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Video transcript: Before joining the challenge, I had this art workshop idea in mind that I've been, like, scribbling all kinds of crazy notes about. I got. I got, like, over 30 pages of notes on this workshop I'm gonna do, and no idea when I'm gonna do it. Maybe a year from now, who knows? But then after the workshop, I had a shift in my belief where I said, hey, I can do this workshop, like, very soon. It doesn't have to be way out there. It doesn't have to be, like, super perfect or anything. You just get it out there, get it done, do it. So I did set a date, like, three months out. It's way better than a year out, so that's gonna happen real soon. And as far as VIP goes, that's great. If you have questions that you'd like to just talk with somebody about, get a little bit of feedback, kick around some ideas. So, yeah, highly recommend.

Video transcript: Hello, I'm Caroline Banks and I'm based in London, uk. I took the challenge because I thought I needed a bit of encouragement and something to really give me a push to activate my business skills. Really. I was really time poor, but I did persist with it and I'm glad I did because I learned some very useful tips. I did actually implement a couple of those at the recent Open Studios that I've just completed two days ago and found that it resulted in more signups to my newsletter and couple of sales. So that wouldn't have happened if I hadn't taken that. So yeah, I do recommend it. It's useful and the good thing is it's really practical. I literally was setting stuff up as the person was still talking on the chat. Anyway, yeah, recommend it. Thank you very much.

Video transcript: Hi. I really like the challenge. Before joining the challenge, I didn't know where to start to gain visibility and sales for my art. And after joining the challenge, there is a clear path for me to follow, so I can. I really would recommend the FIB pass if you are looking for a professional insight on how to reach your goal. So, yeah, go for it.

Video transcript: Hello, everybody. So leaving my testimonial. I am very new at this. I loved art as a child, but never really got to pursue it just in different fun ways. So right now, I feel I'm going through a very big shift and change in my life when it comes to grief, losing my mom and my bonus dad, and just all of that processing my childhood trauma and really trying to figure out everything. Art has been something that's been helping me process it and heal and understand my world and what's going on. And this has been. Honestly, I don't even know how I ended up here. I just clicked on something, and here I am. But it's provided lots of structure, not just with art, but with so much underneath all of that, but structure and confidence so we to execute it and how to do it. And it also lets me know that I do have those house, like, I do know people that I can reach out to and get a newsletter and, you know, have them sign up for my newsletter. I have spaces that I'm in that I can share my art and just be confident in that too, as well. Hearing everyone talk about how they, too, are beginners. So it was comforting as well. There's two, but, yeah, it's just been. I love today's talk where they talked about the tiny arc. Is that something I've been doing? I recently met a guy here in Orlando that do tiny arts too, as well, so. Well, not tiny heart, but he just recommended to start small, so I started small. I'm into nature, and right now, different. Different moldings and so on. So it's. It's been more of an experiment of how does what I'm feeling want to be expressed right now in the moment. And it doesn't have one. One medium, or just like, what I see everyone. So that makes me a bit nervous. But I'm just going with it and going with the feeling and the inspiration and what comes up and what wants to be there and what wants to take up space and speak. Yeah. But I like the idea of doing something big as well, to capture the audience and have medium one. So I'm gonna let that come up for me. So that has been quite helpful in that journey of discovery. And honestly, it's just when the emotions hit that I really. When everything else isn't working, that's where I go to. And it. It helps to. To put it there and to. To get it out of me onto there in the. In the best possible way that I can do it with the skills and knowledge that I have. But yeah, it's been. I do a lot with the elements Exper and just going for it. Yeah. So quite excited about all of this. And see how this. This goes. I'm posting on different medias Instagram. There was something they mentioned. I forgot what it was. I wrote it down. But something where they did where they also do like Instagram, like a group, a collective that started something that was pretty helpful. I'm gonna look into that as well. But it has just given me so much structure, like spraying up. Mine is. It's. It's big and it needs structure to put everything in sequence. So this has been helpful. I love that we have the recordings, the groups. I'm still having a few videos to look over, but just from what I've learned, from what I've been able to watch and see and the questions and the answers and all of it, it's just been enriching to me and this part of my journey start. And yeah, it's been. Been really good. I love that you guys keep it really precise in the questions and the answering. That's important. Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited. It's been quite exciting.

