APPLICATION DEADLINE: 3 SEPTEMBER 2024
4-day intensive Athens OR online workshop for contemporary jewelry artists, designers, crafters.
OPTION I: Athens residency & wworkshop from 26 – 29 September 2024
OPTION II: Online workshop on two weekends – 7 + 8 and 14 + 15 September 2024
Until quite recently the following sentences pictured the artists’, designers’ and crafters’ reality:
• Artists make art and galleries sell it.
• Artists get grants to support their practice and institutions collect their work.
• Artists pay low studio rentals and find teaching jobs easily.
• Artists show their work in fairs and weeks and customers buy their art without gallery representation.
The decrease in assignments, sales, funding opportunities, many artists and designers experience, make them wonder if they do something wrong. Not rarely, they ask themselves what happened to the market and their customers.
Lack of information, fear of exposure and rejection, peer pressure, but also a negative attitude towards earning money block the vision of many artists, designers and crafters who are not trained to navigate the extremely difficult present situation dominated by major political, ideological, economic, military conflicts.
Contemporary artists, designers, crafters who wish to flourish will have to learn managerial and communication skills, to read and understand the news, to value and to protect their assets, to evaluate their investments, and to plan their future based on solid facts.
It will get tougher out there for the ones who refuse to change, and the sooner one realizes it, the more time he/she has to embrace and initiate change. Only realistic strategies and excellent knowledge of the sector, and the opportunities that arise in synergies will help professionals in the creative field draft their own survival plan.
Success requires hard work and a mental shift, however the results will be most empowering and rewarding.
The Survival Workshop for artists, designers, crafters offers two optional meeting formats: a physical workshop and guided visits in Athens, or alternatively an exclusive online workshop on two consecutive weekends – see dates above.
Interactive lectures, customized exercises, solid knowledge of economics and the sector's reality, as well as over thirty years of professional experience in art practice, art dealing, curation and education guarantee that participants will complete the workshop with a realistic vision of how to move on in their career.
Participants: The workshop is designed for a group of 4 to 6 participants.
Workshop date: Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 September 2024
Duration: 24 hours
Participation fee: No accommodation included – 530,00 EUR
Accommodation included (downtown Athens, single occupancy) – 650,00 EUR
Participants: The workshop is designed for a group of 4 to 6 participants.
Workshop date: Sat 7 + Sun 8 and Sat 14 + Sun 15 September.
The online workshop takes place during two weekends.
Duration: 16 hours
Participation fee: per participant – 270,00 EUR
Email your application with cover letter introducing yourself and stating your incentive to participate in the workshop program. Include your bio/CV and website/blog or instagram link.
Application deadline is Tuesday, 3 September 2024.
