SDA Curators:

Scaling, Cataloging

& Gallery Management

SDA Curator members play a critical role in managing, organizing, and optimizing digital art across the SDA ecosystem. They ensure that artwork is properly cataloged, scaled for high-resolution displays, and seamlessly integrated into SDA-Frame feeds and curated galleries. Curators also assist in reviewing work against project criteria, ensuring that every submission aligns with the standards and themes of SDA projects. They are supported with specialized tools inside SDA Fusion (currently in development), allowing them to streamline scaling, metadata management, and automation of gallery updates.

What Do SDA

Curators Do?

Curators oversee the technical and organizational aspects of SDA’s digital art, handling everything from metadata management to quality control. Their work ensures that every piece meets SDA’s high presentation standards and is seamlessly integrated into galleries, feeds, and archives.

  • Upscaling and Generating Upscaling – Enhance artwork for high-resolution formats, ensuring optimal quality for SDA’s distributed artwork and Authenticated Digital Collectibles (ADCs) meet premium display standards.
  • Cataloging & Metadata Management – Ensure every piece is correctly indexed, named, and categorized within the SDA ecosystem for archival integrity and accessibility.
  • Gallery & Collection Management – Oversee SDA’s public and private galleries, ensuring artwork is properly displayed, archived, and updated across digital and curated spaces.
  • SDA-Frame Feed Management – Curate and schedule artwork rotations for SDA-Frame’s synchronized digital art feeds, providing a shared viewing experience across all installations.
  • Quality Control & Presentation Standards – Maintain high visual and technical standards, ensuring all artwork meets SDA’s premium display and collection requirements.
  • Project Criteria Review – Provide AI-assisted and manual reviews of artwork submitted to SDA projects, ensuring that each piece meets thematic, technical, and artistic criteria before inclusion.
  • Manage & Verify Watermarking – Oversee and ensure proper watermarking of SDA-certified artwork, applying standardized branding, artist credits, and authenticity verification.
  • Launching & Managing SDA Review – Oversee the SDA Review newsletter, a recurring publication that highlights SDA artists, creative processes, and advancements in AI-assisted digital art technology.
  • AI Cleanup & Artwork Refinement – Assist in correcting AI-generated errors, refining visual details, and ensuring that all artwork meets SDA’s quality standards before publication.

How Curators

Are Supported

SDA provides curators with specialized tools, structured collaboration, and revenue opportunities that make their work efficient and rewarding. With access to SDA Fusion’s automation tools, curated collections, and artist partnerships, curators operate within a strong support network that enhances their role.

  • SDA Fusion Tools – Custom-built automation tools (in development) to assist with upscaling, metadata tagging, and streamlined feed management.
  • Access to Exclusive SDA Collections – Work directly with SDA’s most prominent digital art collections, overseeing high-value releases and curated showcases.
  • Revenue Share for Curated Projects – Earn royalties from structured SDA projects, benefiting from long-term curation efforts.
  • Collaboration with Artists & Agents – Work alongside SDA’s artist network and business agents to ensure curated collections align with market and display needs.
  • Project Review Authority – Play an integral role in evaluating submissions, guiding artists through project criteria, and ensuring only the highest-quality work is included.
  • Editorial & Content Opportunities – Curators involved in SDA Review contribute to artist spotlights, project updates, and insights into AI-assisted digital art evolution.

How Curator

Earnings Work

Curators benefit from SDA’s 5% revenue share model, earning passive income from multiple revenue streams, including ADC sales, commissions, and display subscriptions. As SDA’s ecosystem expands, curators receive growing financial rewards for their ongoing contributions.

  • Authentic Digital Collectibles (ADCs) Sales – A percentage of every ADC/NFT sale contributes to the curator revenue pool.
  • Commissions & Custom Artwork – A portion of SDA’s commission-based work is allocated to curators.
  • SDA-Frame Premium Subscriptions – Revenue from businesses subscribing to SDA’s curated digital art feeds contributes to the pool.
  • Gallery & Licensing Deals – Any revenue generated from SDA’s curated gallery placements and brand licensing supports curator earnings.

The more SDA grows, the more curators benefit, making this a long-term, scalable revenue model tied to SDA’s success.

Why Join as

an SDA Curator?

Becoming an SDA curator means more than just maintaining galleries—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of digital art, engage with a thriving creative community, and earn passive income through SDA’s growing ecosystem.

  • Earn passive income from SDA’s 5% revenue pool, including ADC sales, commissions, and SDA-Frame subscriptions.
  • Play a key role in shaping and preserving SDA’s digital art collections, exhibitions, and curated feeds.
  • Access advanced tools in SDA Fusion to streamline upscaling, metadata management, and project review.
  • Opportunities to engage with artists, collectors, and businesses while managing high-end gallery presentations and SDA-Frame artwork rotations.
  • Work with Collective members to launch and oversee SDA Review, the Collective's publication highlighting artists, creative processes, and AI-driven innovations.
  • Operate on your own schedule while building long-term earnings as SDA’s ecosystem expands.

Who Should Apply?

SDA welcomes curators from diverse backgrounds, including digital archivists, gallery managers, AI art enthusiasts, and content creators. If you’re passionate about structured curation, high-quality presentation, and supporting digital artists, this role is for you.

  • Artists & Digital Archivists – Individuals with experience in cataloging, metadata management, and structured digital art curation.
  • Gallery Managers & Curators – Professionals skilled in overseeing digital art collections and optimizing visual presentation.
  • Technologists & AI Enthusiasts – Those with a passion for AI-assisted art management, upscaling, and automation-driven curation.
  • Project Curators – Individuals who are interested in AI-assisted evaluation of artwork against predefined criteria and guiding artists through structured project requirements.
  • Editorial & Media Enthusiasts – Those with experience in content curation, editorial writing, and digital publications who want to contribute to SDA Review.
  • SDA Members – Artists and contributors who want to take on an expanded role in shaping and managing SDA’s digital art ecosystem.