Kipaipai Artist Professional Development Workshop

Kipaipai, meaning 'To Encourage and Inspire,' is a professional development workshop focusing on gallery representation and museum exhibitions, self-promotion, social media marketing, critical writing, presentation skills, and identifying and strategizing personal and professional goals. The workshop helps participants build their professional network through community and organic connections based on relationships and shared resources.

This virtual workshop runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 29-31, 2021 from 9am-2pm PST. Fourteen participants will be selected by jury. Accepted artists will be notified between October 5-10, 2020 and must pay tuition of $850 in advance to confirm their place. Through private one-on-one sessions and group meetings, participants will meet with guest professionals including Ray Beldner (art educator, artist, and co-founder of Start Up Art Fair), Robert Benitez (curator and community engagement specialist at the Museum of Art and History), Kimberly Brooks (painter and founder of Huffington Post Arts Section), Betty Ann Brown (art historian and curator), Andi Campognone (curator and arts consultant), Diane Costigan (executive and life coach), Shana Nys Dambrot (art critic and curator), and Aria Gannon (founder of aPR Creative Marketing Management).

Application deadline is September 30, 2020. Entry fee is $50. Applicants must submit 5-10 images representing their body of work. International artists are eligible.