News Featured Art with Authority: Integrating Fine Art into Your Design Process Posted on May 4, 2026July 15, 2026 by Mackenzie Smith The Interior Collective · Podcast Feature · May 2026 Sarah Hurt, founder of Seattle Art Source, joins The Interior Collective to share a decade of insight on making original art buying approachable for designers and their clients. The Interior Collective is a podcast for interior designers. It covers the business of design — pricing, operations, branding, marketing, and the real strategies behind running a successful studio. Anastasia Casey hosts the show. She also founded IDCO Studio and co-founded Design Camp. This conversation speaks to every designer who has paused at the art portion of a project, handed that decision back to the client, or quietly wondered if they were supposed to know more than they did. In this episode, Sarah and Anastasia cover why art feels intimidating and how to reframe it. They discuss when to introduce art into a project and how doing it early can shape the entire design direction. They also tackle how to talk about art budgets with clients, the three reasons people buy art, and what working with an art advisor actually looks like. The conversation also touches on how to avoid common client mistakes, pricing models and designer discounts, sourcing vintage and local art independently, original art versus reproductions, and framing, installation, and long-term investment protection. Watch the full episode on YouTube. Website: theinteriorcollective.comInstagram: @theinteriorcollective Share to Related News Seattle Figurative Artists: How Two Painters Bring the Human Form to a Room Figurative art gives a room something to say. Here are two painters from our roster, Amy Erickson and Amy Scherer, and the very different ways they approach the human form. Read More Form Over Function: Held Together, Artist Panel 10/22/26 Artists Becca Fuhrman and Kelly Bjork join co-curator Sarah Hurt to talk pleasure, attention and the figure. Read More Form Over Function: Held Together, Artist Panel 11/10/26 How do today's figurative painters talk with centuries of images of the body? Kimberly Trowbridge and Nahom Ghirmay dig into it with co-curator Seth Sexton. Read More Services Artists Gallery The Source Events About Contact
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