Writing a Great Artist Statement
Struggling to translate your creative practice into words? Avoiding the process of writing and editing your artist statement, whether for your own materials or an upcoming application? Face your fears at this upcoming workshop with Courtney Childress of Ninth Street Collective, which helps artists explore how to clearly communicate who they are as creative individuals, and the kind of work they produce, to a broad range of audiences.
Artists will learn the components of creating effective personal narratives, tangible tips for keeping their statements updated on a regular basis, modifying statements for different platforms and more.
Learnings from this workshop can apply to improving applications for grants, fellowships, and residencies; websites; press releases; marketing materials and more.
About the speaker
Courtney Childress co-founded yours mine & ours gallery in the Lower East Side of New York in 2016. Previously she was the Director of Life on Mars Gallery from 2015-2016. She worked for On Stellar Rays from 2010-2015, starting as an assistant and working her way up to Director at the gallery. During this time, seven of the artists in the gallery had major museum acquisitions and exhibitions, the gallery was written about by the New York Times, Art in America and Artforum. She has curated many exhibitions, most recently Tell Me Again by Eliot Greenwald at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY (2019); Static Limit by Esther Ruiz at yours mine & ours, New York, NY (2017); Water Sports by Todd Bienvenu at yours mine & ours, New York, NY (2017); Touching in the Dark – Mandy Lyn Ford and Sarah Faux at yours mine & ours, New York, NY (2016); 60 Minutes at Vanity Projects, New York, NY (2015) & Vanity Projects, Miami, FL (2015); and No Name at On Stellar Rays, New York, NY (2013). Courtney has worked on independent projects with Sarah Oppenheimer, JJ PEET, Rochelle Feinstein, Joan Snyder, Julia Bland and others. She received her MFA from State University of New York at Purchase (2011); Post-Baccalaureate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (2009); and her BFA from the University of Alabama in (2008).
About Ninth Street Collective
Ninth Street Collective is a group of art administrators, gallerists, curators, writers, and critics who want to help artists succeed. With a focus on professional development, we offer one-on-one consultations with artists in-person and online and serve as a hub for resources for artists. With a combined 85 years of experience in the contemporary art world, we look forward to sharing our expertise with artists at all stages of their careers. For more information, please visit www.ninthstreetcollective.com.