Art Inventory, Art and Health, and Creative Career with Elysian Koglmeier - Ep 26
This week on First Coat we have Elysian Koglmeier, Head of Growth for Artwork Archive. In this episode we discuss the importance of art in health care settings, best practices for keeping an inventory for your artwork, and how to develop a creative career. Elysian shares tips on how to use Artwork Archive for public art, whether you are an artist, art collector, or institution. She also shares her experience as a mother managing her career and health of her family.
We recorded this episode in early 2022.
Update: there was no artwork in my laboring room, that I can remember, but there was artwork in my recovery room (by Lara Atallah). I’ve also started using Artwork Archive to maintain records of my own artwork and it has been really helpful.
LINKS
Calls for entry page for Artwork Archive — great place to find artist opportunites
Get 20% off your first year of using Artwork Archive
How Hospital Art Collections Became Very Personal by Elysian Koglmeier on Artwork Archive
How Hospital Art Went From Personal to Professional by Elysian Koglmeier on Art Business News
How can we create more diversity in public art? by Stephanie Eche on Artwork Archive
Acts of Love: Art & Caretaking (and How to Succeed at Both by Anna Rose Bain
Making the Leap into Public Art on Artwork Archive
Elysian Koglmeier with her son enjoying art at Denver Art Museum for one of their Sensory-Friendly mornings.
Elysian Koglmeier with her son. Photograph by Kirsten Lewis.
Elysian Koglmeier with her son viewing art in public space. Pulmonary floor of Children’s Hospital Colorado.
GUEST | ELYSIAN MCNIFF KOGLMEIER
WEBSITE - https://www.artworkarchive.com
INSTAGRAM - @artworkarchive @elysianives
LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysianives/
Elysian McNiff Koglmeier is Head of Growth for Artwork Archive, an online art inventory management system for artists, collectors and organizations. Growing up with a father as an art therapist and a mother who dedicated her career to art education, Elysian has always been passionate about the creative process and the importance of empowering artists and cultural institutions.
She has pursued this passion both in the public and private sector. She started her career in museums (Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), ran New England Foundation for the Arts' public art program, served as curator for Brown University and RISD, and contributed to publications such as Art New England, Art Business News, and Public Art Review.
A move out west brought her to Craftsy (now Bluprint) in Denver where she produced online art classes and managed partnerships for a startup that created online educational opportunities for enthusiastic makers. She now works with artists, collectors and collecting institutions within her role at Artwork Archive
Arts and health became very personal for Elysian when her son, Odin, was born with a rare genetic syndrome – Treacher Collins Syndrome – in 2018. Since Odin's birth, Elysian has served the arts and health communities as a member of the Arts Selection Committee for Children's Hospital Colorado and a board member for the National Organization of Arts in Health.
She received her BA in History from Middlebury College and her MA in Public Humanities from Brown University.
Artwork by Stephanie Eche.
Your Host | Stephanie Eche, CEO & Founder of Distill Creative
Stephanie Eche is an artist based in Brooklyn, NYC.
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