Archiving Series: Career Documentation Workshop for Visual Artists

When

October 6, 2021 7:00-8:30pm ET

Add to Calendar 10/6/2021 7:00 pmOctober 6, 2021 8:30 pmAmerica/New_York Archiving Series: Career Documentation Workshop for Visual Artists This workshop, following up on the Career Documentation overview workshop, Antonia Perez will provide visual artists with practical recommendations to support their individual situations and needs in developing their own archiving systems. Participants will be provided with a brief questionnaire in advance of the workshop to assess of their needs. Breakout groups will be used
Admission

$25/ $12.50*

*This reduced fee is intended to lessen barriers for those who may not be able to afford the actual cost of this workshop. There are a limited number of these tickets—we ask that in order to keep these available for artists who truly need them, you only select this option if the regular cost of the workshop is beyond your means.

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This workshop, following up on the Career Documentation overview workshop, Antonia Perez will provide visual artists with practical recommendations to support their individual situations and needs in developing their own archiving systems. Participants will be provided with a brief questionnaire in advance of the workshop to assess of their needs. Breakout groups will be used as peer support to address issues brought up in the questionnaire, and those will be shared with the entire group and workshop leader for discussion. Participants will be provided with additional worksheets to use as tools in their career documentation process. Active group participation is encouraged.

Live captioning (CART services) are provided for all of our programs. If you require American Sign Language interpretation or have other accessibility needs, please contact us a [email protected]. We will need at least three days in advance to secure these services.

 

Antonia Perez

Antonia A. Perez is a mixed-media artist living and working in New York City.  She focuses on the reuse and transformation of materials. In addition to making objects she engages audiences through placing artworks in and performing in public places, and holding workshops and public events that involve audiences with art and advocate for the environment. Her work has recently been on view in Prospect Park, through Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Artspace, Raleigh, NC; Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA. She has worked as a Legacy Specialist for seven years for which she was trained through the Creating a Living Legacy program of the Joan Mitchell Foundation. For the last six years she has been charged with archiving the work of the late artist Joe Overstreet. She holds a B.A. in Visual Arts and Arts Education from Empire State College, SUNY and a Master of Fine Arts from Queens College, CUNY.