Workshops
National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists
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.
“Professionalizing and Enhancing Your Art Practice” in Birmingham, Alabama
CAA has selected Space One Eleven to sponsor and present the next CAA National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists. The one-day event is scheduled for Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM; it takes place at Space One Eleven, 2409 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.
The full-day workshop, called “Professionalizing and Enhancing Your Art Practice,” will present professional-development sessions filled with career-building skills for visual artists, including valuable tools, tips, resources, best practices, and networking suggestions.
Larry Jens Anderson, professor of foundation studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, will conduct the interactive morning workshop. He describes it like this: “The complex, perplexing ins-and-outs of putting together professional information for inclusion in job applications, gallery presentations, or catalogues is frustrated by the fact it is personal. This workshop on bios, résumés, and artist’s statements is about subverting the overly personal and getting to the meat of it all.” Participants should bring materials recently used for personal data on a laptop (preferred) or USB drive, and as hard copies.
Erin Wright, chair of art and art history at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB), will lead an engaging afternoon panel comprised of artists and professors from UAB and Birmingham-Southern College. These experts will provide an overview of myriad topics such as “Getting into Galleries,” “Marketing and Marketing Yourself,” “Pricing Your Work,” and “Social Media.”
Opportunities for group networking will begin and end the workshop. A light breakfast and lunch are included for participants, and a postworkshop reception will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.
Registration
Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served; space 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. Make checks payable to College Art Association and mail to: Linda DeRocher, CAA Workshops, Space One Eleven, 2409 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.
Sponsors
Founded in 1986, Space One Eleven is a nonprofit organization and gallery space in Birmingham, Alabama, that provides professional opportunities for artists, creates a forum for public understanding of contemporary art, and offers arts education to area youth. Space One Eleven believes that art is where one finds it, whether from a Birmingham artist, a nationally recognized figure, or a creative kid in a local neighborhood. Run by artists and celebrating challenging art that stretches the imagination, the gallery engages its community and spurs public discourse on the arts.
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.
Contact
Questions regarding the workshops should be directed to Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000.
