Dawn Birch-James: Art Business Consultant And Writer

Director of Art in the Heart Marketplace www. artintheheart. co. uk. Admin to Art in the Heart page artintheheartUK and group Artists and Makers UK

Art business mentor. YouTube Channel: The Arty Biz Teacher

Contributor to The Moment regional mag.

My Experience and Qualifications:

I have been selling art, craft and antiques for around 13 years through my antiques and art businesses. During this time I have regularly valued paintings and objects and sourced and sold many beautiful and intriguing objects.
I have an MA in Arts Market Appraisal and my research, which centred around the antiques market, has been discussed in various articles and journals.

I have advised many artists and makers on marketing, branding and selling art and craft and delivered workshops on these topics. I have also written regular general articles about art and craft for magazines, newspapers, websites, journals and catalogues and more specifically about the art market.

I have been involved with local art circles and artists since 2005 and in 2011 set up an art gallery in the centre of Peterborough. In February 2012, I founded Art in the Heart, a new art gallery and shop concept and incorporated Art in the Heart CIC Ltd in July.

In October the same year, as a Director of the company I opened a spacious 2 floor gallery and shop on the high street. With a team of 20 some volunteers, we exhibited and sold the work of approx 80 artists and makers, held workshops, exhibitions and demonstrations. We also offered work experience programmes to over 100 students. The gallery closed in 2018.

I'm now the Director of the Art in the Heart Marketplace www. artintheheart. co. uk. It provides a platform for artists and makers to sell their work and products. Any UK artist and maker can have a shop on this platform. It’s free to register and get your shopfront. It ‘s easy to set up and Etsy shop products can also be imported. There is a commission on sales.

I am also a contributor to The Moment magazine's art section.