The Thriving Artist Podcast

How does an artist bridge the divide between the art and business worlds? Neil Ramsay, founder and director of ArtsUp!, hopes to address this divergence by utilizing the 5,800 square-foot ArtsUp! facility as both an events space and a gallery, with massive installations that are located 12 feet off the floor. In this space, the artist becomes the CEO of their own project and must work in a cross-functional team to accomplish their vision.In this nearly hour long show, Neil describes how he became an artist advocate and why he designed and teaches the Visual Arts Marketing Course at Florida International University. This is such an incredible talk that the topics are best expressed as quotations from Neil himself:ArtsUp!:“It’s a platform for artists and creators to experiment with their particular craft.”“It is an artist-centric organization and it also endures as a private events space.”Came from “the idea of implementing a gallery that is literally available twelve feet above the ground w