Emily Moores is a visual artist living and working in Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned her BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2008 and her MFA from The University of Cincinnati in 2014. Her work consists of hand-cut and ornately layered materials, which create both wall works and large-scale installations. Emily’s work investigates the playful engagement of the body as essential to understanding and experiencing spaces or objects. Emily was selected as one of the Women to Watch 2020 by the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery in collaboration with the Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She created ‘Let’s Celebrate,’ a large-scale installation consisting of wood, paper, and fabric. With a party-like atmosphere, this work immersed the viewer in a celebration. She has shown her work nationally, including the Akron Art Museum (OH), the Contemporary Arts Center (OH), the Ruffin Gallery (VA), the Loudon House (KY), and the Edward A. Whitney Gallery at Sheridan College (WY). Emily Moores was a recipient of the Ohio Cultural Arts Individual Artist Award, the Summerfair Individual Artist Grant, and the ArtPrize Seed Grant.

Financially, artists are typically pushed into three career paths: professor, gallery manager, or curator. These are wonderful careers. However, they are not for all artists. The financial education of artists in college relies on the assumption that selling art is not possible.

In reality, selling art looks different in different art communities. Using Andrea Fraser's article "The Field of Contemporary Art: A Diagram" as a starting point, this talk will discuss various options for artists. This will include: art fairs, hospital art, public art, and corporate art.