Professional Development Workshops
As part of our commitment to increasing capacity for artists, the Eastside Arts Society offers affordable professional development workshops for artists throughout the year.
Our workshops are $20 for 2023 Eastside Culture Crawl artists and $25 for non-Crawl artists.
2023 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST’S
WORKSHOPS
INTRO TO ARTIST WEBSITES
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ARTISTS: THE VALUE OF VIDEOS
GRANT WRITING SUCCESS
Location: On Zoom
Date & Time: May 24, 2023 @ 7pm
This workshop introduces participants to the process of establishing an online presence to promote their art practice. Participants will learn about artist statements, documentation, and other important website content, as well as how to use accessible, pre-built template website options. This workshop will explore how to create a dynamic website presentation that showcases their work and experience.
Taught by Jess MacCormack (They/Them)
Jess MacCormack is a queer, mad artist and white settler working on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Their art practice engages with the intersection of institutional violence and the socio-political reality of personal trauma. Working with communities and individuals affected by stigma and oppression, they use cultural platforms and distribution networks to facilitate collaborations which position art as a tool to engender personal and political agency.
They have an MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies from the Bauhaus University (2008) and were an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at Concordia University (2010-2013). Jess is currently an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and will begin a PhD at SFU this fall.
Location: On Zoom
Date & Time: April 26, 2023 @ 7pm
In this workshop you will learn tools and tips to use on social media when creating engaging video content. We will explore different forms of video posts, with an emphasis on Instagram Reels. As an artist and an arts administrator living in Vancouver, Andy’s specialty is zero-budget-marketing. She encourages emerging to established artists to participate who already have social media accounts.
Taught by Andy Warner (She/Her)
Andy Warner is the social media manager for North Van Arts, the president of the Fund for the Arts on the North Shore, and a multi-disciplinary poet.
Location: On Zoom
Date & Time: April 12, 2023 @ 7pm
Writing a successful grant application can often be a challenge – both for long-time applicants, as well as newcomers to the process. Funding guidelines priorities can often be challenging to decipher, and with an increasingly competitive grant environment can make success even tougher to achieve.
For all those who need some guidance on successful grant writing, this is the workshop for you. Facilitator Mary Ann Anderson (Little Dog Creative Consulting) will translate what the funder really means in their guidelines language, identify ‘red flag’ language to avoid, and go through the best ways to make your application speak directly to what each funder is looking for. The workshop will provide a clear road-map to creating a successful application – for both first-timers and long-time grant recipients.
Taught by Mary Ann S. Anderson (She/Her)
Mary Ann S. Anderson is a Vancouver-based arts administrator, who has worked in the local cultural community since 1989. A graduate of the University of Toronto’s Arts Administration Program, Mary Ann has been the Executive Director of a number of organizations, including arts service groups, galleries, artist cooperatives and municipal government agencies. Mary Ann has considerable experience in public fundraising, and in the development of fundraising plans; in addition, she was responsible for the delivery of the North Vancouver municipal granting program working with 50+ arts organizations over the course of 12 years. She has forged successful relationships with funding agencies across the country in the course of her career. Mary Ann is the founder of Little Dog Creative Consulting (2005), which provides consulting services for a variety of clients in the areas of arts management, organizational planning, capacity building and public fundraising.
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Location: On Zoom
Date & Time: May 24, 2023 @ 7pm
This workshop introduces participants to the process of establishing an online presence to promote their art practice. Participants will learn about artist statements, documentation, and other important website content, as well as how to use accessible, pre-built template website options. This workshop will explore how to create a dynamic website presentation that showcases their work and experience.
Taught by Jess MacCormack (They/Them)
Jess MacCormack is a queer, mad artist and white settler working on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Their art practice engages with the intersection of institutional violence and the socio-political reality of personal trauma. Working with communities and individuals affected by stigma and oppression, they use cultural platforms and distribution networks to facilitate collaborations which position art as a tool to engender personal and political agency.
They have an MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies from the Bauhaus University (2008) and were an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at Concordia University (2010-2013). Jess is currently an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and will begin a PhD at SFU this fall.