Come and learn from Christine O’Donnell, through her knowledge as a gallery owner and appraiser, in how to ensure that your creative enterprises do not go to (physical or digital) waste. From disorganized spaces on and offline, poorly framed works, acid burns on paper, to poorly shot digital photographs, this workshop will discuss it all...
Christine O'Donnell presents our third professional workshop. Christine will provide a generous peek behind the curtain of working with a gallerist. Learn some best practices to use when prospecting or working with a gallery, as well as some good ways to jump into the art world and start showing more. Make sure to bring your […]
Forming a virtual critique group is an invaluable way to get together and share our work. Myra Abelson & Chippa Martin have been co-hosting NAA critique meetings for many years and have also been part of a small critique group that meets monthly. They will lead this workshop that is designed to help others understand […]
Demystifying the Business of Art is the subject of the NAA’s first professional workshop of the year led by Susan Kurtzman, owner of JOBI POTTERY & Truro Fine Art Gallery in Truro. A former museum curator, Kurtzman is both a ceramics designer and a business owner, with a 20-year background in direct marketing advertising in […]
A Los Angeles-based consultant for artists and arts organizations, Beth Pickens, will lead the NAA’s January 27 professional development workshop. She is the author of Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles (2021, Chronicle Books) and Your Art Will Save Your Life (2018, Feminist Press).
What are your rights and legal obligations as an artist?
What do you need to know about copyrights, contracts, commissions, and consignments with galleries?
What are your precise legal liabilities?
These and other artists’ rights issues will be discussed by Nicholas M. O'Donnell at our second professional workshop.
Based on years of teaching college art students, Ellen Schön’s passion for teaching critique as an essential part of the creative process has only grown. Join Schön as she guides us through her philosophy and essential practices of looking, describing, and responding to what a piece evokes. Schön characterizes the goal of critique as “learning to look and looking to learn.”
In this Professional Development Presentation, Jessica will give us an overview of general arts marketing practices and how to develop and strengthen website content, maximize Instagram strategies and use of email marketing. She will talk about the basics of what marketing means for artists and present pain-free ways you can market yourself and your art. […]
Join us on November 17 when Francesca Olsen will teach a class on Instagram Basics. She will talk about how artists can best use Instagram to grow their audience and make the most out of the time they invest in this platform. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88603771021?pwd=RVU4WTFrTU16dEp6dHFjSXp0bUgzQT09 Meeting ID: 886 0377 1021 Passcode: 654346
Robert Siegelman, a widely recognized and acclaimed artist and teacher, will lead a dynamic discussion that expands the boundaries of art critique. What does our artwork say? What questions does our work ask? This is an exceptional opportunity to experience and engage in a unique approach to art critique. The discussion will spring from the […]
The term ‘artist practice' is an on-trend popular term but what does it really mean, and most importantly, what does it mean to you? Provincetown-based artist and teacher Laura Shabott will take you through the who, what, when, where, why of an artist practice so that you can define, refine, and empower your time in […]
In this presentation, Mr. Brown will discuss what an artist must consider when pricing their artwork. He will cover a variety of factors that determine the price an artist attaches to their creations.
