My career as a professional visual artist and art consultant began when I first studied visual art and someone wanted to purchase a sculpture that I made when I was a student. My father told the person that the sculpture was not for sale. Many years later, I gave away the sculpture. While, I was a student, I also began exhibiting my art work and participated in an art competition. The business in the arts requires to know how to market yourself as a professional visual artist. I have been marketing myself as a professional visual artist for over 25 years. As a professional visual artist and art consultant, I have written contracts, invoices, grant proposals, visual artist resumes, visual artist statements, business cards, created and designed visual artist newsletters, brochures,websites, blogs, and flyers. As a result, each of these strategies that I have implemented before the pandemic began has provided me the opportunity to work with a diverse set of people as a prof...
The purpose of this blog is to share information regarding the consulting services and work that Ms. Afrika Abney offers and provides as a professional visual artist and art consultant since 1992. In 1992, she was a high school student and 15 years old. Ms. Abney has a proven track record of curating art exhibitions, social media marketing, and graphic designing. Her expertise includes proficiency in Microsoft Word, Publisher, and Excel, as well as gallery operations and flyer dissemination.