The Be the Museum Framework empowers the artist, gives the artist autonomy over their artwork, builds a sustainable practice, builds confidence, helps the artist be introduced to collectors they might not have met otherwise, helps the artist explore their own objectives for their practice, and ultimately gives the artist a way to work toward their goals on their own terms.

Applying to open calls, including those free of charge, takes away from time in the studio, not to mention the time required to assess the value of applying in the first place. We believe that it would be helpful if open calls used a financial and artistic transparency model.

Through the Artist Open Call, artists self-select to participate in opportunities, rejecting the traditional selection process as hierarchical and driven by a scarcity mindset.

Institutions and collectors have long acted as gatekeepers of art history, culture, and value. Within the Artist as Collector framework, artists are part of the process of deciding what art is remembered.

5 Questions is a conversation between artists who are obliterating the scarcity mindset in the art world.