Professional Development workshops
Practical workshops for artist studios, arts centres, local authorities and creative organisations across Ireland
Previous & Upcoming Workshops
If any of the above sound like a good fit for your members or if you have topic in mind, I'd be delighted to have a chat about delivering a workshop for you
1:1 mentoring also available
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Do you manage or are you a member of an artists studios or collective that would like to offer professional development to your members?
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I deliver group workshops online and in person on a variety of topics. See a selection of previous titles below
Working With galleries - For Cork Printmakers
Selling Art Online
Working with Sponsors
Instagram Art Sales Myth Buster
Scam Spotting - Protecting your Practice
for Sample studios, Cork
The Artist Gallery Relationship
E-Commmerce For Artists
Working With Galleries
for Creative spark, Dundalk
Winter Sales Strategy
Working With Galleries
Selling Art Online
Online Marketing For Art Sales
Submissions Bootcamp
Exhibition Planning
for Mart Studios, Dublin
About Me
Hello, I’m Sheelah. I’m the feet of the swan that is 2020 Curates in Cork, Ireland. I love all things visual and my passion for art led me to open 2020 Art Gallery in 2009. In 2019, in response to the market and demand, I developed the business into an a creative consultancy, 2020 Curates. I’m am an Art Historian (BAhons) and a snap happy photographer. I get almost as much of a thrill from a perfectly captured moment in time in a photo as I do from falling in love with an artwork. I have fallen, hard, many a time and I never tire of it.
I have strong passion and belief in the importance of art and visual communications for the betterment and development of communities. This is the foundation of everything I do here at 2020 Curates
I have 15+ years experience in the world of art sales as an art gallery owner and exhibition curator. I have curated almost 50 exhibitions and worked with many, many artists. I created 2020 Curates Creative Careers to provide a resource for artists to get the advice, mentorship and guidance they need to navigate the complex world of art sales
Testimonials
"Excellent workshop, full of really useful information and tips. It was structured very logically so it was easy to follow, and it was obvious that the presenter Sheelah Moloney is drawing from a deep pool of experience and knowledge."
Aoife Burke - Workshop Participant
"Working with Sheelah has given me a real confidence boost. In a gentle way, she showed me where I had made mistakes with my strategy and followed that up with very constructive advice. She helped me better understand strategies for selling art and has given me amazing advise on how to prepare for an exhibition, how to write an artist statement, and how to structure my time / calendar / planning / commissions."
Audrey Cantillon - Mentoring
"I would highly recommend this course to any artist who wants some practical down to earth advice and guidance on how to sell and promote their work. Sheelah has many years experience in the art world provides a wonderful resource in supporting artists, whether they are just out of college or, like myself, want to reboot their focus and energy for the road ahead. The knowledge and insight I have gained in doing this course has given me a fresh perspective and some valuable tools on how to target the correct audience for my work"
LB - Selling Art In Ireland Course
"Life as an artist can be quite a solitary one and with that comes a very singular and one sided opinion of their works and their career. Sometimes you feel quite blinkered, as I did with my website and working with Sheelah was a breath of fresh air as she was able to look at my website with a professional, experienced and constructive view. What I really wanted was for my website was to have an accessible customer 'feel' but still retain an artistic aesthetic and that is what Sheelah was able to provide that I definitely could not!"
Anne Marie Savage - Website Audit Check