wedge_art
