Elevating Emerging Artists in Print & Digital Media: Ty Bishop, Publisher, Friend of the Artist & Natasha Arselan, Founder + CEO, AucArt

Artroverted

This week's episode is one of many firsts for Artroverted, recording in a studio with two guests! Our conversation features two leaders in the field of emerging artists. Natasha Arselan and Ty Bishop. Natasha is the founder and CEO of AucArt, the world’s first online, hybrid auction house devoted to emerging artists, connecting collectors with artists enabling them to purchase directly from the artist’s studio. Ty is the founder and publisher of Friend of the Artist, a hard-back, bi-annual, juried publication that publishes the work of emerging artists from around the world. Both Natasha and Ty’s platforms have created opportunities for both emerging artists and artworld insiders to help each other connect and grow. On Monday, they begin their first collaboration, a sale of works selected from the most recent issue of Friend of the Artist, Volume 12. In our interview, they talk about everything from vouching for artists on visa applications to the end of Art. It’s leaders like these two that are essential to the survival and growth of the art world.

This episode was recorded on October 22, 2020

To learn more about Friend of the Artist visit FriendoftheArtist.com and @friendoftheartist on Instagram.

To learn more about AucArt and the sale, visit AucArt.com, and @auc.art on Instagram.

Music credit: Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major - II. Assez vif, très rythmé produced by the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum (issued under a Creative Commons License).