Art World Gatekeeping Forces Artists to Compete with Damien Davis (254)
Damien Davis is a visual artist and writer who questions the art world's power structures from an artist's perspective. In this conversation with host Alyson Stanfield, he exposes the gatekeeping mechanisms—from application fees to institutional approval—that keep artists competing for artificially scarce opportunities instead of recognizing the abundance they could create together.
Damien reveals:
How learning business skills like grant writing and fundraising allowed him to stop waiting for gatekeepers and reclaim his studio practice
Why he defines a successful artist as simply someone who…
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