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ASK Workshops
Artist Survival Kit Workshops
Artist Survival Kit Workshops
The Artist Survival Kit (ASK) is an ongoing series of events that promote professionalism and is structured as a helpful forum for Oklahoma artists. Open to all Oklahoma artists, ASK activities provide artists with the necessary information to succeed in their careers and build a sense of community among diverse artists from across the state.
Combining information that promotes professional excellence with opportunities for networking and collaborative learning, the various components of ASK provide face-to-face, printed and electronic methods for artists to build economic self-reliance and create networks. The ASK program develops the professional careers of artists, helping them thrive and not just survive.
Register for any workshops by using the PayPal buttons below. Or, you can call OVAC at 405-879-2400 or send us an email. Scholarships are available. Email us for details.
Upcoming Workshops & Events
WHAT'S A WRITE OFF?
Thursday, February 18, 5:30-7:30pm
Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St, Norman
Cost: $10 ($5 for OVAC Members)
When your art is your business, you need to know more than just how to make great artwork to build a career. Chad Burris, Entertainment Law Attorney and member of Tulsa Lawyers for the Arts, will give a breakdown of copyrights and trademarks, as well as tips for creating contracts for your projects. Larry K. Anderson, CPA will help artists navigate the various entity options (Sole Proprietorship, LLC, etc) and give a lay of the land for business tax and recordkeeping.
EXTREME MAKEOVER: PORTFOLIO EDITION
Saturday, February 27, 2010, 1:00-5:00pm
University of Central Oklahoma Art Department, Edmond (campus map)
Cost: $20 ($15 for OVAC Members). Get an additional $5 off if you register by February 24!
This workshop will help artists give their portfolios a fresh new look. Or, if you don't yet have a portfolio, you will learn how to create one and what to include. David Holland, an Oklahoma City artist, will give examples and advice on putting your portfolio together professionally. Elizabeth Downing, a Tulsa artist and writer, will give ways to tackle the "dreaded" artist statement. A portfolio wouldn't be complete without high quality images of your artwork and Oklahoma City photographer and wood worker Carl Shortt will demonstrate techniques for photographing both two and three dimensional artworks.
ARTIST SURVIVAL KIT RETREAT: ARTiculate
Friday-Sunday, April 16-18, 2010
Post Oak Lodge, 5323 W 31st St N, Tulsa
Registration
$125 ($100 for OVAC Members)
Get an additional $15 off if you register by March 27!
Includes two breakfasts and one lunch.
Lodging
Rooms are available at Post Oak Lodge. Single Occupancy: $94.95/night. Double Occupancy: $108.95/night. To book your room, call 918-425-2112 and mention you are with the OVAC Artist Retreat.
Do you have a skill or knowledge that would be helpful to artists?
Are you an artist and would like to develop your ability to speak about your work or make public presentations?
Join this thorough and friendly retreat for artists and educators of artists.
Participants in the weekend retreat will improve their ability to articulate artistic and career concepts, educate others and make public presentations. Led by innovative educator Jane Varmecky, the retreat will include interactive training about adult education techniques and the dynamics of group training. There will also be time to learn from and share with other participants.
OVAC’s hope is that many retreat participants will develop their ideas into workshops or presentations for artists for a new OVAC program called ARTiculate. Serving like a speaker’s bureau, ARTiculate is a menu of workshops and lectures that will be promoted to universities, organizations and arts groups across the state. Retreat participants can submit to be a part of this new program and so could be hired to share their presentations. ARTiculate presentations can focus on a variety of art topics, including the business of art or your own art practice.
CAREER PATHS
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 10am-4pm
Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (OKC CoCo), 723 N. Hudson, OKC
Cost: $30 ($25 for OVAC members) Lunch is included. Save an extra $5 if you register by May 14!
Artistic careers may seem like a vocation, a calling, or, maybe, a compulsion. With no clear ladder of success, you define your career path based on the reality of your own artwork.
The workshop will help you examine the broad question of: “Who is the audience for my artwork?” Participants will assess their own skills, personality, and artistic vision and how those inclinations match with specific artistic professional options like commercial galleries, arts festival, teaching, etc. Also, the workshop will examine how your artistic professional life moves through cycles of growth and achievements, which likely intersect with other artists’ career stages.
