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Taking Care of Business: Career Strategies for Visual Artists


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Marketing & Promotion
Registration for this workshop has closed
Date:    Saturday, May 1, 2010
Time:   8:45am – 3:00pm
Fee:      $20 Registration fee includes morning coffee and lunch
Place:   North Haven Campus of Gateway Community College, North Haven, CT

Keynote speaker Jackie Battenfield will speak about the importance of artists prioritizing the marketing and promotion of their work as a part of the successful career of a working artist.  She will share her empowering personal story of vision and focus to find the right market for her work and promote herself.  She will also share how she translated the skills she acquired in her administrative position to help her run her own artistic career.

Morning Breakout Sessions:
The Power of PR to Market Your Art
The Art of Artist Statements: Writing Tips for Visual People
Public Presentations
Social Media: A User-friendly Tool for Artists
New York Foundation for the Arts– NYFA Source

Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
The Power of PR to Market Your Art
The Art of Artist Statements: Writing Tips for Visual People
Public Presentations
Social Media: A User-friendly Tool for Artists
New York Foundation for the Arts– NYFA Source