A Collector's Journey to Curating and Creating Art - With Reginald De Le Grarbs #14

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Reginald De Le Grarbs (usually known as just Reggie) is a well-known curator in the NFT art space.

After building a reputation as a thoughtful and friendly collector and community member, Reggie has brought his wealth of background experience to build his new project ‘Sundays’, a series of animations in collaboration with a myriad of artists.
In this episode, we discuss

• no matter our path, we can find ways to use the skills we picked up along the way
• Reggie’s journey from Theatre arts, to fintech, to crypto and NFTs, and his first NFTs
• the early days of Pfp projects, and talking about their future
• Crypto Punks as art with staying power
• Preferring Investing in artists and their futures
• Artblocks as the gateway back in after a short break
  • Meridian by Matt DesLauriers
  • Fragments of an Infinite Field by Monica Rizzolli
• Reggie’s approach to collecting
• Geopepe by @batzdu
• Reggie’s love for NFT Photography
• NFT photography as an undervalued category in the bear market
• The photography of @JordHammond
• The importance for artists to participate in the wider community. Get active on Twitter, talk to people.
• Creators stepping up to be the sales and marketing person for their own work and themselves as an artist. “I don’t think I’ve seen an artist succeed that hasn’t really gotten involved”
• The photographer @GuidoDisalle as a good example of self-marketing on Twitter
• “I think of building a network as a very important step for everybody. - it’s building friends who are really good at what they do”
• You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with
• AI moving past controversy and becoming normal
• AI as a gateway drug for creativity
• Reggie’s AI art project
• Using the pet project as a means of escape and relaxation from an otherwise chaotic and busy life
• Reggie’s first mint, and making the leap to listing his work for sale
• Reggie’s new project ‘Sundays’, a series of collaborative animations.
  • NFT launch in March, with two tiers: patron and founder
  • Patron is an all-access pass, everything dropped and claimable
  • Founder pass, more affordable, requires more engagement though
  • Using open editions, a new Patreon model
• Animation is the future; technology is making it possible
• What else to expect from Sundays

Links to Reggie

• Reggie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReggieGrarbs
• Sundays Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundays_wtf
• Reggie’s interview on SuperRare: https://superrare.com/features/reginald-de-le-grarbs?utm_source=twitter_superrare&utm_medium=social&utm_content=current_feature

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