LMCC's 2014 Professional Development Workshops: Art & Resilience---Session 2 – What Your Archive Can Do For You

The series is free, but space is limited and registration is required for each workshop on a first-come, first-served basis.

Led by Amy Davila, ArtSmartMarch 20 from 6:30–8:30pmat Convene (32 Old Slip, Lower Manhattan)This workshop outlines the importance of record keeping for a flourishing artistic practice. Keeping an archive and staying organized adds ease, consistency, and protocol to the studio that can be liberating and allow artists the freedom to make their work. A smart archiving strategy will support many aspects of business and creative development. This session lays out the fundamental arguments for why artists should have an archive and offers tools and best practices that will help artists have a more organized studio and artistic practice. Guest speaker Susan Koblin Schear will also provide an introduction and overview on essential resources and tips for artists in the event of an emergency.

Amy Davila has over 15 years of art gallery experience working with such prestigious galleries as David Zwirner, David Kordansky Gallery, and Overduin & Kite. Having earned her M.B.A. from the University of Texas in Accounting, Davila worked as an international consultant for Ernst & Young LLP in Houston and San Francisco before entering the art world. In 2009 Davila founded her own consultancy business, ArtSmart, Inc., working as a financial advisor and business manager for artists and contemporary art galleries in Los Angeles and New York. Davila also designed and created the ArtSmart application, a cloud based inventory management tool for artists and galleries. Davila provides business strategy solutions, financial and career consulting, and infrastructure organization. She works with artists at varying stages of their careers and varying degrees of success as well as gallery owners to strategize about business goals, analyze budgets, and manage relationships with banks, accountants, and lawyers.