Coming up with a pitch is one of my hardest parts about portfolio reviews or general critiques. A quick couple sentences to sum up yourself and your work is a difficult thing to do. While I generally consider myself a decent public speaker, when it comes to keeping on a script I find myself stumbling (which is quite bizarre it's not the opposite).
Funding is the hardest part of doing work. That's why we need portfolio reviews, critiques, writing... all to try and find a solution. Crowdsourcing can be doable if the media works well. Without a decent enough initial audience base it's hard to keep the money coming in. That requires the word to get passed from person to person continuously.
Going back to the part about presentation for portfolio critiques, that requires funding too. Even the basics that get you to a place of making money cost money. It's the same for anytime someone tries to start a self reliant business but especially in the fine art world. I haven't applied for any grants outside of ODU or looked into them, but that's a specifically good idea. I've seen them posted on Call for Entry but often having a price tag on just applying is a deterrent.
Look up the VMFA artists grants.
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