How to have my art in a gallery
How I did it: I went to a specialty high school for the Arts and in the senior years students had a couple (or none) of their art pieces hanging in a large gallery in the downtown area.
The art was also up for sale and open to the public.
Lessons & tips: Being shown in a gallery with a lot of other people can feel either stifling or intimidating.
A great attitude will take you a long way. It will help establish connections and keep them and make everyone more likely to want to work with you and even help you. No matter how good you are if you have a terrible personality, no-one will want to associate with you.
Most important is practice. Get good. Get really good but don't compare yourself to other people. If people like your work, they'll like it on it's own merit.
Resources: Practice
"networking" helps as does living in a bigger city/larger art center
A good attitude
Time
