Career Development Workshops for Artists
NEWS: Caroll Michels will teach a six-week course “Career Development for the Artist,” at the Ringling College of Art and Design, in Sarasota, Florida, in conjunction with the division of Continuing Studies and Special Programs. The course will be held each Thursday, beginning January 28 thru March 4, 2010, from 6:30 - 9:00 pm. Registration can be done online. For additional information telephone 941-955-8866 or email cssp@ringling.edu
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Caroll Michels presents lively and participatory three and six-hour workshops on important issues that impact a fine artist's career, including overcoming basic problems of launching and sustaining a career as an artist; preparing for the gallery system; exhibition and sales opportunitie outside of the gallery system; pricing artwork and related issues; developing Web site fine art portfolios; using blogs and social networking sites; grants, fellowships, and artist-in-residence programs; public relations and marketing tools; understanding and using the corporate art market; dealing with rejection -- and the overwhelm factor. Workshops are sponsored by arts organizations and college and university art departments, including:
- Alberta Art Institute, Alberta, Canada
- Artists Talk on Art, New York City
- Art Quilt Network, New York City
- Arts Council of Indianapolis
- Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga
- Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
- Beaver College, Glenside, Pennsylvania
- Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
- College of Art & Design, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
- Connecticut Commission on the Arts
- The Cooper Union, New York City
- The Council for the Arts Westchester, New York
- County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey
- Cultural Council of Santa Cruz, California
- Alden B. Dow Creativity Center, Northwood University, Midland, Michigan
- El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
- Empire State College, New York City
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
- Florida Artist Group, Inc., FL Gulf Coast University, Bonita Bay, Florida
- The Greensboro Artists League, North Carolina
- Hunter College, New York City
- Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
- Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Arts & Humanities Council of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida
- Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring
- Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Museum of American Folkart, New York City
- New School for Social Research, New York City
- New York Artists Equity
- Oak Ridge Art Center & Fine Art Museum, Tennessee
- Parsons School of Design, New York City
- Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths
- Pratt/Manhattan Center
- Pro Arts, Oakland, California
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
- School of Visual Arts, New York City
- The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- State University of New York, Fredonia
- Studio in A School Association, New York City
- Suffolk Community College, Long Island, New York
- Tennessee Arts Commission, Memphis
- University of California at Long Beach
- University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
- Womens Caucus on the Arts, New York City
To schedule a workshop or for additional information contact:
