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Career
Development Training for Individual Artists
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July 1, 2010
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The Durham Arts
Council, in partnership with the The Durham Art Guild, The Town of Chapel
Hill Office of Public Art, the Orange County Arts Commission and the
Chatham County Arts Council, is pleased to present three different career development
opportunities for individual artists in all disciplines
and representatives of small/emerging arts organizations.
The programs include
an all-day workshop, a two-hour
lecture, and individual consultations and will be
conducted by Rory Golden, Program Officer for Fiscal Sponsor Programs at
the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). NYFA Learning programs serve
thousands of artists through workshops, panel discussions and individual
mentoring. NYFA's Fiscal Sponsoship program is one of the largest and
most established in the country and helps artists and organizations raise
and manage over $3 million annually.
All events will take
place at the Durham Arts Council building at 120 Morris Street in
downtown Durham. For directions visit www.durhamarts.org or call 919-560-2787.
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The
Independent Artist: An All-Day Workshop
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Saturday, July 24, 10 AM - 5 PM, The Independent
Artist Workshop
A one-day professional development workshop for artists
in all disciplines, delivers practical information through short
lectures, hands-on activities and individual coaching. Topics include
individual self-assessment and goal-setting/vision work; writing and
speaking about your creative work; budget writing, income streams and
fund raising strategies.
Participants commit to attend the entire workshop and
will be asked to bring a resume, artist bio, artist statement,
calculator, notebook, pen and pencil. The workshop fee is $20 in
advance, $25 on July 24, and includes a sandwich lunch and
refreshments.
Register online at this link:
REGISTER
HERE
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Fundraising
Tools For Artists: A Two-Hour Lecture
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Thursday, July 29, 6-8 PM, Fundraising Tools for
Artists
An overview of NYFA support programs for artists across
disciplines available nationally, including: NYFA Source, the most extensive
national online directory of awards, services and programs for artists
and Fiscal Sponsorship,
a way for individual artists, artists' collaborative projects and
emerging arts organizations in all disciplines to apply for funding
usually available only to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit
status.
Fundraising Tools for Artists is free and
open to the public. Please email Margaret DeMott, at the
Durham Arts Council, if you plan to attend.
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Doctor's Hours
on the Road: One-on-One Consultations
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Friday, July 23, 4-6 PM and Thursday, July 29,
4-5:30 PM, Doctor's Hours on the Road
These 20 minute consultations are one-on-one coaching
sessions intended to leave participants with new ways of considering
familiar problems, concerns, or blocks in studio practice or career.
All sessions are for individuals and are confidential, however,
creative collaborators are welcome.
NYFA
charges a non-refundable $20 fee for each 20 minute session. To schedule your consultation and make
payment CLICK HERE.
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Rory Golden,
Presenter
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Rory
Golden brings strong experience in supporting artists and an active
artist’s professional practice to his position at NFYA. As Executive
Director at the Center for Book Arts (2000 - 2004) in New York,
Rory established various new programs to support artists. These include
a new exhibition series, a letterpress broadsides poetry reading
series, a workspace artist-in-residence program for emerging artists,
and a tuition-free class for emerging writers. He left the position in
2004 to pursue his own challenging creative projects. Before coming to
NYFA Golden was part-time Studio Manager at the Atlanta Printmakers
Studio.
Rory
has exhibited his artwork widely in both solo and group shows at venues
such as Eyedrum and the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta, the Denver
International Airport and both the San Francisco and New York
Public Libraries. His work has been recognized with fellowships
from Yaddo, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the
Blue Mountain Center and the National Academy of Fine Arts.
Recent grants include an Idea Capital Grant, a Puffin
Foundation Grant and a recent research grant from Duke University
Libraries Special Collections. His work was recently featured in Art Papers
magazine’s 11th annual art auction and will be seen in solo shows in
two upcoming group shows in New York City.
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Durham Arts Council • 120 Morris Street • Durham,
NC 27701
Ph: (919) 560-2787 • www.durhamarts.org • Contact us!
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