Creative Writing Workshop

About the workshop:

Why do you need an artist statement?

A well written and a strong artist statement helps you create an effective marketing approach by sharing your unique story, ideas, and your creative process.  A quality piece of artwork will always pique the interest of viewers on its own. However, providing an artist’s statement for your work grounds the piece in the context you provide. 

If you are submitting your work to a museum or gallery show, for a grant or other opportunity, a written artist’s statement will be required. In short, an artist statement can be about a single work of art, a body of work, or about you as an artist and why or how you make your artistic decisions.

In this workshop, we will work on getting the essence of your artwork, your ambition, and your vision and turn them into well-written essays. You will be guided through the process of creating a personal Bio and artist statement that can be used for graduate school applications, Art calls, grant proposals, as well as the marketing and promotion of your artistic work.

Whether you’re an established or emerging artist, a designer, photographer, visual artist, or a writer, this workshop is for you. Workshop enrollment will be no bigger than 4 students per workshop to maximize individualized attention and the potential for peer-to-peer dialogue.

How can the workshop help?

• Learn the fundamentals and the right structure for your own successful statement

• Articulating your art and giving it the consideration, it deserves

• Repurposing the words used to tell your story

• Learning how to identify ways of writing and how to reuse your statement and change it according to the nature of where it will be used

• And most times, statements help artists define their narratives and learn more about themselves throughout the process of writing 
  
  

What you’ll learn at the end of this workshop:

• You'll have a Bio, an artist statement, and an artwork statement written in clear, concise, compelling prose.

• You’ll be well prepared to talk about your art with friends, colleagues, gallery owners, Art talks, and journalists;

• You'll be a better writer and will claim writing as a resource in your creative toolkit; and

• You’ll be ready to apply for competitions/grants/jobs/fellowships/residencies/exhibitions with confidence.
  
  

Where can you use your artists statement?

• Application for graduate programs

• Applications for exhibition call for artists

• Applications for competitions

• Project proposals

• Grant proposal

• Your media accounts and websites

• Introducing yourself to prospects

• Press release

• Promotional tool

What you’ll get:

• Three days, 3 hrs long class sessions

• One hour solo session with each student to dig deeper into your own challenges and how to overcome them

• Writing prompts and exercises to develop your writing abilities

• I will personally read and edit your final statements