Comments on: Changing the way people enter and learn about the art market. https://blog.thepresentgroup.com/2008/05/08/changing-the-way-people-enter-and-learn-about-the-art-market/ Exploring new models of support for contemporary artists, musing on the art world and people who make stuff, and documenting our life running the Present Group subscription art project. Mon, 14 Jul 2025 03:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BECA gallery https://blog.thepresentgroup.com/2008/05/08/changing-the-way-people-enter-and-learn-about-the-art-market/comment-page-1/#comment-7875 BECA gallery Fri, 09 May 2008 18:38:15 +0000 http://blog.thepresentgroup.com/?p=158#comment-7875 We're probably one of the newest newbies focusing on emerging contemporary art. We opened our artist run commercial gallery space, BECA gallery, just 4 months ago here in New Orleans with one of our goals being to offer a program that was truely mutually beneficial to both emerging artists and collectors. We've found that a fair share of our daily efforts involves breaking down the typical gallery stereotype that more people maintain than we first suspected. Once that is broken down and replaced with something more 'humane' (for lack of a better word) and informative via education and direct contact between collectors and artists, we are then able to gain greater exposure for the emerging artists we are working with. On the flipside, people new to collecting as well as established collectors seem to appreciate the absence of cold snobbery and elitism. ~ Melissa Roberts + Kurt Schlough BECA gallery - Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art We’re probably one of the newest newbies focusing on emerging contemporary art. We opened our artist run commercial gallery space, BECA gallery, just 4 months ago here in New Orleans with one of our goals being to offer a program that was truely mutually beneficial to both emerging artists and collectors. We’ve found that a fair share of our daily efforts involves breaking down the typical gallery stereotype that more people maintain than we first suspected. Once that is broken down and replaced with something more ‘humane’ (for lack of a better word) and informative via education and direct contact between collectors and artists, we are then able to gain greater exposure for the emerging artists we are working with. On the flipside, people new to collecting as well as established collectors seem to appreciate the absence of cold snobbery and elitism.

~ Melissa Roberts + Kurt Schlough
BECA gallery – Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art

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