The Business of Art Conference
Join us for the next Business of Art Conference!
[We are planning the 2020 conference now — mark your calendar!]
March 6 & 7, 2020
Connect. Learn. Share. Inspire.
Intended for visual artists and other creatives at all stages of their career, the Business of Art Conference will offer insight into numerous topics including online and gallery sales, art festivals and entrepreneurship, as well as artist self-care and career development. In addition to the professional development sessions, the conference will include networking opportunities throughout the day, giving participants the chance to talk one-on-one with the speakers, other professionals, and each other.
The conference location is the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa.
2019 Keynote Speaker: Artist, Jeremy Caniglia
Jeremy Caniglia (1970) is known for his emotionally charged and often unsettling work, which focuses on the human condition. Striking, illuminating, foreboding, offensive, haunting and always poignant, Caniglia’s paintings wallow in the glories of expansiveness and of timeless places. His influences range from Caravaggio to Kathe Kollwitz. His themes and subjects include family members, friends, fellow artists, and self-portraits. Caniglia studied under Brenda Jones at ISU, Grace Hartigan at the Hoffberger School of Painting, Dionisio Cimarelli at The Art Students League and Odd Nerdrum at the Nerdrum School.
A successful painter, his work is showcased in private collections around the world. His art is published worldwide on a regular basis and he has contributed to both joint and solo fine art exhibitions at museums and galleries that include the Society of Illustrators (NY), the Allentown Art Museum, the Walters Art Museum, the Joslyn Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Coprogallery, Paul Booth / Last Rites Gallery, Abend / 1261 Gallery, La Luz de Jesus and Salmagundi (NY).
Caniglia’s work has been featured in various magazines and publications including the Washington Post, CNN, Art Renewal Center (ARC), American Art Collector, Fine Arts Connoisseur, Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals, IlluXcon Art Annuals, and Infected By Art Annuals. He has worked with such authors and bands as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Max Brooks, Peter Straub, William Peter Blatty, Michael Moorcock, Sigur Ros, and Blink 182. Caniglia’s work has appeared in over 120 books and movies produced by Random House, Pyr Publishing, The Folio Society, Cemetery Dance Publications, Dorchester Publishing, Easton Press, IDW Publishing, Anchor Bay Entertainment, IDT Entertainment, Showtime Networks, and Warner Brothers among others. Caniglia received the 2004 International Horror Guild Award for best artist in dark fantasy, the IlluXCon 2012 Artist award, and the 2015 Iowa State University College of Art and Design Achievement award.
Caniglia’s work continues to push boundaries, his devotion and advocacy of the figure and human condition are a felt reality full of symbolism and metaphors that transcend time and place.
Learn more about Jeremy Caniglia at www.caniglia-art.com
Photos to left to right: Eshelman Pottery; Sara Merritt; Tim Read; RAYGUN; Caroline Freese; Ann Au rings; Dan McClanahan.
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Business of Art Conference Presented by
Ames Community Arts Council &
The Octagon Center for the Arts
with support from The City of Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA)
