Danforth Art Faculty member Michelle Lougee chats with Professional Artist Series guest, 2012
Take your art to the next level. Push your career to the top with business tips and tricks from the area’s top art professionals. Learn to sell yourself and your work in these action-packed, how-to sessions. Teachers who take five or more classes can earn Professional Development Points (PDPs).
WINTER |
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Series 1: Reaching Out to Others |
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| Jan 9 | How to Write an Artist’s Statement w/Debbie Hagan |
| Jan 16 | Power of Blogging w/Liz Devlin, FLUX; John Pyper, Big, Red & Shiny; and Elin Spring of Elin Spring Photography. |
| Jan 23 | How to Host Effective Open Studios w/Anna Koon |
Series 2: Skills for Great Promotions |
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| Feb 6 | Creating and Presenting Your Portfolio w/Jim Fitts |
Portfolio Review Day |
February 1 (learn more) |
Free Networking Evening |
March 6, Featured guest: Cate McQuaid, writer and art critic for Boston Globe (learn more) |
SPRING |
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Series 1: Funding Your Business |
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| Mar 13 | Grant Writing 101 w/ Lisa Perry-Wood |
| Mar 20 | Crowdfunding: How to Get a Little Help from Your Friends w/ Kate Burgess-MacIntosh, Beth Kantrowitz and Roberta Paul (curator and artist collaborators) |
| Apr 3 | Sales Skills and Strategies for Art Sales w/Anna Koon |
Series 2: Planning for the Future |
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| Apr 10 | What Should I Charge? Pricing Your Art w/Scott Cipolla |
| Apr 17 | How to Set Up and Sell Online w/Jessica Burko |
| May 1 | SEOs and Google Analytics w/Pat Gildea |
| May 8 | Approaching Galleries w/Dana Salvo, Clark Gallery and Linda Leslie Brown, Kingston Gallery; and Cheryl Clinton and Marie Craig of Fountain Street Fine Art. POSTPONED TO MAY 8. |
$50/single class (Members $40)
$120/series of 3 (Members $90)
$210/series of 6, fall or winter (Members $150)
Call 508.620.0937 to purchase multiple classes or the entire series.
Jessica Burko has been a working artist since 1985 and an independent curator and arts marketer since 1997. Her artwork has been in solo and group exhibitions including Danforth Art, the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, and Samson Projects Gallery. As a community arts organizer and curator, Jessica has produced more than thirty exhibitions since 2001. In 2007, she founded the artist collective Boston Handmade, which fosters connections between working artrepeneurs, and assists artists in achieving their creative and professional goals.
Scott Cipolla has been working with Boston’s communities of artists for more than fifteen years. Since 2004, she has served as director of Alternate Currents, a platform that brings together contemporary artists from Boston’s diverse neighborhoods and represents them as a whole—encouraging networking and communication. Since receiving her BFA in painting from Boston University, Scott has used her designs on websites, printed materials, and event promotions. She is also a freelance art consultant.
Jim Fitts has been a fine arts photography teacher, lecturer, curator, and photographer for over thirty years, as well as an avid photography collector. He is currently a professor at Mount Ida College. Previously, Jim was a teacher at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, and he was also executive director of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. Recently, Jim launched photoweenie.com, a website that offers exhibition and photo book reviews as well as presenting new work by emerging and established photographers. Jim is one half of Fitts & Wolinsky, a partnership with master photographer Cary Wolinsky, which provides photography portfolio reviews and business consulting.
Pat Gildea is chief strategist for Blackthorn Digital Consulting, offering social media strategies for small organizations. For over a decade, she has worked in creative digital strategic marketing, including email, social media, new e-business models/e-commerce delivery, web product management, and customer-centric web designs. In addition, she spent over a dozen years in communications and information design for academic, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors.
Debbie Hagan is the coordinator of the Professional Artists Series. She is a writer, journalist, and former editor-in-chief of Art New England magazine and Preview art magazine in New York City. She has written about artists and the art field for dozens of books, magazines, and publications, including Boston Globe, Artists Magazine, Watercolor Magic, American Style, Robb Report, Boston Home and Garden, and New England Home. She is the former show manager of ArtexpoNY. Debbie received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.
Kate Laurel Burgess MacIntosh’s fifteen years of experience in the arts and cultural field is fueled by her enthusiasm and creativity as an artist. She is a professional futurist-in-training, working towards her master’s degree in foresight. She has a master’s degree in museum studies from Harvard University Extension School and a B.A. in fine arts and art history from Montserrat College of Art. Kate's present work includes facilitating creative mash-ups through her company, Revitalizing Historic Sites. She consults for institutions considering revitalization through new initiatives, social media, unique partnerships, and working with artists. She works with artists, museum professionals, and students on career positioning, personal marketing, and self-branding.
Anna Koon is not only an exhibiting and working artist, but board member and educator for the Jamaica Plain Arts Council. She has also been a member of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts and Boston Handmade. Through creative coaching, she offers principled guidance and practical assistance to artists and entrepreneurs. Anna has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, plus additional studies at the Atlanta College of Art and the Photography School of France.
Lisa Perry-Wood is the interim director of the Southeast Asian Coalition of Massachusetts and a principal in Clarity Consulting Partners, Ltd. She has over twenty years in nonprofit management, grantwriting, and fund development. Her client list includes a wide range of small and large nonprofits, government agencies, and public and charter schools. Lisa is the founding principal and past executive director of the Lynn Community Charter School and former executive director of the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth.
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