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2008 WORKSHOPS
Workshops on job hunting, portfolio and résumé preparation, and other professional-development topics are offered from Wednesday, February 20, through Friday, February 22, on the 37th floor of the Adam’s Mark Hotel.
Enrolling in a Workshop
Space is limited! Enroll now!
Workshop enrollment is by preregistration only. No onsite enrollment is offered. You do not need to register for the conference to enroll in a workshop. Deadline: January 18, 2008. No cancellations, substitutions, or refunds.
Enroll by mail:
Use the Registration Form. Mailed enrollment must be
accompanied by payment in full, either by check drawn on a US
bank (payable to College Art Association) or by MasterCard, Visa,
American Express, or Discover credit card.
Wednesday, February 20
Advice for Beginning and Inexperienced Instructors
9:30–11:00 am
Presenters: Mika Cho and Carol Reynolds, California State University, Los Angeles
Limit: 75 participants
Price: $45
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 6 & 7
Mika Cho and Carol Reynolds train in-service and pre-service art teachers in K-12 education and mentor part-time art instructors and new faculty members, as well as teaching courses on curriculum development.
New and inexperienced instructors in higher education find the job both exhilarating and overwhelming. This workshop offers tips for getting support from colleagues, balancing preparation and teaching time, and coping with student ratings. Hone your teaching skills by learning how to develop a syllabus and individual lesson plans, set a schedule (calendar for a semester or a quarter), manage your time, and lecture effectively. We offer guidelines for critiques and assessment, creating good assignments and presentations, and reviewing portfolios.
We also discuss policies on ownership of course materials and handouts, plagiarism, and issues related to teaching students with disabilities. Workshop participants will learn strategies for interaction with students and workplace matters such as voice, posture, dress code, punctuality, and use of resources such as technical supports, lab, and library.
Job Hunt 101
2:30–4:30 pm
Limit: 100 participants
Price: $40
Presenter: David M. Sokol, Director of Museum Studies, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 6 & 7
Learn the essentials of a successful job hunt. This workshop is scheduled at the beginning of the conference because it offers good preparation for the Career Fair, guiding you through professional practices of the job search, including interview etiquette, preparation of materials, and other essential information to prepare you for your next job opportunity. This is the time to ask the questions you have always wondered about, concerning the ins and outs of looking for a job.
Thursday, February 21
*SOLD OUT*Grantwriting for Artists
9:30 am–noon
Presenter: Barbara Bernstein, Artist in Residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Limit: 50 participants
Price: $30
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 9
This workshop demystifies the process of grantwriting for both individual artists and collaborative projects. In a step-by-step approach, it covers the complete cycle of grantwriting, including preparative research, interaction with funders, budget development, writing proposals, and assessment of the process.
Digital Portfolio for Beginners
9:30–11:30 am
Presenter: Christopher Jagers, Southern Methodist University
Limit: 75 participants
Price: $45
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 6 & 7
How are digital portfolios being used today, and what makes a good one? This workshop covers the basics of how to prepare a portfolio of artwork digitally and why such a portfolio is useful, even necessary. Participants will learn the best practices for importing images into Adobe Photoshop from 35mm slides and from a digital camera. Tools for image correction, sizing, and saving will be demonstrated and their practical applications discussed—including adjusting image color, contrast, and white balance. Attendees will receive a list of resources for artists and universities. Christopher Jagers is a professor of art at Southern Methodist University.
Digital Tools in the Traditional Classroom
2:30–4:30 pm
Presenter: Christopher Jagers, Southern Methodist University
Limit: 75 participants
Price: $45
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 6 & 7
As disciplines become less discrete, digital tools are increasingly being used to develop physical projects, and to further creativity. This seminar explores ways to incorporate digital tools into a traditional art curriculum that values observation, physicality, and materials. Rather than teaching “digital media” as a stand-alone topic, digital explorations can be fused with material projects to enhance artistic development. Examples will be presented of successful blends of the digital with the traditional. Christopher Jagers is a professor of art at Southern Methodist University.
Friday, February 22
Finding a Place for Yourself in the Art World: Strategies for
Emerging and Mid-Career Artists
9:30 am–3:30 pm
Presenters: Jackie Battenfield; Joanne Mattera
Limit: 120 participants
Price: $150
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 37th Floor, Majestic 6 & 7
If you are a mid-career or emerging artist and your goal is to show widely and support yourself through the sale of your art, this workshop is for you. Learn practical strategies for moving to the next level in your career. This workshop will help you understand how the art world works and how to discover—or create or expand—a place for yourself within it.
The workshop is divided into a morning session and an afternoon panel discussion with experts. The morning session is split into two tracks, one for the emerging artist, “Ten Things Every Emerging Artist Needs to Know”; and one for the mid-career artist, “You’ve Gotten Your Foot in the Door; Now What?” The session for the emerging artist will supply the essential information you need to start and build your career: tips on networking and on applying for grants, jobs, and residencies; ways to identify and take advantage of the best exhibition opportunities; essential tools for self-promotion; techniques for establishing productive professional relationships, dealing with rejection, and handling success; and finding the right context for your work, which will help you make the move from local to regional or from regional to national exposure.
The session for the mid-career artist examines how you’ve been presenting yourself to dealers and curators. Before you send out those packages, learn how to pique a dealer’s interest, respond to a dealer’s response, and follow up professionally. Learn how to make your experience work for you: tap into the skills you have developed in your life—on your own, in a job, through networking—to advance your career.
The afternoon panel presents the art world from five perspectives: artist, art advisor, critic, curator, and dealer. We’ll hear from these experienced professionals how art-world insiders make the decisions that affect a studio artist’s career: How do they identify talent? How do they decide who gets a show, a review, an award or grant, a place in an art fair or museum exhibition? What can an artist do to become known to critics, curators and dealers? How important is an artist’s age or appearance in this process? After their presentations, panelists will take questions from the audience.
A late-afternoon closing session, “Creating an Identity,” will help you present yourself cohesively in print, on paper, in person, and in the studio. Art making may come from the purest depths of your soul, but if you want to get that pure expression into the world, you should think of yourself as a brand. We’ll show you how.
Jackie Battenfield is an artist and the author of the forthcoming The Artist’s Survival Guide. She teaches professional practices at Columbia University, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Creative Capital Foundation. Joanne Mattera is an artist on the faculty of the Massachusetts College of Art and Montserrat College of Art. She shows regularly in New York.