Bookkeeping to Fractional CFO for Artists, Studios, and Galleries

About Clay Flynn, Inc.

Boutique business management firm in New York City working with individuals and organizations in arts and culture, nationwide. Founded by Clay Flynn, who spent more than a decade inside New York galleries as Sales Director at a Lower East Side gallery, Business Director at a Tribeca gallery, Co-Director of an arts center in Hudson Yards, and Curator of a vast, museum-bound private collection. He holds a dual BFA and BA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master's in art business from Sotheby's Institute of Art.

Services for Individual Artists, Performers, and Freelancers

• Bookkeeping
• Invoicing
• Expense tracking
• Coordination with your accountant at tax time
• Clear picture of what your practice earns and what it costs to run

Services for Studios and Small Creative Companies

• Payroll
• Cash flow, budgeting and forecasting
• Contract and insurance administration
• Vendor and assistant coordination
• Financial systems that scale with growth

Services for Galleries, Collections, and Foundations

• Operations and sales protocol buildout
• Consignment and inventory administration
• Art fair budgets
• Acquisition budgets for private collectors
• Fractional CFO work for owners wanting senior financial thinking without a full-time hire

Current Clients

Artists, galleries, art advisors, designers, publications, agencies, and nonprofits.

Engagement Scope

Engagements run from a few hours a month to embedded financial leadership.