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Veronika Hykova
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**Organize art event such art talks by artists**
Blog post from the series of [Socialising In The Art World](https://www.temporaryspaceberlin.com/post/socialising-in-the-art-world)
After taking part in the events of others, I wanted to organize **my own art event**.
My own network was growing and I have heard countless times that the artists have just very few opportunities to **present their art practice to the public**.
So, I have decided to create a group dedicated to Contemporary Art in Berlin on [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Contemporary-Art-Tours-Berlin/).
One of the new members who joined the group was **Irina** who owns **Haze Gallery** and runs **Purple Haze Magazine** committed to art & fashion. Irina was kind to offer me the gallery for an evening or two, so I could **host the art talks in her gallery**.
Before the Corona hit us in a full swing I managed to **organized 3 art talks**. The first artist was **Claudia Vitari** then **Maria Marshall** and the last one was **Ming Lu** who I knew from the SomoS Peer2Peer sessions.
The number of people in the audience was growing and the last **art talk attracted around 20 people**.
One of the members from the audience was Renata who runs BBA Gallery in Mitte and yet again I received an invitation for one of the art shows in her art gallery.
Later on this year **Renata´s BBA Gallery published its annual open call for their Artist Prize 2020**. It was nice to see that **Ming submitted her artwork**. It was a nice coincidence that Renata remembered her artworks from the talk at Haze Gallery.
The cherry on the top of this story is that **Ming Lu actually won the Artist Prize 2020** organized by BBA Gallery.
When in **March 2020** were all public places closed for a while due to the pandemic, **I did not want to give up on the Art Talks by Artists**, because so many artists appreciated the opportunity to talk about their art in front of like minded audience.
So, I have come up with an **online version, [Online Art Talks by Artists](https://www.temporaryspaceberlin.com/art-talk-art-podcasts)**. The first two series I did by myself. I contacted the artists from my database, set up the video call, recorded the call and later on edited it.
It was not the most time efficient project because I had too many **artists happy to take part but I did not have enough time** to do the technical side of the Online Art Talks.
Based on my experience I re-organized the Online Art Talks which turned out to be more art podcasts than interviews as I intended at the beginning. I have created an infographic with instructions on how to make a podcast and published the [open call](https://www.temporaryspaceberlin.com/open-call-art-talks).
Now the **artists can do it by themselves and send it to me** and I will share it on my website and within my network.
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