Careers
National Career Development Workshops
In locations around the country, CAA offers workshops for visual artists on a range of topics, from health and safety in the studio to grant writing to professional relationship building. Each workshop is developed in collaboration with regional institutions to serve the specific interests of their local constituencies.
Below is a description of the next workshop, taking place in Detroit. Check back periodically, as additional workshops will be announced.
Detroit, Michigan: November 20–21
For the next National Career Development Workshop, CAA will host a two-day event, entitled “Creating Success for Your Visual Art Practice,” that focuses on students and artists living, working, and practicing in the greater Detroit area. The workshop takes place November 20–21, 2009, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and will runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day.
Participation in the two-day event is $50; $25 students and seniors. The price includes light breakfast, boxed lunch, and a networking reception on Friday evening, 5:30–7:30 PM. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA professional development workshop consultant, for more information.
Friday
- 8:00 AM – Registration, Light Breakfast, and Networking
- 8:30 – Welcome and Thanks
- 9:00 – Resourcing Your Practice: Companion to Hybrid Life
- 10:00 – Technology/Communication/Social Media
- 11:00 – Networking Break
- 11:15 – Garnering Grants, Residencies, and Fellowships
- 12:30 PM – Lunch
- 1:15 – Portfolios/Artist’s Packages for Effective Marketing, Self-Promotion, and Networking
- 3:00 – Networking Break with Exercise
- 3:30 – Developing your Portfolio/Artist Package for Grants, Residencies, Fellowships, and Galleries
- 5:00 – Recap, Close
- 5:30 – Reception for Attendees (location to be confirmed)
Saturday
- 8:00 AM – Registration, Light Breakfast, and Networking
- 8:30 – Your Art as a Business
- 9:30 – Panel Discussion: Getting into Galleries
- 11:30 – Building Your Career
- 12:45 PM – Lunch, with Networking Exercise
- 1:45 – Career Opportunities
- 3:00 – Networking Break, with Exercise
- 3:30 – Panel Discussion: Artists in Communities, Artists and Communities
- 5:00 – Recap, Evaluation, Close
Space is limited! To RSVP, please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 or by email. Make checks payable to College Art Association.
Special appreciation and gratitude go to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The workshop is also presented in partnership with Art Serve Michigan, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Lawrence Technological University, Marygrove College, Oakland University, and Wayne State University.
About the Workshops
CAA’s National Career Development Workshops are supported by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Topics are chosen in discussion with each venue and its constituents, and range in format and subject in order to provide relevant and useful career-development counsel.
The first two 2009–10 workshops took place in Trenton, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2007–8, CAA’s National Career Development Workshops were offered in Birmingham, Alabama; Alexandria, Louisiana; Providence, Rhode Island; Anchorage, Alaska; Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Eugene, Oregon; and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Questions regarding the workshops should be directed to Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant and president of ARTISIN.
