Language: English

Duration: 5 weeks 

Format: Online, flexible. 

The course is mostly asynchronous, enabling you to participate whenever your jobs and responsibilities permit and wherever you might be. It lasts five weeks and combines self-paced online lectures, online group discussions, and live online sessions. The course is tutor-led and provides constant feedback and tutor/participant interactions.  

We will also host online studio visits with selected ACT! artist alums and other guests. Please read our Code of Transparency below. 

The discussion board and community forum leading tutor is Francesca Bellini-Joseph.

Code of Transparency:

Art Career Transformation (ACT!) is a UK-based online platform that offers professional development programmes for the art world. We generate our income from selling our online programmes and workshops; we also sell items through our e-shop and sometimes receive sponsorships and grants.

An essential part of what we do is offering networking opportunities to our community of artists, collectors, and more. We do not charge commissions to collectors, gallery owners, or artists for the sale of art that our programmes and networking events help to facilitate.

Likewise, we do not pursue o receive a financial benefit from an art gallery or any other art seller that we reference or endorse during the development of our activities. We are happy to facilitate opportunities for members of our community⏤, no strings attached.  

Accordingly, we are not dealers or art advisors; we do not take part in and are not responsible for the negotiations and/or acquisitions made by members of our community.

We are all about education, training and mentoring in the art world. This is what we do. We couldn't be prouder to be a safe space where our community can meet and create relationships with artists and art institutions.

If you have any questions about this code or would like to report misconduct, please email us at [email protected].

Module 1: Principle
Tutor: Francesca Bellini-Joseph

Do 'How do I start' or 'how to avoid making an (expensive) mistake?' sound relatable questions? Delving into the validation process that forms the value of art, this introductory module addresses common concerns people face when they begin their collecting journey.

Module 2: Framework
Tutor: Flavia Frigeri

  
Everyone is already a collector. In this approachable module, Flavia provides a practical framework and criteria you can use to buy art and tell your personal story through your art collection.

Module 3: Market
Tutor: Gabriel Perez Barreiro

In this module, Gabriel will share the nitty-gritty of the art market, who is who, and the channels to buy art. With plenty of encouragement and a few 'beware' moments, he will provide insights into the art sector that took him years to learn.

Module 4: Investing?
Tutor: Francesca Bellini-Joseph

As the narrative of art investment continues to capture minds around the world, boosted further by the rise of the NFT market, this provocative module explores and critically assesses the reality and myths of art as a sound investment.

Module 5: Patronage
Tutor: Leslie Ramos

The final module opens up minds and hearts about the many opportunities to get involved in the art world beyond collecting art. Supporting art institutions and artists can become a purposeful and fast way of getting started and can often represent a more affordable alternative to buying art.

• People who want to buy art and participate more actively in the art world (their local or/and international scene) but don't know where to start. 
• People who have bought between one and 10 artworks and want to understand better what they are doing. 
• People who have been collecting for a long time, but feel something is missing.
• Art buyers who want to refocus their collecting activities. 
• People who feel the current art investment narrative doesn’t suit them.

Unlike most collecting courses out there, your tutors buy art, work in top art institutions, and run patrons groups. They know what they are talking about, and they are not looking to make you their "client." 

Taking an innovative approach, this programme provides mentoring on supporting artists, stimulating patronage in their cities, getting involved with art organisations, and making friendships with like-minded people around the world.

We don't know, to the extent of our knowledge, of any other online course on this topic that offers considers patronage as a way of getting involved. 

Our next session will take place in Autumn 2022.

Fee: ￡1200