Guest Speaker: Daisha Board, Founding Director, Daisha Board Gallery | Art Advisor | Curator
Topic: Forget Being Discovered — Build Your Market: What the Data Says About Who’s Actually Buying Art Right Now
Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 7 PM – 9 PM
Location: Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles St., Lewisville, TX 75057
Event is Free + Open to the Public
Presentation Summary:
Using real market data and firsthand gallery experience, this talk shows every artist in the room exactly who is buying art right now, why, and how to get in front of them — regardless of where they are in their career.
Key highlights:
- The global art market shifted in 2024: the middle and lower price points are growing fastest
- 63% of collectors bought directly from artists last year — no gallery needed
- Works under $5,000 are driving the strongest growth globally
- Women, 35–45, are the fastest growing and highest converting collector demographic
- Every artist has a different buyer — this talk shows each group exactly how to find theirs
About the Speaker
Daisha Board is the Founding Director of Daisha Board Gallery in Dallas, Texas — recognized as the Best Art Gallery in Dallas by D Magazine in 2022 and 2023 — and the Founder of Black Sheep Art Culture, a nonprofit dedicated to amplifying the voices of historically underrepresented artists, including Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, and disabled creators. Through both organizations, she has built a platform where artists, collectors, and communities intersect across gallery exhibitions, arts education, public art initiatives, artist residencies, and the annual UNREPPED Art Fair.
Over the course of her career, Daisha has curated more than 40 exhibitions and placed works by local artists into the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the African American Museum of Dallas, the Black Chamber of Commerce, and corporate collections across the country. She is an experienced juror, having served in that role for exhibitions including the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Visual Arts Guild, Artspace 111, The Other Art Fair (Los Angeles and Brooklyn), Art 214, and the Dallas Mavericks Black History Month competition, among others.
A recipient of the Business Council for the Arts Obelisk Award, presented by Nancy Nasher, Daisha currently serves on the AT&T Performing Arts Center Advisory Board and the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Art board. She holds a BA in Political Science and African American Studies from Bethune Cookman University.
Event Details
• This event is free and open to the public.
• Visual Art League of Lewisville members are encouraged to bring a piece of artwork for the Artist of the Month. First and second place awards will be given.
• Non-members and guests are welcome to attend and learn more about the Visual Art League of Lewisville. Artists of all skill levels and visual art mediums are welcome.