How to Put Pizzazz into Your Artist Statement

A description of why and how you create offers collectors, patrons, gallery owners and the viewing public, an indispensable portrait of you, the artist. As your work grows and changes, so does your Artist Statement. It’s a crucial document to have on hand at public hangings, to include with juried exhibition work, as well as with your sold pieces. By writing down the aim and/or ideals of your art, you’ll be able to speak confidently about your work at receptions and show openings. Elements from your Artist Statement will become incorporated into press releases and news articles.

Through games, fun exercises and role playing, we’ll arrange colorful phrases, collage facts, encourage our artist self to tell his or her story and then we’ll frame our “Artist Statement” with a quirk or a quote. Bring a pen, a notebook and a positive attitude.

Friday November 5, 2010 10 AM to 1 PM $35.

[$30 for Bay Area Artist Association members BAAA]

Easy Lane Frames 3440 Broadway, North Bend, OR 541 756-7638

Space is limited. Your check is your reservation.

Presented by Shinan N. Barclay, M.A., a well-published writer and multi-media artist, who had the good fortune to be cradled into a world of art. Her parents met in a watercolor class at the Chicago Arts Institute; they married and as artists, raised seven children. Her uncle, Rollo May, author of Love and Will and The Courage to Create, enlivened her passion for art. A former member of the San Diego Watercolor Society, Shinan wrote art reviews for the San Diego Museum of Modern Art. Later, living in Sedona Arizona she wrote reviews of artists and gallery openings, and was a member and keynote speaker for the Arizona Watercolor Society. Her watercolors, photographs, handmade tiles and ceramic art have each earned their own one-woman show. A member of BAAA, her work has been exhibited in the Maritime Exhibit, Artist Loft, Cottonwood & Bay Moss Galleries as well as included in collections worldwide. “Creating your Artist Statement is not only the first step to having your work known,” Shinan says, “it’s a fundamental document that expands and develops along with your calling as an artist.”