# Serious Play: Creative Coaching \& Consulting for the Arts

> Serious Play, located in Santa Fe, NM, by Ivan Barnett, is a transformative consultancy, creative coaching and mentoring service designed for the arts and art organizations\.

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## Pages
- [Welcome to Serious Play](https://serious-play.co/connect/welcome-to-serious-play/)
- [History \& Editorial Timeline About Serious Play](https://serious-play.co/consultancy-and-creative-coaching/history-and-timeline-about-serious-play/)
- [Arts Organization Consulting](https://serious-play.co/consulting-for-arts-organizations/)
- [Home](https://serious-play.co/)
- [Connect](https://serious-play.co/connect/)

## Posts
- ["Love LOST LOVE FOUND" IVAN BARNETT AT 79](https://serious-play.co/love-lost-love-found-ivan-barnett-at-79/)
- [The Power of Place](https://serious-play.co/the-power-of-place/)
- [It’s the Work That Matters — And the Work That WE Remember](https://serious-play.co/its-the-work-that-matters-and-the-work-that-we-remember/)
- [Salon 1033: Why the Room Still Matters](https://serious-play.co/salon-1033-why-the-room-still-matters/)
- [The Art of Gathering:  Salons Past \& Present](https://serious-play.co/the-art-of-gathering-salons-past-present/)

## Products
- [Meeting Bundles](https://serious-play.co/product/meeting-bundles/): \<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>We offer three bundles of services for our clients\.  A three hour bundle of meetings is available for $700, a six hour bundle of meetings for $1,300, and a 12\-hour meeting bundle for $2,600\.\</p\>

## Content Blocks
- [CTA: Businesses](https://serious-play.co/ct_content_block/cta-businesses/)
- [CTA: General](https://serious-play.co/ct_content_block/cta-general/)
- [Popup: Muse\-letter Subscribe](https://serious-play.co/ct_content_block/popup-muse-letter-subscribe/)
- [Popup: Bundles](https://serious-play.co/ct_content_block/popup-muse-letter-subscribe-2/)
- [Popup: Calendly](https://serious-play.co/ct_content_block/popup-calendly/)

## Services
- [Brand and Re\-brand your Message](https://serious-play.co/services/brand-market-re-brand-message/): Is your gallery’s story intimate and personal enough to attract new clients and to retain existing ones?  When was the last time you did a “gallery audit?”
- [Relationship Between Gallery \& Clients](https://serious-play.co/services/relationship-between-gallery-and-clients/): Are you tailoring your clients’ lists to reflect their financial impact on your gallery sales?  Are VIP clients rewarded for their patronage?
- [Mentoring \& Professional Practices](https://serious-play.co/services/mentoring-professional-practices/): How to operate a studio and how to communicate with the outside world can be overlooked\.  We take a walk together and ferret out areas that may be overlooked or even neglected\.  
- [Pricing Strategy \& Market Analysis](https://serious-play.co/services/pricing-strategy-market-analysis/): Don’t overlook the art “marketplace” by being out of touch with unfolding trends\.
- [Curation \& Innovative Exhibitions](https://serious-play.co/services/curation-innovative-exhibition-concepts/): Expand upon the “identity” development area as you prepare an exhibition\.  Set it light years apart to intrigue the public\.  

## Case Studies
- [Patina \.\.\. Opening a Gallery that Defied the Odds](https://serious-play.co/case-studies/a-gallery-that-defied-the-odds/): Patina Gallery beat incredible financial odds over the course of 25 years\.  The gallery was able to pivot and leverage operations, vision, and astute planning to weather many life\-altering storms during that time and achieve global success\.
- [The Tension of Opposites Where Barnett Connected the Dots](https://serious-play.co/case-studies/the-tension-of-opposites-connected-the-dots/): This case study demonstrates how all the strategic planning came together, the artists, the photography, the opera opening, the jewelry when the gallery had their ground breaking opening of their historic exhibition, The Tension of Opposites\.  The synergy was a real testament to Ivan being able to connect the dots for this blockbuster\.
- [Claire Kahn: A Carefully Curated Discovery ](https://serious-play.co/case-studies/claire-kahn-carefully-curated-discovery/): The incredible value of having a world exclusive of an artist’s works for a gallery shows how the artist’s pieces were leveraged for selling through multiple exhibitions\.  In this study, Ivan took an educated risk on Claire Kahn and promoted her as the second most profitable artist at Patina, driving people to come to the destination to only collect Kahn’s artworks from there\.  