Video transcript: Hi, my name is Paul Miller and I'm very surprised by what has gone on in this particular challenge. Before the challenge, I just do what I normally do. Paint, draw, and do that kind of stuff there. But with a challenge, it was very interesting to find out that you could actually teach online and get paid for it. And I thought, wow, that's amazing. So I wouldn't. No one would have to work a dumb part time job, which you hate. Even a full time job, you might be able to get out of that after a while. The nice thing is, is that all of us who are artists are storehouses of massive amount of knowledge. So everybody can do this because we all work in different mediums, we all have different points of view. And as a result, the people you're teaching you know more than they do. So they will be learning. And the nice thing is, is that everybody can benefit from this. And I do say that, I do say that you should actually get a VIP situation up and going. Listen, thank you so much and enjoy.

Video transcript: Before joining this four day challenge on how to create my workshop, I was I knew I wanted to teach, but I was like couldn't figure out if it was the right thing for me. First day, all my answers got answered and all that and then by day two everything just clicked for me. I got my draft going, I got everything rolling and off the hook at the end. I now have my draft. I am scheduled for a clarity call and I'm ready to take care of friend access and hopefully everything goes well and I hope my journey will go well. I recommend joining the VIP group because being able to re watch, ask questions, have access to all the extras that they have on their website is so helpful and figure everything out.

Video transcript: Hi, my name is Bina and I just want to submit some feedback around me attending the PAA session for the Gallery Ready challenge. So before the challenge, I did not even think of having my own business through selling art. I have been pretty consistent with selling art, but before joining the session, I was not even remotely interested in doing that. Although that was coming up for me, I could foresee that. And then during the session, I felt that it was very informative, it was very professional. I love the insight and the guidance that I felt that I can get through the association and the people, people who are supporting that association and part of that association, especially the artist and the. You know, I met Jason and all other artists that are part of it. It's so. It was very nice to see that community. And after the session, I feel that I wanna. I feel more strongly committed to pursuing my career in art. And that's my feedback. So please join paa, It's a great community of artists to get some guidance and get your work out there in the world. Thank you.

Video transcript: Hi, my name is Bina and the reason I am posting this video is because I just recently attended PEA Professional Artists Association Gallery Ready Challenge and this is my first time attending anything with the association and it was an absolute amazing experience. I got to learn so much about art and why, how, what does it really mean to be an artist, and I'm very surprised by what beliefs I have about myself or being an artist. However, I should put my work out and let alone have a galley representation. So it was a great experience. Thanks to Jason and everybody else. He introduces to so much useful information that is needed for anyone who has passion for art.

Video transcript: What I learned from the four Day Challenge was how you build and maintain your roadmap for your artistic career and how to determine which kind of galleries you're looking for and how to make your work gallery ready. How to stand out as an artist and learn to have a professional portfolio that's ready to be submitted and also have your artwork at the right price. And we saw how professionals from different domain expertise offered advice and information. It was very useful to us artists and how to have gallery representation. All of the speakers gave very useful information. Rosalind Davis gave us valuable information coming from experience and Jason gave us great advice on how to approach galleries and make a proposal to them. So it was really a wonderful four days.

Video transcript: I'm Dorette Pollard. Before joining the challenge, I wanted to open my own gallery to keep it in house. And after joining the challenge, I recognize that in order to. I see that in order to achieve my goal, I need to delegate, as Christina Villa delegated to a photographer, for example, or as Jason Horash in his experience reminded us and told me of how important it is to be to work with a gallery and to be prepared to work with a gallery. I would recommend the VIP pass. If you're looking to challenge your preconceived ideas, you'll get benefit from the questions and answers. And I'm sure I will go back to my notes time and time again. Thank you.

