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After you've thought of a theme for your work or what your work is going to be, even loosely
about, you can begin to collate it and print it and get it together to show somebody who
is in charge of where you want your work to be. Now this is a pretty important part of
doing all this. If you decide you want to show your work in a coffee shop or even if
you want to approach a local gallery, the work you do beforehand, contacting these people,
is almost more important than when you show up. And this is really important. I always
tell my students as it was told to me that, you make phone calls beforehand or you send
emails and inquire about who do I talk to? "Can I make an appointment?" You never just
want to show up cold with a box of work and an idea. I mean, that's usually frowned upon
even if your work is amazing. But, if you call up, and you make an appointment beforehand
and you meet a person there that's in charge of showing work, you're starting off really
on a great foot. Now, after you do that, it's very important that you edit your work to
have your strongest work possible. And, I'm going to talk about some editing processes
that I use so that when I do bring my work to someone, my confidence level is very strong.