Workshop
January 21, 2004, 6:30pm
The Perfect Packet: Tips on preparing an artist's packet for exhibition, residency and grant applications.
Speakers: Jackie Battenfield, Artist in the Marketplace Program Facilitator, and Melissa Potter, Program Officer, NYFA Source
Calling all artists!
Continuing our program of Survival Skills Workshops we are pleased to offer the following FREE talks.
Jackie Battenfield is a New York artist who exhibits her paintings and prints nationally and internationally. She has also worked extensively with nonprofit arts organizations, and she has taught widely. Jackie is affiliated with a number of galleries including Addison-Ripley in Washington, D.C. and Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery in Chicago, IL. She received a Pollock-Krasner grant in 1991, and the Warren Tanner Award in 1996. As founding director of the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, Jackie curated shows, managed the gallery, developed programs, and raised funds from 1981 - 1989. Since 2001 she has been President of the Board of Directors of the Lower East Side Printshop. Since 1991, Jackie has conducted the Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Melissa Potter is a multi-media artist, writer, and curator who exhibits internationally. She has been funded by organizations such as Fulbright, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, and the Crafts Research Fund for her art and curatorial projects including the exhibition, Social Paper: Hand Papermaking in the Context of Socially Engaged Art. She is an Associate Professor in the Art & Art History Program teaching in the MFA in Book & Paper Program at Columbia College Chicago. Her critical essays on art have been printed in magazines including BOMB, Art Papers, and Flash Art.