Video transcript: I'm Charlotte Allman. I create custom original animal portraits with spirit, character and emotion, and I draw on countless hours of training in dog sports, in scent detection for law enforcement, and missing persons cases. When Covid hit, I was bored silly. So I started painting and drawing my dogs and then going into commission work and expanding that a little bit. And I was doing well and I was growing, but I wanted to do more and I had done a couple of art fairs and I enjoyed doing that, but I needed a little bit more push and the PAA Art shows workshop was just what I needed and the VIP experience was valuable. I especially related to an artist who used grief to enhance her expression in her art. Talking with real working artists one on one has been extremely valuable. Thank you so much.

Video transcript: Before joining the challenge, I did not know how to maximize art sales, create effective invitations, and secure professional exhibit venues. After day one of the challenge, I had steps to move my art career forward with professional exposure and income. I recommend the VIP pass if you want to learn how best to use your time outside of the studio with guidance from professional art experts and to have more time in the studio creating art for exhibit to potential collectors and gallerists.

Video transcript: Hi, my name is Belinda Balaski and I'm a member of the Professional Artists association. And I have just finished the four day challenge that was so wonderful and so informative that my mind is just filled with things I. I want to do in order to further myself onto the next step, which is to have a show. And because I'm in the middle of so many different projects, it works for everything I'm doing. And I've learned the steps that it takes instead of thinking, what do I have to do next? And all of the little pieces that you have to sort of gather together to make something like that come together in a successful fashion, it's all laid out for you. I mean, everything was laid out for me, and now all I have to do is follow the steps. It's absolutely the most wonderful thing I've done in years for myself. You should seriously consider it. Thank you.

Video transcript: Hello, I'm Cheryl Rupprecht, and I just finished the four day challenge, and let me tell you, it was quite an inspiration to be part of this group. And all the information that was shared, my head was just swimming after the classes and all the things that I would have to do. And anyway, then I got looking at my portfolio, or what would be the start of my portfolio. And. And what I'm saying is, after doing art fairs now for three years, this has truly given me the inspiration and the path to follow to continue on and maybe not have to work quite so hard, but also to get myself organized, keep myself motivated. So thanks again for all that you did and all the information you shared. It was truly inspirational and I look forward to going ahead.

Video transcript: My VI experience was wonderful. It was great. And as I said in most of the evaluations I submitted after the meetings, the main thing I got was a kick in the butt. I needed that kick in the butt because I had been ignoring those things for decades, some of them, and they were obvious. They're obviously important. I'd do it again. And I might even have to do it again if I keep ignoring those things. So thank you very much.

Video transcript: So before joining the challenge, I didn't feel like it was the right topic for me. Getting ready for an art show didn't feel like something that was even close to where I was. Even though I've been in business for a while and been selling for a while, it was more maybe just that I hadn't thought about that. And so I wanted to join, though, to see what one of the challenges would be and just what the topic was. And after the challenge, I felt really motivated, and I actually felt like it's not so far away for me, and it's not so impossible for me to do that. It's a lot closer than I thought. And now I have the steps to know how to do that. It really walked you through what you needed to practice and know and think about and prepare for. And so I feel now like it's definitely possible that I could do one. And I did the homework, which really helped a lot. I would recommend the VIP pass to anybody who doesn't have time to watch it fully. I had to watch it while I was at work, so I couldn't participate fully in it. So it was really helpful to be able to go back and watch the videos and to slow down and go through them and take notes on little more carefully. So I definitely recommend doing the VIP pass, if you can. Thank you to Rosalind and Vincent and everybody who helped bring that together to share with us.

Video transcript: These last four days of the art show that sells programming or workshop has been just so inspiring, so helpful having these tangible goals of preparing for my show. Actually, I have yet to be accepted to this show, but I think what was amazing is knowing that, you know, these exercises or these homework, if you will, make it more tangible, make it more possible, make it more, more or less overwhelming for that matter, which is pretty incredible. I think one of my favorite homework was doing the invitation on canva. First of all, I'm not so well versed in Canva, so I learned a lot actually, just in that one exercise. But to actually see the invitation, even though I have yet to be accepted, it just helps, I suppose, manifest perhaps the possibilities. And even if this is not the show for me this year, what I've learned in the last four days is certainly going to help me prepare for the next show in my near future. So, PAA staff, thank you so much. Thank you to all the amazing artists who shared themselves. They were so vulnerable about sharing their process and, you know, it's just always so wonderful to hear fellow artists and their successes and their wins. Thank you kindly and have a beautiful day.

