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CAA, in partnership with Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD), will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, November 10, 2012. The one-day event, called “Art and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Community,” will explore the necessity of entrepreneurship coexisting with creativity for those artists who strive to have their work seen and heard by a larger public.

“Art and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Community” will take place on Saturday, November 10, from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, with a lunch break from NOON to 1:00 PM. An open-studio reception for all participants for networking and sharing is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The sessions take place at the Canzani Centeron the CCAD campus at 60 Cleveland Avenue (at East Gay Street), Columbus, OH 43215 (map). Registration is free for all CCAD students and faculty; $35 for all other participants. Lunch is not included and can be purchased across the street at the market. A limited number of stipends are available for those who register in advance. Please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

The workshop will begin at 8:00 AM with check-in and a complimentary continental breakfast. At 9:00 AM, Bill Strickland, president of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and recipient of the White House’s Coming Up Taller Award, will give the keynote speech, “The Economic Value of the Creative Community.“ Strickland will also address the idea of Columbus as a unique creative community by sharing his unshakable message of leadership, self-worth, and the intrinsic ability in all of us to achieve remarkable transformation in our lives. At 10:00 AM, participants may choose between two sessions to attend. In the first, “Enhancing Your Creative Studio – Life in the Studio,” Rebecca Ibel, owner of the former Rebecca Ibel Gallery and current curator for the Pizzuti Collection, will discuss the ingredients that artists need to stimulate their practice, support their work, and push their professional interest. The second, called “Enhancing Your Creative Design Practice – The New Entrepreneur,” will be led by Beverly Bethge, the founder of Ologie, a national branding agency based in Columbus. She will talk about changes in the design industry, becoming a collaborative design entrepreneur, and learning what you need to do to develop your teamwork skills and build your personal brand.

After lunch, Jonathan Politi, a lawyer based in Youngstown, Ohio, will lead a session titled “Understanding the Value of Intellectual Property,” from 1:00 to 2:30 PM. Politi will cover several fundamental issues of law as it applies to an artist’s professional practice. “Management and Leadership – Take Charge Collaboration” will be presented from 2:30 to 3:30 PM and led by Elaine Grogan Luttrull, founder of Minerva Financial Arts, a company that provides financial services to artists and arts organizations. Her session will explore the nature of collaboration from a management and leadership perspective and demonstrate that building an effective team is often the key to working creatively. The final session of the day, taking place from 3:30 to 4:30 PM, will be led by Kevin Gadd, founder of Venture Highway, an integrated online platform for teaching entrepreneurship. His presentation, “Entrepreneurship – Taking Your Creativity to Market,” will examine how different opportunities result in different organizational structures and how understanding the unique requirements of these structures can serve a variety of ideas. After the workshop, participants are invited to attend an open-studio reception from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. Because space is limited, CAA encourages you to register in advance. To pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal, please go to www.collegeart.org/registercolumbusworkshop. If paying by check, make it payable to College Art Association and mail to: Kevin Conlon, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Columbus College of Art and Design, 60 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215. Please include your name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number and also write “Art and Entrepreneurship Workshop” on the outside of the envelope. If paying by cash at the door, you must still register in advance by contacting Susan Schear.

Workshop Partners

Columbus College of Art and Design, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest private art and design colleges in the United States with 1,350 undergraduate and graduate students. CCAD offers bachelors and masters degrees in fine arts. Undergraduate students choose from nine majors: photography, industrial design, advertising and graphic design, animation, illustration, fine arts, fashion design, interior design, and cinematic arts.

As a leading professional organization in the visual arts, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. Founded in 1911, CAA publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, scholars, and students, provides career services, and advocates the visual arts on a national level.

CAA, in partnership with Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC), will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The one-day event, called “Hybrid Careers,” will explore in separate sessions the four steps of the creative endeavor: “Seeking,” “Solving,” “Making,” and “Reflecting.”

