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- d_rek0
gramme,
Museum catalogs is a pretty niche market - the best I can tell is to attend events at Museums you want to work for an rub elbows with the directors/curators. From my experience is while they want high-concept work, well-produced work their budgets are minimal.
I recently produced a small publication for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) which was done in a small run of 1000, printed and sourced locally. Budget was minimal (ended up getting the books created for about $6.50 each). The publication itself consisted of several essays by the curators and also handsome spreads of images from the exhibition.
The *only* reason I was able to get this job was because my current employer is a benefactor at the MOCAD and is constantly rubbing elbows with the cultural elite in the area. It helps that my employer is on the board of directors for several local arts institutions as well. Time to get social!
- I should mention the project was also PRO-BONO through my employer.d_rek
- Also something to consider - all of the Museums in Detroit have an in-house creative staff that manages most of those materialsd_rek
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- Yeah. I've contacted tons of museums and other arts organizations. They all have in-house people, or only outsource if it's for free.gramme
- outsource if it's for free.gramme