Video transcript: Hi, I'm Dori. And I loved this VIP experience and the whole. The whole challenge I had sitting on my desk, my laptop desk, two different applications for opportunities for art shows. One I had for three years, one I had for two years. And I was really intimidated and figured, nah, I'm never gonna be able to do this. Not only the show but just filling out the applications. So with this challenge, I am now ready. Definitely. I feel that I can do this now and it'll be their loss if they reject me, which I don't think they will. I really don't. And all the tips that we got, just very helpful. And the VIP pass, I would definitely recommend to have your personal questions answered. Specific details and even other people's questions were also very helpful things that I hadn't thought of. So that was great too. Thank you so much. And that's it. Thanks.

Video transcript: After searching the Internet for inspiration to generate income with my art and find galleries, I got a VIP pass to the four day challenge with the Professional Artists Association. Not only did I find inspiration, but I also got an education. I gained an incredible amount of knowledge and information.

Video transcript: Hi there. My name is Zoe Cernak and I'm an abstract landscape artist based in Sydney, Australia. I just completed the Professional Artists association four day challenge on how to create your signature workshop, and it was literally something that came up on my Instagram feed, and I thought, well, why not? It can't hurt. And gosh, I was surprised it was so invaluable. I would advise, if there is that button to press for the VIP pass, do it and do it at the front end, because I know the prices go up throughout those four days if there is a challenge. That part was invaluable because we were given a Q and A session afterwards with experts, and there was a community there of artists that all asked questions that would relate to how I was feeling or how to jump in and do something. So if you're thinking about it, just do it.

Video transcript: After many years away from art making, I jumped back into creation and lately I was wondering what it might take to become gallery represented. When I saw the challenge online, I decided to jump in and I signed up for the VIP experience, which was really wonderful with the Q&As each day. There was open and honest communication, clearly stated, not underestimating the amount of commitment and consistency it would take, but also very encouraging. I'm so glad that I was able to have the experience and I'd recommend it to anybody. Thank you so much for a great four days.

Video transcript: Hei, olen Riikka ja kuvailen tämän Suomesta viimeisen päivän jäsenen jäsenen jälkeen, johon olin osallistunut. Olen todella onnellinen kurssin kanssa ja se oli kurssi, johon toivon, että olisin ollut, kun opiskelin maailman yliopistossa. Mutta silloin meillä ei ollut kursseja kuten tämä ja mitä se on. Kertoisin tämän ystävien kanssa, jotka ovat taiteilijoita. Kiitos, hei!

Video transcript: Hi, everybody. I'm the artist. Good one. I don't want to take up a lot of your time. I do just want to let you guys know that the VIP experience was the best investment that I've made in myself this year. Probably the best investment I've made in myself in many years. I highly recommend it. The question and answer portion at the end of the actual presentation. I honestly feel bad for everyone who missed it.

Video transcript: I so want to recommend the Professional Artists Association. I just finished the four day challenge and it was about getting gallery ready. And to be honest with you, I learned so much that I don't even know what to speak to in this recording. Most importantly was consistency of the art, doing research on the galleries. For me, what really impacted me most was was starting a folder of the artists who are like you, who inspire you, who do similar stuff as you, and sort of doing a deep dive into each one of those artists. I'm a novelist and we do this for when we pitch agents. We look at other books that are similar and how our book is different when we pitch an agent. So it fit into what I already knew to be the case in, in the. In the book industry. So thank you so much. I have so many notes. I filled an entire. Well, not the entire notebook, but I filled a lot of this notebook with thoughts and ideas and information. It was very practical. I found that the people had a great deal of integrity. It. There was no emotional manipulation. That can sometimes happen in the freebies where they pitched in the freebie they pitched their program. But it was done with quite a lot of clarity and straightforwardness. So I appreciated it and I will definitely do another challenge with them. I'm having my first call clarity call free clarity call next week and we'll then decide if I'm going to continue to pursue signing up for one of their programs. Thank you so much. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

