Career Fair

Writing a Better Artist’s Statement

An artist’s statement is a standard element of any artist's portfolio and résumé package. Although we would like to think that our digital images or slides speak for themselves, the exhibition curators, academic hiring committees, and gallery owners who receive artists’ portfolios are skilled critical readers as well as judges of visual art. A poorly written artist’s statement may weaken an otherwise strong presentation. What information should an artist’s statement include? Is it OK to use the same statement for an academic job application and when submitting a portfolio to a gallery? How creative, stylized, or impressionistic should the writing be? Workshop participants will explore various modes of statement, and may bring their own draft texts for review and critique. Led by Eve Sinaiko, CAA Director of Publications, this workshop will be given twice, 3:00–4:00 pm and 4:00–5:00 pm. Each workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Preregistration Price: $35

Grant-Writing Workshop for Artists

CAA is pleased to announce a special, preconference grant-writing workshop for visual artists. Led by Barbara Bernstein, the workshop will be given in two parts. Part 1 is an overview of the complete grant proposal writing process for individual and/or collaborative projects, including gathering background information, setting goals and objectives, activity plans, budget, and assessment. In Part 2, small groups will engage in “hands-on” practice exercises, including writing abstracts, conceiving goals and objectives, creating documentation and assessment plans, and formulating a budget. Information on researching sources of grant funding will be provided at both sessions. The two parts of the grant-writing workshop will run back-to-back. Each session is limited to 50 participants.

Computing a Better Portfolio

There are many technological advances available to help visual artists enhance and organize their portfolios. Please join us at this unique CAA workshop as we address three important areas: organizing your portfolio, understanding available technology, and choosing appropriate technology for you. Led by Alex Khost, the discussion will focus on the importance of understanding digital imagery and compatibility and how this knowledge will make it easier to upgrade your portfolio. Mr. Khost will introduce helpful input/output tools for computers, discuss the basic digital camera interface and how to use it with your computer, and provide an overview of useful tools and features of Photoshop. This workshop will also touch upon different types of portfolios, uses of portfolios, and requirements of portfolios. This workshop will be given twice, 1:00–2:00 PM and 5:00–6:00 PM. Each workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Preregistration Price: $35