Artist, curator and museum consultant Sunni Mercer and OVAC Director Julia Kirt will lead the workshop.
Combining information that promotes professional excellence with opportunities for networking and collaborative learning, the various components of ASK provide face-to-face, printed and electronic methods for artists to build economic self-reliance and create networks. The ASK program develops the professional careers of artists, helping them thrive and not just survive.
Register for any workshops by using the PayPal buttons below. Or, you can call OVAC at 405-879-2400 or send us an email. Scholarships are available. Email us for details.
Upcoming Workshops & Events
WHAT'S A WRITE OFF?
Thursday, February 18, 5:30-7:30pm
Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St, Norman
Cost: $10 ($5 for OVAC Members)
When your art is your business, you need to know more than just how to make great artwork to build a career. Chad Burris, Entertainment Law Attorney and member of Tulsa Lawyers for the Arts, will give a breakdown of copyrights and trademarks, as well as tips for creating contracts for your projects. Larry K. Anderson, CPA will help artists navigate the various entity options (Sole Proprietorship, LLC, etc) and give a lay of the land for business tax and recordkeeping.
EXTREME MAKEOVER: PORTFOLIO EDITION
Saturday, February 27, 2010, 1:00-5:00pm
University of Central Oklahoma Art Department, Edmond (campus map)
Cost: $20 ($15 for OVAC Members). Get an additional $5 off if you register by February 24!
This workshop will help artists give their portfolios a fresh new look. Or, if you don't yet have a portfolio, you will learn how to create one and what to include. David Holland, an Oklahoma City artist, will give examples and advice on putting your portfolio together professionally. Elizabeth Downing, a Tulsa artist and writer, will give ways to tackle the "dreaded" artist statement. A portfolio wouldn't be complete without high quality images of your artwork and Oklahoma City photographer and wood worker Carl Shortt will demonstrate techniques for photographing both two and three dimensional artworks.
ARTIST SURVIVAL KIT RETREAT: ARTiculate
Friday-Sunday, April 16-18, 2010
Post Oak Lodge, 5323 W 31st St N, Tulsa
Registration
$125 ($100 for OVAC Members)
Get an additional $15 off if you register by March 27!
Includes two breakfasts and one lunch.
Lodging
Rooms are available at Post Oak Lodge. Single Occupancy: $94.95/night. Double Occupancy: $108.95/night. To book your room, call 918-425-2112 and mention you are with the OVAC Artist Retreat.
Do you have a skill or knowledge that would be helpful to artists?
Are you an artist and would like to develop your ability to speak about your work or make public presentations?
Join this thorough and friendly retreat for artists and educators of artists.
Participants in the weekend retreat will improve their ability to articulate artistic and career concepts, educate others and make public presentations. Led by innovative educator Jane Varmecky, the retreat will include interactive training about adult education techniques and the dynamics of group training. There will also be time to learn from and share with other participants.
OVAC’s hope is that many retreat participants will develop their ideas into workshops or presentations for artists for a new OVAC program called ARTiculate. Serving like a speaker’s bureau, ARTiculate is a menu of workshops and lectures that will be promoted to universities, organizations and arts groups across the state. Retreat participants can submit to be a part of this new program and so could be hired to share their presentations. ARTiculate presentations can focus on a variety of art topics, including the business of art or your own art practice.
CAREER PATHS
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 10am-4pm
Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (OKC CoCo), 723 N. Hudson, OKC
Cost: $30 ($25 for OVAC members) Lunch is included. Save an extra $5 if you register by May 14!
Artistic careers may seem like a vocation, a calling, or, maybe, a compulsion. With no clear ladder of success, you define your career path based on the reality of your own artwork.
The workshop will help you examine the broad question of: “Who is the audience for my artwork?” Participants will assess their own skills, personality, and artistic vision and how those inclinations match with specific artistic professional options like commercial galleries, arts festival, teaching, etc. Also, the workshop will examine how your artistic professional life moves through cycles of growth and achievements, which likely intersect with other artists’ career stages.
Artist, curator and museum consultant Sunni Mercer and OVAC Director Julia Kirt will lead the workshop.