“Hybrid Careers” will take place on Saturday, October 6, from 8:15 AM to 12:00 NOON and again from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. There will be a lunch break from 12:00 NOON to 1:00 PM, and an open-studio reception for all participants for networking and sharing from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. The sessions take place at the Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting, and Photography Building on the OCAC campus at 8245 Southwest Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225 (map). The workshop is $35. Each of the four sessions will be presented once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Workshop registrants must choose two sessions for the day.

The workshop will begin at 8:15 AM with check-in and a complimentary continental breakfast. The sessions start at 9:00 AM. “Seeking,” led by Katy Asher, an artist and alumna of Portland State University, and Carl Diehl, an artist and an instructor at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), will focus on means of sparking and expanding on flickers of inspiration. In “Solving,” participants will actively engage in determining theories or hypotheses of how to solve problems, guided by Susanna Hohmann, an instructor in the OCAC/PCNA graduate program in applied craft and design and a designer at Terrazign, along with Carly Mick, also of Terrazign. “Making,” led by Jake Sorenson, a sculptor and OCAC alumnus, and Brett Binford, co-owner of Mudsharks Studio, will explore the process and evolution of the conceptual object. Finally, Kate Bingaman-Burt, an artist, designer, and assistant professor at Portland State University, and Jeremy Pelley of the Official Manufacturing Company (OMFGCO) will lead “Reflecting,” which will encourage participants to reach a greater understanding of their likes and dislikes. From this knowledge, they can then learn to focus on projects that they can really believe in.

Read full descriptions of all four sessions.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. Because space is extremely limited, registration must be completed in advance; it will not be possible to register at the door. To pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal, go to www.collegeart.org/registerportlandworkshop. Then contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and indicate which two sessions you would like to attend. If paying by check, contact Susan Schear to affirm your registration and session selection. Then make your check payable to College Art Association and mail it to: Thomas Orr, Interim Dean, 8245 Southwest Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225. Please include your name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number and also note “Hybrid Careers Workshop” on the outside of the envelope.

If you have any questions, please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and include your name, mailing address, email, and phone number in your voicemail or email.

Workshop Partners

Oregon College of Art and Craft is a creative community offering undergraduate degrees and certificates, graduate degrees, and continuing-education classes for adults and children.

Additional workshop partners are: Pacific Northwest College of Art; Official Manufacturing Company (OMFGCO); Vizwerks; Interior Design at Marylhurst University (IDMU); Mudsharks Studios; and Terrazign.

As a leading professional organization in the visual arts, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. Founded in 1911, CAA publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, scholars, and students, provides career services, and advocates the visual arts on a national level.

CAA, in partnership with the San Diego Foundation and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Friday and Saturday, June 29–30, 2012. The two-day event, called “Business of the Arts for Visual Artists: ‘Brand You’ and ‘Marketing Yourself to Market Your Art,’” will explore strategies for launching, renewing, and sustaining a career in the arts.

“Brand You” will take place on Friday evening, June 29, 5:00–7:00 PM, and “Marketing Yourself to Market Your Art” is scheduled for Saturday, June 30, 8:30 AM–5:15 PM. Both sessions will be held at the San Diego Foundation, 2508 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106.

The workshop kicks off on Friday evening with a wine-and-cheese networking reception, after which David Lecours, owner and creative director of Lecours Design, will deliver the keynote address, “Brand You.” His presentation will focus on how artists can determine their unique strengths and individual voices, apply them in the marketplace, and promote a personal brand for success.

On Saturday, Ashley McLean Emenegger, an art consultant, independent curator, writer, visual artist, and career coach, will present a full-day session entitled, “Marketing Yourself to Market Your Art.” Participants will learn how to identify and reach the target audience for their work. A continental breakfast and boxed lunch, included in the registration fee, will be served. Following the workshop, the San Diego Foundation will host a wine-and-cheese networking reception for participants.

The workshop is $15 for Friday only; $25 for Saturday only; and $35 for both days. Participants attending both days will receive the second edition of Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment. A limited number of stipends are available for those who register for both days; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000. You may pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal. If paying by check, write it out to College Art Association and mail to: Meryl Zwanger, San Diego Foundation, 2508 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106; include your name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number. Please specify if your registration is for Friday only, for Saturday only, or for both Friday and Saturday.

