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27April 2010
Get Serious with Michelle Pred
GET SERIOUS AND ORGANIZED ABOUT YOUR ART CAREERBayVAN along with artist and art career coach Michele Pred will present a series of workshops on promotion, marketing and development for artists who are ready to take the next step in their careers. These workshops have been designed to give you the foundation you need to present yourself as a professional artist, increase visibility and boost sales. You will come out of these workshops with a better understanding of how to harness your portfolio and newly acquired skills in marketing to approach galleries, apply to open calls and seek funding.
Session 1: Writing a Artist Statement, Resume and Bio – May 18th, 2010, 7 to 10pm
Interested in presenting your work through galleries, exhibitions or other venues? This workshop will focus on developing your artist statement, resume and bio.
Michele Pred will help you develop and/or fine tune these necessary tools. Whether you are an emerging or mid-career artist, this workshop will support your growth as an exhibiting artist.
Workshop will include:
- The importance and many uses of a strong artist statement.
- Creating/updating your artist statement and resume.
- Writing an effective artist bio
Cost: $50 - To sign up email info@bayvan.org with Registration in the subject line. We expect this to fill up quick, so RSVP today!
About Michele Pred
Michele Pred is an internationally exhibited artist who has been teaching professional practices to artists for seven years and currently Senior Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, where she teaches Professional Practices. She has led workshops and portfolio reviews for Center for Cultural Innovation, Pro Arts Gallery, Kala Art Center, the Di Rosa Preserve and Napa Valley Arts Council.
Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs and museums in London, Stockholm, New York, Bologna, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Her work is part of the permanent collection at the 21st Century Museum, The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the Di Rosa Preserve in Napa, CA and is held in numerous corporate and private collections. Michele is the founder of the art collective Quorum. Her most recent solo show was at the Kohler Art Museum.
Reviews and articles about her art have appeared in The New York Times, ARTnews magazine, the International Herald Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, Travel and Leisure, ReadyMade, Art in America, WIRED, Corriere della Sera (Italy) and on CNN, PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, Associated Press television, MSNBC, TV4 and Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and on numerous local newscasts across the country.
Michele Pred received her BFA from California College of the Arts. She is represented by the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York.
