Kipaipai Oct 2020

About the workshop

This special program focused on professional practices in areas of gallery representation and museum exhibitions, self-promotion, use of social media in promotion, the importance of relevant critical writing, presentation, and identifying and strategizing personal/professional goals. The workshop ran from Friday to Sunday, October 23-25,2020. Due to ongoing concerns about COVID, this workshop was held virtually.

Through private one-on-one sessions and group meetings, students had the rare opportunity to meet with a team of guest professionals and peer mentors including:

• Art Therapist Sanie Andres

• Art Fair Organizer Ray Beldner

• Curator Robert Benitez

• Artist and Publisher Kimberly Brooks

• Art History, Critic and Curator Betty Ann Brown

• Museum Curator Andi Campognone

• PR Specialist Aria Gannon

• Artist and Curator Sant Khalsa

• Gallerist Melissa Morgan

• Storytelling Coach Mike O’Connor

• Artist and Grant Specialist Linda Vallejo

• Artist and Curator Mary Anna Pomonis (Peer Mentor)