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Our Criteria

Established Emerging Artist

  • 5 -10 Group Shows | 1 – 2 Solos | Residencies | Local/Regional Press

OR

​Early Mid-Career

  • 10+ Years | Consistent Local/National Presence | Institutional Presence

Portfolio Content

  • 20 - 25 Works

  • Clear Portfolio Narrative

  • Artist Statement

  • Artist Resume

  • Website & Social Media Package

Creative Portfolio Display

What We Offer Represented Artist

(Individually built on what you need)

 

Work + Medium

A close read of the work itself: material choices, scale, repetition/variation, and how the medium supports (or fights) what you’re trying to do. We identify what’s most compelling, what’s emerging, and what needs refinement to strengthen coherence.

 

Execution / Fit & Finish

A practical review of craft and presentation: finishing decisions, installation readiness, documentation quality, framing/mounting, editioning, and overall professionalism. The goal is to ensure the work is “ready for the room”.

 

Narrative + Intent

Clarify what the work is doing and what you’re claiming, without over-explaining. We tighten your conceptual through-line, language, and stakes so your intent reads clearly across statement, interviews, proposals, and conversations.

 

Portfolio Architecture

How your body of work is organized and communicated: selection, sequencing, grouping into series, and what you lead with. We identify gaps, redundancies, and the strongest “front door” portfolio for the opportunities you’re targeting.

 

Positioning

How you’re perceived in the field: categories you fit into (or disrupt), comparable artists/lineages, differentiators, and the language that makes your practice legible to curators, collectors, and panels. This becomes the basis for your pitch, bio, and outreach.

 

Next 90 Days

A focused, realistic action plan: top priorities, weekly cadence, deadlines, and the specific outputs you need (portfolio edits, statement, submissions list, outreach, documentation). It’s designed to convert clarity into momentum without overwhelm.

What We Ask

  • Exclusive Representation of Selected Work 

  • 1 Year Commitment

  • 50/50 Commission Split

Email us your information.

SLIPSTITCH

6107 13TH AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE, WA 98108

CONNECT@SLIPSTITCHSTUDIO.COM

OPERATING HOURS

TUE - SAT | 11AM – 6PM

CLOSED ALL FEDERAL RECOGNIZED HOLIDAYS

 

ART ATTACK | GEORGETOWN, SEATTLE

2ND SATURDAYS | 12PM – 8PM​​​

​We acknowledge that the city of Seattle and its green spaces are situated on the traditional Coast Salish territory, specifically the ancestral lands of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot Peoples. We recognize the stewardship of Seattle’s green spaces by the Coast Salish people since time immemorial, the disruption of this work by colonization, and now endeavor to continue this work.

SlipStitch is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization(tax ID #33-4385613) under Section 501(c)(3) of the InternalRevenue Code. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

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