Hello all,

We are beginning to show more site-specific full-gallery installations at our art museum and I an wondering if anyone has any guidelines or tips as to how they approach their fee structures for this kind of show.  These are temporary exhibitions.  We are an accredited and non-profit art museum that is connected to a university.  

If you've worked with a number of artists in the past and have any advice on what is an appropriate please let me know.  Does this vary quite a bit or is there a good baseline standard upon which to build (i.e. such and such amount for a week's worth of work and material, room, board and travel costs in addition to that).  I want to be fair in what I offer but remain budget-conscious as well.

I have gotten a sense from one artist that they charge a certain amount for a certain size space/amount of time/work (and then travel costs on top of that) and another told me that fees are different for "university galleries" versus "institutions" like museums--essentially stating that he expects to get paid more from a gallery associated with a university than from a museum--regardless of the size or amount of work involved.  I'm trying to gauge how legitimate that claim is from folks within the museum/gallery side of things.  Does that ring true in your experience of things?  And seeing as we are a museum that is connected to a university but are not the university gallery (which is separate from us and connected to the art department) I'm not really sure where that leaves us.  ;)

Thanks for any thoughts and advice.  Feel free to respond off-list to my email address below. 

Jodi Lundgren
Curator / Coordinator of Exhibitions
South Dakota Art Museum
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