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.
“Achieving Success as a Visual Artist” in Trenton, New Jersey
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.
Contact
Questions regarding the workshops should be directed to Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000.
You may download a PDF of the press release for the Trenton workshop.