Video transcript: So I just finished the fourth night of the Professional Artists Association Challenge. I have to say I was really impressed with how well it was run, with the variety of voices that we heard. I especially loved the camaraderie. I was a writer for 30 years, a journalist working for newspapers and magazines, and in the last six years I've transitioned pretty much to full time artist. I've had a couple of gallery shows, including a solo show which was very successful. But I lacked the expertise in how to move forward and how to apply to galleries and also just how to move forward. I just lacked some experience and some confidence. So this class has really given me that and I do plan to go on. I made the commitment to join the VIP sessions and I felt like the groups were so much smaller and more intimate. I would definitely choose to do that and I will continue with the program. I think it's fantastic for anyone at any stage to really give them confidence and just information and knowledge. It's very up to date and really relevant to the current art market.

Video transcript: Hi, Good afternoon. My name is Marine Strage and I just finished the four Days challenge with the Professional Artists association and I learned so much. Such a great energy with the group and the speakers. Jason de Garis was amazing. Miguel is always, like, pumping everybody and very reactive. There was very insightful recommendation and tips to really get ready and prepare to submit your portfolio to a gallery. So it really gives me the inspiration to just do it. Basically, that's what my next week is going to be focused on. So thank you, guys.

Video transcript: It was useful hearing about what galleries are looking for in a portfolio, and it gave me some clarity on what I should be working on next.

Video transcript: Good morning. My name is Diane Williams. I live in Southern Alberta in Canada and I paint the spirit of horses. I absolutely loved the experience with the excellent teaching from Dina for Instagram. I followed Dina for many years. I've taken a couple of her courses and the clarity clearness. I think the way it was summarized by Miguel was excellent. It inspired me to post in a different way, knowing that there is meaning behind what I'm doing and I signed up for a clarity call. I think I'm ready to be coached. Thank you so much.

Video transcript: Hey everyone, My name is Dominik Klaassen, I'm an abstract artist from Germany and I just want to say thank you for this beautiful five day event. I could learn a lot about doing my research, how to properly approach galleries and how to address some of my limiting beliefs around approaching the art world and getting my artwork out there. Also very important for me was the low, mid and high tier on my website making it easier for art lovers and people that want to own one of my works to actually get into the flow of purchasing. And the other thing was the importance of continuation, keep going, producing more works and not giving up, looking at limiting beliefs around approach and knowing also there's other people out there that are facing the same and just yeah, making, making it known what we're facing, what we're dealing with in our minds and yeah stepping up to the next level and letting ourselves be more free and available to actually show up for what we want to do. So thank you so much for your time and I appreciate you.

Video transcript: Wow. What an incredible four days. Thank you so much for this challenge. I have to admit, I've been thinking about teaching a workshop for years, but I was completely paralyzed by the idea that I had to be this flawless, perfect expert with every single answer. It felt so overwhelming. But this challenge just blew that fear apart. The biggest light bulb moment for me was the phrase connection over perfection. It just clicked the idea that my real value isn't in being perfect, but in creating a genuine, authentic connection with students. When you combine that with a huge mind shift about selling a transformation, not just my time, everything changed. I went from feeling stuck and overwhelmed to feeling genuinely excited and empowered. I finally have a clear, practical path forward. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. This was the exact value and inspiration I needed. Thank you.

Video transcript: Right. The best thing about the experience, without a doubt, is the way the Professional Artists association puts us as artists at the fore, that it's not about being a side gig, it's not about trying to find a side hustle or something that might work along, something else that actually brings in the money for the Professional Artists Association. It's about actually being a professional artist and giving us the confidence to carry that through, to make a go of, of being, of being an artist, rather than trying to fit other things in, trying to pretend that we can make a go of it while actually we're doing something else. This is, this is about actually moving your career forward as an artist. I love the hands on experience of the workshop building. The idea, the times I was given actual practical advice on this is how others have done it. And that for me really allowed me to put it together in my mind of I can do certain things, put certain things in place in order to make it successful. I feel a lot more confident. I feel like I can make a go of this as my, my main, my main thing that I do in life, my main stream of income, my main interest. And thank you very much for the time that you've put into this, the effort, and for having the artists at the fall, which is what you do and what you do extremely, extremely well. And I would, Yes, I would 100% recommend this to a friend. I have a few friends and next time things come up, I will, I will definitely shoot them an email. Heads up. So thank you once again, you have been a great help.

