Professional Development for Visual Artists II: Writing for Artists Submissions and Promotion: Statements, Biographies, Cover Letters and Proposals
Jamie Brunson
Class #105: November 1, 8, 15: Mondays 6 – 9pm
Total Cost $180
Contemporary artists need to develop written and visual materials in order to submit, promote and publicize their artwork. In this hands-on four-session class, you'll get guidance in writing a creative and concise version of your artist's statement, developing a professional exhibition resume, and refining the content and format of your cover letters for gallery and proposal submissions. You'll also learn how to write a promotional biography for your website, and how to use all of these materials to write a polished press-release to promote your work. We'll discuss marketing campaigns, good web content and design, and how to use print and Internet venues to promote your work and build exposure. Recommended classes to take in conjunction with this class: Writing Workshop and Your Own Website.
Jamie Brunson is a painter, teacher, critic and independent curator. She studied painting at the California College of the Arts (BFA, 1978) and at Mills College (MFA, 1983). As a critic and essayist, she has written for national publications including Artweek and Art Issues, Artspace, and has contributed to catalogue essays published by the UCLA Wight Art Gallery and the Newport Harbor Art Museum. As a curator, she organized a traveling exhibition of West Coast pattern-based painting shown at Mills College Art Museum, Western Washington University in Bellingham, Oakland Art Gallery and the San Jose ICA. Brunson has been a visiting professor at numerous Bay Area schools. From 1995 to 2005, she taught at Taking the Leap, a program for visual artists in Emeryville, California. In 2006, she co-founded Art Primer offering individual coaching, classes and workshops on professional practices for artists. ’s work is represented by Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, by Robischon Gallery in Denver, and by Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her paintings are in the collections of the United States Embassy in Doha, Qatar, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and in the di Rosa Art Preserve in Napa, California. http://www.jamiebrunson.com/