## Testimonials
- [Pam Danziger, Speaker, Forbes Journalist, Market Researcher](https://serious-play.co/testimonials/pam-danziger-speaker-forbes-journalist-market-researcher/): Ivan Barnett, former director of Patina Gallery, located in the competitive art scene of Santa Fe, New Mexico, found a way to stand out by creating unique experiences that go beyond traditional art openings\. In collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera, he organized an event that blended art and opera, shifting the focus from selling art to engaging the community\.
- [Linda Milanesi, CEO/President, Assistance Dogs of the West](https://serious-play.co/testimonials/linda-milanesi-ceo-president-assistance-dogs-of-the-west/): Ivan is a dot\-connector, making events truly exceptional\. We had one of the important jewelry artists, Peter Schmid, create a whole themes collection inspired by a particular opera that we chose\.  That’s what I mean by a dot connector, to make an event really something, as opposed to just another gallery opening\.  These were big events, every single season\.  Always out of the box ideas\.  Whatever he’s doing is something worth noticing\.  He has serious talent\.  I’m going to use a funny word, but Ivan has the ability to create cool\.
- [Ivy Ross, USA President of \& Head of Design for Products at Google](https://serious-play.co/testimonials/ivy-ross-usa-president-of-head-of-design-for-products-at-google/): Ivan became a friend because of the depths of conversation we could go to, based on beauty, art, design, and aesthetics\.  Seeing things in context is important\.  I became a trusted friend\.  Ivan would run certain things by me\.  He has an impeccable sense of the importance of beauty and design, a beautiful friendship when it comes to art and adornment, the things that we now call neuroaesthetics\.
- [William Harper, Artist, Jeweler, Master Goldsmith](https://serious-play.co/testimonials/william-harper-artist-jeweler-master-goldsmith/): I just read your highly informative KLIMT02 conversation and am highly impressed by your ability to compact a lot of disparate ideas into one absolutely clear and understandable dialogue\. Well done\!\!\!
- [Ivy Ross, USA President of \& Head of Design for Products at Google](https://serious-play.co/testimonials/ivy-ross-usa-president-of-head-of-design-for-products-at-google-2/): Ivan, an artist himself, conveys sensitivity and respect for the gallery's artists\.  When Ivan curates, he may juxtapose an idea that costs $100 with something that costs $10,000\-\-but there is always a throughline between the two\.  He finds the throughline with people and with ideas, too\.

## Landing Pages
- [The Creative for Creatives](https://serious-play.co/the-creative-for-creatives/)
- [Get Unstuck Now](https://serious-play.co/invest-in-a-bundle-sooner-than-later/)
- [Global Crisis could Disrupt Your Sales](https://serious-play.co/global-crisis-disrupts-the-arts/)
- [It’s Not a Wall—It’s a Door](https://serious-play.co/its-not-a-wall-its-a-door/)
- [Creative Fuel](https://serious-play.co/creative-blocks-become-creative-fuel-2/)

## Categories
- [Museletter](https://serious-play.co/category/museletter/)
- [Premium](https://serious-play.co/category/premium/)

## Product categories
- [Meetings](https://serious-play.co/product-category/meetings/)

## Markets
- [Businesses](https://serious-play.co/market/businesses/)
- [Creatives](https://serious-play.co/market/creatives/)
- [General](https://serious-play.co/market/general/)

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