We discussed:
 - The need to build a community 
- The closed circles within the art world 
- Why go to graduate school these days
 - Having a studio in NYC but living elsewhere 
- The need for regularity in the studio 
- Building relationships with art galleries 
- You cannot leverage one gallery to get a second gallery 
- Geographic exclusivity
 - Choices of scale of work
 - His choice to have something in human scale
 - How to price artwork
 - How to build your reputation 
- No opportunity is too small
 - How to connect with art collectors 
- Artist grants
 - Artist Residencies 
- Different definitions of success
 - The importance of having deadlines   People + Places mentioned:
 SUNY Empire State College - https://www.esc.edu The Rosebuds - https://therosebuds.bandcamp.com Artspace - http://artspacenc.org 
Creative Capital - https://creative-capital.org 
North Carolina Arts Council - https://www.ncarts.org 
Lawrence J. Wheeler - https://ncartmuseum.org/images/uploads/lawrencewheelerbio_oct2015.pdf
 Pollock-Krasner Foundation - https://pkf.org 
Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts - https://www.bemiscenter.org 
Art Suite - https://artsuite.com http://shaunrichardsart.com Hosted by Matthew Dols 
http://www.matthewdols.com