project management

What now?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It's been a while since I've written about project management on this blog. At first I wasn't writing because I was leaving the museum world and returning to the commercial world and the conversation base had changed. I realize now that it hasn't changed at all. I haven't lost my… Continue reading What now?

risk management

What could possibly go wrong? An art project manager’s approach to risk management.

Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com What could possibly go wrong? I ask myself this question during the site visit, as I’m developing a project plan, as I’m quoting a project and daily as I walk through a project, reviewing progress and inspecting work quality or quality control. As I review what could go wrong,… Continue reading What could possibly go wrong? An art project manager’s approach to risk management.

art handling

The Zen of art-handling, how we learn to handle art beyond method.

Photo by Nandhu Kumar on Pexels.com We begin to learn how to handle art when we first begin to acknowledge some objects are precious to us and when we learn that some objects require a different or more sensitive touch than other objects. We realize these objects need special care otherwise they will be damaged… Continue reading The Zen of art-handling, how we learn to handle art beyond method.

Uncategorized

No Country for old men (or women)

Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com We as an industry don't protect our own. We use art-handlers as if they are expendable. But this isn't about the young kid who burns out after a year of hopping trucks. This is about the ones that stay. Except for the protected positions of our field this is a… Continue reading No Country for old men (or women)

Uncategorized

Considering management of other industry projects 4 of 11, art fairs.

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com What I have written below is part of an over all analysis of different areas of the art service industry that attempt to explain how risk is not a consistent factor but is a variable that changes based on context. Risk and risk management is something every art service project… Continue reading Considering management of other industry projects 4 of 11, art fairs.