CAA’s National Professional Development Workshops for Artists, which focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas, are sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Workshop Partners

Founded in 1975, the San Diego Foundation promotes and increases effective and responsible charitable giving. It manages more than $560 million in assets, almost half of which reside in endowment funds that extend the impact of today’s gifts to future generations. Since its inception, the foundation has granted more than $700 million to San Diego’s nonprofit community. The CAA workshop, cosponsored by the foundation, is part of Innovation through the Arts, a multifaceted, multiyear initiative launched in 2010 to help San Diego realize its potential as a center of creativity and innovation. The initiative is achieved through three primary programs that together seek to advance San Diego’s artistic community by supporting professional artists, nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and strategic efforts that increase arts education in the city’s K–12 schools. Advised by the foundation’s Arts and Culture Working Group, Innovation through the Arts is made possible by the James Irvine Foundation and other generous philanthropic organizations and individuals.

The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture advises the mayor and city council on promoting, encouraging, and increasing support for the region’s artistic and cultural assets. The commission also helps to integrate arts and culture into community life and to showcase San Diego as an international tourist destination. Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council, the commission has been officially designated by the City of San Diego as a CAC State/Local Partner since the early 1980s.

As a leading professional organization in the visual arts, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. Founded in 1911, CAA publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, scholars, and students, provides career services, and advocates the visual arts on a national level.

Advance registration for CAA’s 100th Annual Conference, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has been extended to Monday, January 30, 2012.  This is also your last chance to purchase advance tickets for special events and workshops.

Registration

Advance registration ends on Monday, January 30, 2012.

• Members: $235
• Student and retired members: $135
• Nonmembers: $365

Special Events

Join us for a variety of special events including CAA’s Centennial Reception at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tours to the Getty Villa and the Getty Center, An Evening at UCLA, as well as the Santa Monica and Venice Art Tour!

Workshops

Looking to advance your career? This year’s conference will include a bevy of professional-development workshops designed specifically for artists, art historians, and professionals in the visual arts. Workshops address topics such securing tenure, job hunting, and much more! Workshop space is limited, so book your place today! Each workshop costs $45.

Hotel Discounts

Have you booked your accommodation yet? Conference attendees can also take advantage of substantial discounts on rooms at the JW Marriott Los Angeles LA Live, just steps away from the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Westin Bonaventure, the Millennium Biltmore, and the Figueroa Hotel also offer discounts to conference attendees.

CAA, in partnership with the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts), will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at the Grace Street Theater on Saturday, October 1, 2011. The one-day event, called “Toolkit for a Sustainable Life in the Arts: Ideas XS, S, M, L, XL,” will explore strategies for launching, renewing, and sustaining a career in the arts.

“Toolkit for a Sustainable Life in the Arts” will take place 8:00 AM–7:00 PM at VCUarts, Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23284 (map). The workshop is free for all VCUarts students, faculty, and staff; $25 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

Check-in and registration begin at 8:00 AM, with a complimentary continental breakfast and an opportunity for group networking. At 9:00 AM, Aaron Landsman, a renowned playwright, actor, and teacher, will deliver the keynote address, “Exploring How a Life in the Arts Can Be Sustained.” Next, the artist Karen Atkinson, also an independent curator and the founder of GYST, will present “Analog Toolkit: Pragmatic Strategies for Creating Opportunities.”

After a buffet lunch (included in the registration fee), Peter Baldes, an artist and VCUarts professor in the Department of Painting and Printmaking, will lead workshop participants through “2.0 Toolkit: Extending Opportunities through Social Media, Web Presence, and New Distribution Channels.” Next, two speakers—Sarah Cunningham, former director of arts education for the National Endowment for the Arts and now VCUarts director of research, and Melissa Potter, an artist and faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago—will present “Solvent Toolkit: Realizing Grant Opportunities.”

