Strategic Growth for Arts Organizations
Serious Play’s consulting for arts organizations provides a structured, customized approach to to help an arts-focused business, gallery, museum, or nonprofit achieve their objectives. Arts organizations face unique challenges. Some are navigating the intricacies of the art market to building sustainable practices that balance creativity with financial success. As your consultant at Serious Play, Ivan Barnett, I work closely with your organization’s leadership, offering expertise, strategic insights, and actionable solutions.
“Those who tell the stories rule the world.”
— Hopi American
A Path to Sustainable Success
For arts organizations and galleries looking to support their operations, consulting through Serious Play provides a valuable opportunity. You can step back, evaluate current practices, and implement strategies that align with your mission. With Ivan Barnett’s guidance, your organization can achieve its artistic and business goals. This will ensure a vibrant future filled with creativity, community, and financial stability.
Ultimately, consulting for arts organizations is a partnership designed to empower you to fulfill your vision, to grow sustainably, and to make a lasting impact in the art world. Through expert guidance, coaching, mentoring, and actionable strategies, Serious Play’s consulting offers a roadmap to success. This honors both the creative and operational sides of the art industry.
“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
Consulting Services at Serious Play
For 25 years, Ivan Barnett co-owned, directed, and curated Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Barnett navigated the intense creative and financial demands of running a top-tier gallery. As the sole creative director, he often wished for a like-minded confidant to share insights and challenges. Now, the gallery world has evolved, with rising competition, economic pressures, and the need for innovation. Consequently, his goal as a creative coach and consultant through Serious Play is to provide support and strategic guidance for re-invention, fresh approaches, and meaningful growth. This will help you to captivate audiences, inspire artists, and thrive in a competitive art world.
Serious Play Consulting Case Studies
These Serious Play case studies show previous projects Ivan Barnett worked on with an artist as well as from organizational perspectives. They are a breakout of objectives and challenges undertaken to achieve solutions and results. These showed a significant change in the artist, gallery, and the organizations on completion of the collaboration. The conclusions are specific to the case study alone. They show Barnett’s working ability to collaborate, motivate, support, and transform an individual or an organization.