Video transcript: Hi. I just wanted to recommend the workshop that I've been taking for the last four days, designing your signature workshop. This workshop helped me to really reconnect with my mission and find a way to bring that out in the way I'm teaching. So for me, one of the big ideas behind my studio was to make art accessible to other printmakers and people who don't know what printmaking is or who don't think they can make art. And I believe everybody can make art. So my signature product is based on that idea, and fleshing it out with other people really helped. I'd recommend these cores to anyone. Thank you so much. Miguel, Vincent, Amy, and the others who shared their success stories.

Video transcript: Hi. I just wanted to share my experience doing these four sessions. I thought it was, you know, definitely good for getting the ideas flowing for me because I think I had thought of, you know, teaching as this, like, really behemoth task where I'd be kind of setting up all these different course videos. It'd be this whole package on my website, and I'd have to take a lot of time to put it together. And so kind of reframing it as, you know, these workshops and doing it live puts a lot less pressure on it being this, like, highly curated thing. So I appreciate you. I appreciate you guys giving a sense of the template for what works well with breaking it down into four sessions and the price range and the kind of ideas that work well for teaching. So it was helpful to hear from people who have done it before and see some testimonials. So I think I just need to kind of give it a go, look at the basic tech, but it doesn't seem like it's too complicated on the tech side. Just have to reach out to people and get people on a zoom with me and show them what I know and not feel the pressure to be able to teach all of what's possible with art. So thank you.

Video transcript: Hey, everyone, it's Sari Friet Fiore, and I'm here to just share with you what my experience has been attending the challenge about how to launch your signature workshop. And I have been so inspired by this class. I think more inspired than anything else I have attended in, you know, the recent past. And what's most inspiring is that Miguel gives you a structure and Vincent gives you the specifics and the roadmap and the path and how to do it. And I've been attending both the seminar as well as the VIP sessions. And it's, you know, really great to hear how other people have approached how other artists have approached the workshop process, the challenges that we all face, and even better, most important, how to overcome those challenges in simple, easy ways. I just wrote a pitch and posted it to our Facebook group, and it probably needs some tweaks, but I'm very excited about doing this, and I have years of teaching experience, and I have a technique that is unique to how I do fine art photography. So I'm really looking at marrying the two things together and getting my workshop out there. And so would I recommend a friend? Absolutely. PAA has done wonders for me in terms of inspiring me, encouraging me, motivating me, giving me the kind of support that is important to inspiring an artist to really share their work in the world and run it as a business at the same time. And that is quite a challenging marriage to accomplish. But I couldn't. I can't say enough about how valuable I find my connection to PAA to be. So if you aren't a member, now's the time to sign up, because it's a great experience. Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to share what's been my inspiration.

Video transcript: Hi, I'm Carol and I've enjoyed the first two days of the Signature Workshop Challenge. I didn't know what to expect and I've enjoyed the sessions and then the VIP portion has been great because we're on Zoom. We can interact, we can hear other people's questions, post our own. This has really gotten me thinking a lot about what I might want to offer in a workshop and how my experience can be crafted into that offer. I was a professional in business all of my life. I also have this burning desire to paint, but I'd like to attract other professionals who maybe never have painted but also have a desire to paint and give them the confidence to be creative. Now I have really started the phase two of my life where I'm painting full time, but I'd like to give them that creative outlet either while they're working or also after they retire. I need to find a way to put that message into my offering to make it very unique. Thanks.

Video transcript: So I enjoyed the sessions. The Q and A is what I liked most. The timing didn't work for me so I had to watch the replay. But I definitely learned a lot from the Q and A. So yeah, I would definitely recommend this.

Video transcript: I was certainly inspired by day one of the Professional Artists association webinar that I watched regarding workshop design and launch. The part I think that resonated the most with me was the concept of staying with a live workshop product versus trying to spend a lot of time creating a video or some other kind of passive income product. And it's a very agile product development kind of strategy. And, you know, it's something that I've certainly familiar with with my experience as a project manager in the software world for many years, and I just feel like that was a brilliant insight there, and I'm looking forward to what comes next.