The final panel, “DIY Toolkits: Innovative Models for Making Art and Collaborating with an Engaged Community,” moderated by Jack Risley, VCUarts associate dean of academic affairs, will consist of three VCUarts professors with diverse artistic practices: Kendall Buster and Corin Hewitt from the Department of Sculpture and Extended Media and Hope Ginsburg of the Department of Painting and Printmaking. A Q&A session will conclude the workshop.

Following the workshop, VCUarts cordially invites participants to a networking reception at its Anderson Gallery (907½ West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284), to be held 5:30–7:00 PM. The exhibition Environment and Object: Recent African Art will be on view.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. Because space is limited, CAA encourages you to register in advance. Participants from VCUarts should contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000; please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number in your voicemail or email to receive a confirmation for registration. All others can pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, or if requesting a stipend, please contact Susan Schear and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number in your voicemail or email.

Partners

The School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University comprises sixteen programs in fine art, design, the performing arts and art history. The main campus in Richmond hosts more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the arts, while a sister campus in Doha, Qatar, counts 214 students enrolled in five programs. VCUarts has grown to become the top American public university for the visual arts, as ranked by US News and World Report.

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 13,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 7,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

CAA, in partnership with Artworks and Arts Plan New Jersey, will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at the Mill Hill Playhouse on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The one-day event, called “Achieving Success as a Visual Artist: Your Art Practice Made Real,” will address important career issues for visual artists and provide them with valuable skills, resources, best practices, and networking techniques to help meet their professional goals.

“Achieving Success as a Visual Artist” will take place 9:00 AM–5:00 PM at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton, NJ 08611. Registration is $15 for students, seniors, and CAA members; $25 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

The day will begin at 8:00 AM with registration, check-in, and an opportunity for group networking; complimentary coffee will be served. At 9:00 AM, Judith K. Brodsky, the renowned printmaker and founder of the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, will give a keynote presentation that reflects on her personal journey and her vision as an arts leader. Next, the artist and educator Michelle Hinebrook will present a seminar on “Artists: Maximize Your Marketing through Social Media, Websites, Print Materials, and Networking.” The afternoon panel, to address “Linking Artists to Opportunities: Galleries, Grants, Residencies, and Public Spaces,” will feature five successful women in the arts: Diane Burko, artist and professor; Dahlia Elsayed, artist and educator; Kat Griefen, curator and director of A.I.R. Gallery; Teresa Jaynes, artist, curator, and director of Philagrafika; and Lin Swensson, artist, professor, dealer, and arts consultant. For the lunch break at noon, attendees can either buy a $8 lunch onsite or bring their own.

Participants can continue experiencing the arts in Trenton after the workshop ends. The Candlelight Lounge (24 Passaic Street) will host a postworkshop networking reception during its Saturday afternoon jazz series, and the Passage Theatre will offer group rates for its production of Samuel J. and K., to be presented at the Mill Hill Playhouse at 8:00 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served; space is limited. You can pay by credit card or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, or if requesting a stipend, please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number.

Partners

Artworks, a center for the visual arts in downtown Trenton, has offered classes, exhibitions, and events for over twenty years, serving professional, aspiring, and visionary artists throughout central New Jersey and the Delaware Valley.

Conceived by almost 1,000 citizens, cultural leaders, and government officials in all sectors, Arts Plan New Jersey is a blueprint to create a better New Jersey through and for the arts. Its statewide agenda harnesses the power of the arts to enrich and inspire individuals and to address civic challenges such as the economy, education, community development, and cultural understanding. One of Arts Plan’s six goals is to “foster a strong network of support for artists.”

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

In March 2011, CAA received two significant grants to continue offering the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant for three more years and to fund the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists through 2012.

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art approved funding that will allow CAA to award $40,000 in grants to publishers each year from 2011 to 2013. Wyeth grants support the publication of books on the history of American art, visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. The program has helped publish twenty-two books since 2005.

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation awarded $70,000 to CAA for sustaining the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists. This program focuses on supporting visual artists in underserved areas across the United States and providing essential training to emerging, midcareer, and established professionals. CAA has held sixteen Tremaine-sponsored workshops since 2007.

