Leroy Garcia: Owner/President of Blue Rain Gallery - Epi. 205, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I've known Leroy Garcia of Blue Rain Gallery for 30+ years and
his trajectory and my trajectory are very similar. He opened his
gallery in Taos and then moved to Santa Fe, having had another
location in Scottsdale at one point as well. My gallery is in
Tucson and was also in Santa Fe for a time. We share some of the
same artists in our stable, as well as the way we do business.
Leroy and I are both pro-artist, pro-Native American, and
pro-Hispanic art.

You see, Leroy is a mover and shaker in the field and I've always
felt that he's one of the best marketers out there. He has a
great sense of what needs to be explored as far as how you go
about showing and selling art, as well as who you represent in
your gallery and the ecosystem a varied array or artists can
create. He also has his own podcast, the Blue Rain Gallery
Podcast, which I listen to and is a very interesting, unique,
artist-centric podcast.

I think if you want to learn about the art world from the
viewpoint of the established art dealer, this is a really great
podcast to listen to. It's different than most of the other
podcasts I've recorded because we talk about what it is to be a
gallerist, the things that have to, do and the problems that you
encounter, especially in the modern day and age of social media
and the rising frequency of direct artist to client
relationships.

So I think you'll really enjoy this. I know I did. Leroy Garcia
of Blue Rain Gallery.