S1 | E15
Cara Ober
WRITER, CURATOR, & EDITOR, BMOREART
Hear more from Cara on growing BmoreArt into a fully staffed and sustainable business over the course of ten years, the importance of creating platforms for conversation, deconstructing power dynamics within the art world, and the core lessons she teaches in her professional development courses to artists.
See more of Cara's work at caraober.com and bmoreart.com, and on Instagram at @bmoreart.
RESOURCES
Storyblocks — Podcast sponsor, offering creative content through stock video, images, and audio
ART / WORK - Revised & Updated: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career — by Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber *We're giving away a copy for free! Leave us a rating and review on iTunes by January 10th, 2018 and we'll announce our winner in our episode on January 11th!*
BmoreArt — Baltimore's premier publication for arts and culture, where Cara is Founding Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Hyperallergic — Online arts magazine and "forum for playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art" where Cara is a contributing writer
Urbanite Baltimore — Terminated magazine where Cara was former Arts and Culture Editor
Female Trouble podcast interview with Cara Ober
MICA Low-Residency MFA program — Where Cara earned her MFA in Studio Art over four years, enabling to keep her day job and graduate without any debt
SHOWSPACE — Baltimore based blog highlighting weekly shows and events (mostly DIY and at artist-run spaces)
Robert W. Deutsch Foundation — Invests in innovative people, projects, and ideas that improve the quality of life in Baltimore and beyond. Approached BmoreArt about providing its first major funding in 2012
Elaine Welteroth — Teen Vogue's new Editor-in-Chief
Artists U — Incubator for changing the working conditions of artists, started by Andrew Simonet, with Making Your Life As An Artist Workbook available for free download on their website
"The Artist Statement & Why They Mostly Suck" — by Cara Ober for BmoreArt, most read professional development article
"Open Studio Tour Etiquette for Artists and Visitors" — by Cara Ober for BmoreArt, on how to conduct different types of studio visits
Seven Days in the Art World — by Sarah Thornton
33 Artists in 3 Acts — by Sarah Thornton
AREA 405 — Artist-owned multi-use warehouse in Baltimore where Cara just started renting studio space
The Baltimore Beat — New online, independent publication for politics, art, culture, and food
Untitled, Radio — Live recording series taking place during Untitled Art Fair in Miami where Cara conducted interviews for BmoreArt, archived here online
Bmore Art Print Journal — Available for purchase online here!
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