Christine Santa Ana // Photographer & Curator

Editing new work

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:53:02 -0400

Editing new work

The Role of the Curator, Frits Giersberg I was asked recently...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:39:20 -0400

The Role of the Curator, Frits Giersberg

I was asked recently what is involved in curating and I remembered I had saved this article from Source mag, very helpful and worth a read for anyone looking to get in to exhibitions.

Hope you all enjoyed last week’s PV! Thanks to Sebastian...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:58:00 -0400

Hope you all enjoyed last week’s PV! Thanks to Sebastian and the team for helping put everything together and thank you to Alex for hanging the show with me.

Click here to see the video of the PV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdNLDi1eSg&feature=youtu.be

Thank you to Miriam for writing this feature:

http://www.theprintspace.co.uk/blog/how-i-got-into-curation/

The start of some new work!

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:46:42 -0400

The start of some new work!

Very pleased to share this- my boyfriend Daniel is a graphic...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:07:06 -0400

Very pleased to share this- my boyfriend Daniel is a graphic designer & his friend Sean is an animator and together they used their skills to make this in aid of St Francis Hospice, with each person that donated adding their own part to the storyline.

Researching my MA project by going through old photos. This is...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:09:38 -0400

Researching my MA project by going through old photos. This is my favourite photo of my Granddad, the flowers are so tall that he looks like a Borrower.

MA research on a Saturday night: Charles and Ray Eames, Powers...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:41:03 -0400

MA research on a Saturday night: Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of Ten, this is just too cool.

Notes on starting a gallery

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

I’ve had a few people ask me about what you need to start up a gallery, so I’ve put together a rough list of things to think about. I’d definitely say pop up galleries are the way forward at the moment, you can get info on available spaces from the local councils, there’s quite a few craft pop up shops that take place in Hatton Garden which I think fall under Camden Council.

Expenses to take in to consideration:

Invigilation (Underground Gallery was open from Monday to Saturday but a lot of galleries are closed on Mondays so make your life easier!)
Utilities: Electricity, water, insurance, phone & internet
Rent, business tax, deposit (could be three months rent in advance)
Interns’ expenses
Website
Hanging equipment such as ladders, drills and general tools
Furniture- Desk, filing cabinet, book shelf, chairs for talks and events.
Lighting, A boards and glasses for private views
Paint for walls and floors, bubble wrap (you’d be surprised how much this costs!) & vinyl lettering for the window
Petty cash things like cleaning products, flowers, labels and printing of the posters.

I have considered opening another gallery space in the future but it’s quite a financial worry in the best possible sense. I think the way forward is for gallery spaces to exist within other buildings, say as part of a book shop, library or uni building. This is not the best exhibition experience but it’s the most viable and realistic at this time.

Do not let any of this put you off though!! Just keep it in mind. Running a gallery is a wonderful experience and you get to meet so many great people.

Photo

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:19:40 -0400

Hope to see you all at our final PV at Underground Gallery on Thursday 28th for drinks and merriment!!

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:07:15 -0500

Hope to see you all at our final PV at Underground Gallery on Thursday 28th for drinks and merriment!!

Take a look at this beautiful photo book, made by previous Underground Gallery exhibitors, the IPG Project.

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:57:07 -0500

Take a look at this beautiful photo book, made by previous Underground Gallery exhibitors, the IPG Project.

Sad to announce Underground Gallery is closing:

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:12:11 -0500

http://www.undergroundgallery.co.uk/

New polaroid back!

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:59:40 -0500

New polaroid back!

I have started a Twitter account to promote the work of the students, alumni and staff of Middlesex...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:23:44 -0500

I have started a Twitter account to promote the work of the students, alumni and staff of Middlesex Uni’s BA and MA Photography courses. If you have any news, let me know!

Email me christine@undergroundgallery.co.uk

https://twitter.com/MiddlesexPhoto

Notes on approaching galleries...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:56:36 -0500

As I regularly receive emails from people wishing to exhibit their work, I thought I would write a few common mistakes and pointers (and a few things that irritate me!)

Do your research. Some galleries show more fine art, some more commercial etc. We predominantly show documentary photography but not exclusively. However, it does say on every page of our website that we are a ‘photography gallery’ but we still get emails about sculptures, paintings etc. I know little about painting, and won’t pretend that I know more. If you are going to write a long proposal, make sure it is going to somewhere relevant. Our mailing list is made up of people interested in / within the photographic industry so it wouldn’t be fair to show any other work. There is no point in spending your money producing a show if it’s not being aimed at the right audience, the outcome needs to benefit you.
Research how the gallery is funded. We receive no funding so as much as we would love to be able to pay for everything, we still need to cover outgoings so keep this in mind if you are working towards a budget.
Single image submissions- I need to fill a whole gallery with work so keep these for the salon show open calls.
Do not CC every gallery in the world on the email.
A PDF of what you are about, what the work is about and images of the work is enough to begin with.

Photofusion review of...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:03:00 -0500

Photofusion review of 11.59

http://www.photofusion.org/galleryblog240113/

Chuffed to see my image on the Vogue...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:12:36 -0500

Chuffed to see my image on the Vogue blog!

http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-vogue-blog/2013/01/23/blink-and-youll-miss-it

richhigginbottom: tomjamieson: From this, to THIS. Thank you...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:04:57 -0500

richhigginbottom:

tomjamieson:

From this, to THIS. Thank you everyone who came last night!

We had a truly amazing turnout for the exhibition opening. The drinks went but the people stayed.

If you couldn’t make it down, the show is open until Saturday.

Big thanks to everyone that made it down to the preview evening last night. It was unbelievable how many people came along.

‘The MoD claimed there was no space on the boats, but I...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:13:51 -0500

‘The MoD claimed there was no space on the boats, but I read they’d room to take three million Mars bars.’ Don McCullin’s ‘Shaped by War’

You are all invited to ‘11.59’ exhibition at...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:42:42 -0500

You are all invited to ‘11.59’ exhibition at Margaret Street Gallery!

http://margaretstreetgallery.com/11-59