CAA will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art, on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The one-day event, called “Galleries, Grants, and Networking: Effective Strategies for Artists to Make It Happen,” will address important career issues for visual artists and provide them with valuable skills, resources, best practices, and networking suggestions to help meet their professional goals.

“Galleries, Grants, and Networking” will take place 9:00 AM–5:00 PM on the MICA campus: Brown Center, Falvey Hall, 1301 West Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217. Registration is free for MICA students, alumni, faculty and staff; $15 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

The day will begin at 8:00 AM with registration, check-in, and an opportunity for group networking; complimentary coffee will be served. At 9:00 AM, Doreen Bolger, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, will give a keynote presentation. Next, René Treviño will lead a panel discussion on “Leveraging Opportunities for Your Artwork” with Julie Cavnor, George Hemphill, and Jack Rasmussen. The three afternoon presentations are “Compelling Grant Writing” with Deborah Bedwell; “Maximizing Social Media and Networking” with Cara Ober; and “Realizing Your Goals” with Susan Schear.

A postworkshop reception, taking place 5:00–6:00 PM, will conclude the day’s program. Workshop participants can either bring their lunch or take advantage of a $10 all-you-can-eat buffet at MICA.

Participants from MICA and those requesting stipends must register in advance; please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. All others can register and pay by credit card or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, you must still register in advance; call or email Susan Schear.

Sponsors

Established in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art is the oldest continuously operating degree-granting school of art and design in the United States. It enrolls more than 2,000 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-studies students and offers degrees and noncredit programs in fine art, design, electronic media, art education, the liberal arts, and professional studies. MICA has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to art and design education, emphasizing innovation, research, and community and social engagement. The school’s alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as the school remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore and Washington, DC, regions, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty, and emerging and established artists.

The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary art—including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world. Among the museum’s 90,000 works are an outstanding selection of European and American fine and decorative arts; prints and drawings from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries; contemporary art by established and emerging artists; objects from Africa, Asia, the ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands; and two beautifully landscaped sculpture gardens. The museum organizes and presents a variety of dynamic exhibitions and innovative programs and hosts special events with cultural and educational partners. Thanks to extraordinary government and private support, general museum admission is free.

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

Today, CAA introduces a series of podcasts devoted to professional-development topics for artists. Evolving from the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists and now produced in tandem with them, the series will continue throughout the year, with new audio to be added on a regular basis. While the initial focus is on artists, CAA hopes to develop podcasts for art historians, curators, nonprofit art professionals, and other constituencies in the future.

To download an mp3 file, please visit the Podcasts section and right click or control click on the podcast icon or title. To stream the audio, click the podcast icon or title; the audio will open in a new tab or window.

CAA is committed to assisting its members through a variety of means and at various stages in their careers. The podcasts join CAA’s other Career Services programs, which include workshops and mentoring sessions for artists and scholars at the Annual Conference, fellowships for graduate students, professional Standards and Guidelines, and the Online Career Center.

Space One Eleven in Birmingham, Alabama, will present the next CAA National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The one-day event, called “Professionalizing and Enhancing Your Art Practice,” will concentrate on career-building skills for both emerging and established artists.

In the morning session, Larry Jens Anderson of the Savannah College of Art and Design will guide participants through the ins and outs of producing bios, résumés, and artist’s statements for job applications and gallery presentations. Leading an afternoon panel of artists and professors, Erin Wright of the University of Alabama in Birmingham will discuss such topics as “Getting into Galleries,” “Marketing and Marketing Yourself,” “Pricing Your Work,” and “Social Media.”

A light breakfast and lunch are included for participants, and a postworkshop reception will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served; seating is limited. The investment is $20 for students, seniors, and CAA members; $30 for all others. Stipends are available; contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000. You may pay by credit card or PayPal. Please make checks payable to College Art Association and mail to: Linda DeRocher, CAA Workshops, Space One Eleven, 2409 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

CAA’s National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists, sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas. The Birmingham workshop concludes CAA’s program for 2009–10.