Video transcript: I have just completed the Get Gallery Ready Challenge offered by the Professional Artist Institute and I have to say at the start I thought, well, what have I got to lose? But I very quickly realized that I was compounding my knowledge exponentially because each day built on the previous and offered new and relevant hands on practical advice. The course was so interactive. I really enjoyed following the live chat comments that the other participants put up and I learned a lot from them too. I was able to get many of my own questions answered in the Q and A sessions that followed each day of the course, and I found these sessions to be particularly valuable. At the start I was a bit worried that I might not be able to keep up with the tech side of things, but honestly, they make it so easy. I was given just two links, one for the courses and one for the Q and A sessions, and these were the same links I used for the duration of the course. Course I would highly recommend anyone sitting on the fence about doing any PAA challenges to jump in. I know I certainly will be doing the next one. They're wonderful.

Video transcript: Hello everybody. I'm Meenu. I'm an abstract landscape artist based in Yorkshire in England and I have been painting for seriously for the last four, five years and I recently took the course on gallery presentation with the Professional Artist Association. I'm already an associate member and have been for the last couple of years been receiving their information and going through their videos and it's been a really amazing journey. And the recent five day course was all absolutely phenomenal. I saw so many experts give their advice so willingly and also the questions from the audience made it such a richer experience. My personal, my personal celebration was also that I got, I had made the portfolio as instructed by Jason Horace and during the course of those five days I sent in an application and the first application got, got accepted. So I've, you know, I went to take my work out to the gallery and during the course of the second day I got another gallery as well. So that I think is a memorable week for me. And I have to thank the PAA for all the prep work that I did with them and the huge boosts of confidence I received from listening to a lot of the information they have shared with us over the years. So I would encourage any artist to look at this wonderful organization which is dedicated to helping all artists. Thank you.

Video transcript: Hello, My name is Senka Asenova. It has been a great pleasure to be accepted as a member at Professional Artists Association. I was surprised of all professional information presented during five Day Challenge and for this reason I will recommend Professional Artists association to my friends. Thank you so much and good luck. Thank you. Bye.

Video transcript: Hi there, it's Sari Friz and I just completed the five day challenge with Professional Artists association focused on gallery representation. And I want to just say hats off to you because it was the most worthwhile use of my time in a long time. Miguel presented great information about how to prepare to be represented by a gallery. And as an artist who isn't currently represented, I found that to be extremely helpful to give some structure and organization and ideas about what you need to do. And then the one on one live sessions afterwards by zoom with all the other artists was just incredibly invaluable to be able to ask questions, hear other people's questions, and learn from the experts. Hats off to you guys. Thank you so much. Highly recommend this to a friend. Absolutely.

Video transcript: Hey everyone. I was so surprised by my experience with taking the five day free workshop. I thought I was just going to listen and paint and sort of half listen, but within the first few sentences I thought there's. It just sounded like there was something to listen to, to really listen to. So I actually didn't paint. I listened to the whole thing, and I did the whole five days and I gained momentum. It taught me things that I didn't know, but it also reinforced some things that I just knew that I needed to do and was thoroughly surprising, thoroughly enjoyable as well. So I just want to say thank you for that because I really think it was worth doing and just loving having access to the whole experience online. Thanks.

Video transcript: It has been absolutely fabulous. The five day challenge is just like, it really makes you focus on, on, on the gallery side of things. I found it really inspiring. Couple of takeaways were Iona, who was a hobbyist and. And then turned professional, which is what I'm doing. And I have actually done a workshop with Iona. So that was quite amazing as well. So it's just really a big thank you. There's a huge amount of work gone into this. I appreciate how much hard work has gone into it and I'm sure there are a lot of people who have taken a lot of things away with them. The other. The second thing, the second takeaway I think was the questions and answers, but I wasn't involved in them. But that was like a little training session on its own. So as I say, thank you so much. Thank you to all the team. I've now got a lot of research to do. Okay, so take care. Thank you so much. Bye.