Annual Professional Development Day

Instructor: Redux visiting artist Susan kae Grant
Cost: $30 early registration (before October 8), $40 late registration (after October 8), this includes lunch provided by Poogan’s Porch

Strategizing a Career in the Arts: Susan kae Grant

Redux Contemporary Art Center is proud to offer an annual professional development day for visual artists in the Lowcountry. Visiting artist Susan kae Grant lead this one-day workshop on Saturday October 15, 10am – 5pm. This workshop is recommended for any visual artist looking to gain a better understanding of the complex aspects of being an artist. Grant presented the audience with valuable knowledge and resources for building a successful career as an artist. Registration is required and limited to 40 people. Tickets are $30 . After October 8, tickets are $40. Lunch is provided.

This informational and inspiring workshop focuses on seven strategies that Grant believes are crucial for preparing yourself for a successful and satisfying career as an artist.

The morning session includes an introductory lecture addressing the practices of seeing the world as inspiration, developing courage and experimentation in creating new work with structures for studio production, self discipline and self confidence in managing personal projects, creating portfolio materials for marketing and getting work into the public arena, and establishing professional practices and networks for support and accountability.

The afternoon session is designed to focus in more detail on guidelines for creating successful artistsʼ statements, exhibition proposals and developing promotional packets. A question and answer session will examine and illuminate the working methodologies and philosophy of gallery representation and issues related to strategizing your career as an artist.

Annual Professional Development Day: Saturday October 15, 10am – 5pm
Instructor: Redux visiting artist Susan kae Grant
Cost: $30 early registration (before October 8), $40 late registration (after October 8), this includes lunch

To register for this workshop, please call 843.722.0697 or email info@reduxstudios.org. Your registration for any class is not secured until payment is received. You can call and pay with your credit over the phone, mail a check, or drop by our office and pay with cash, check or credit.

About Susan kae Grant:

Susan kae Grant is Professor and Head of the Photography & Book Arts program at Texas Womanʼs University and teaches workshops annually at the International Center for Photography in NYC. She was the recipient of the 2005 & 2003 SPE Freestyle Crystal Apple Teaching Award and the Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award from the Santa Fe Center for Photography. She has exhibited her work and lectured at museums and galleries nationwide and is represented in numerous collections including the George Eastman House, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum Library, Houston Museum of Fine Arts and Victoria and Albert Museum. Her on-going body of work “Night Journey” is the culmination of research conducted in a sleep laboratory examining dreams, memory and the unconscious.

To learn more about Susan kae Grant, please visit www.susankaegrant.com.