One of Artemis Gallery’s main goals is to act as a launching pad for new artists trying to get established. Typically galleries charge a substantial application or jury fee for exhibitions, let a lone a display fee if your work gets accepted, and on top of all that a hefty commission if you’re lucky enough to sell anything. obviously most new artists can’t afford this, only leaving room for the already established artists. However, everyone must start somewhere. There have been countless incredibly talented artists, who’s profound creations deserved our attention, but they never got the opportunity to be exhibited. Bills must be paid and sooner or later these artists resort to full time jobs to make ends meat, making it difficult or impossible to continue the pursuit of art. Here at Artemis, we are dedicated to fighting against this repeated tragedy. 

This calling was our inspiration for our November 2018 (and past years) Mixed Media Salon. We reached out to many young artists for submissions. The poster above was hung in all the VCU Arts buildings to give students a chance to exhibit their work outside of academia possibly for the first time. The Response was tremendous! We accepted all mediums, hence “Mixed Media”, making for a vibrant show of great variety. With the Holiday season approaching, we wanted to give gallery patrons a chance to pick out handcrafted gifts that would have sentimental value in contrast to something bought off Amazon last minute. Our artists were proud to display their work and many of them sold multiple pieces. Talk about a confidence boosts!

This was such a popular concept we had another artist call to replace what was sold in November and ran the exhibition, “Mixed Media Salon 2” for the December First Friday.