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April Feature VAO Online Gallery Artists
Click on the images above to see each artist’s full VAO Online Gallery webpage with images and artist statements. To create your own VAO Online Gallery webpage, contact Jocelyn DeBackere.
VISUAL ARTISTS PROFILE POLL
In the last issue of Agenda and VAO News we invited artists fill out the first VAO Artists Poll and tell us a little bit more about their successes and challenges in their visual arts careers.
We heard about many wonderful successes from our participants. From selling out complete exhibitions, to bridging the gap between craft and art, to quitting their day jobs, to building up the courage to make the kind of art they wanted to make, and many more exciting achievements.
We have received such a positive response from this poll, that we want to continue this conversation. VAO will be publishing a new poll each month for you to tell us a little bit more about the details of your experiences as a
visual artist.
To keep the dialogue going, some of your responses will be shared in upcoming issues of Agenda for other artists to read.
Every artist finds themselves on a very unique path shaped by where they’ve come from and where they want to go with their artwork. In the April Poll we want to hear more about your profile as an artist in Ontario. Click Here or on the image above to begin the poll.
VAO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES
Visual Arts Ontario proudly presents this series of workshops to help artists with the business side of their careers. Even though the series has begun there are still spots available for upcoming workshops!
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the business of being an artist as well as meet other visual artists in the community.
| PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT Wednesday, April 2nd, 6-8pm (Date Passed) PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR WORK Wednesday, April 9th, 6-8pm (Date Passed) DIGITALLY IMPROVING YOUR DOCUMENTATION Wednesday, April 16th, 6-8pm (Date Passed) MARKETING YOUR ART Wednesday, April 23rd, 6-8pm |
MARKETING ART ONLINE Wednesday, April 30th, 6-8pm MARKETING ART INTERNATIONALLY Wednesday, May 7th, 6-8pm PACKING AND SHIPPING Wednesday, May 14th, 6-8pm GRANT WRITING Wednesday, May 21st, 6-8pm |
For more detailed workshop descriptions and to registration visit the Events section at www.vao.orgor email info@vao.org
NEWS & EVENTS
Upcoming Regional VAO Workshops Marketing Strategies – Port Hope Online Marketing Strategies – Haliburton Career Development – Pembroke For more information on hosting a VAO workshop in you community, contact Kim McBrien. |
Enriching Our Work in Culture: Professional Development in Ontario’s Cultural Sector Here are some key findings from Cultural Careers Council Ontario (CCCO) and Ipsos Reid’s research study. Thank you to the VAO Members who participated in this survey last Fall. - Extensive self-employment in the cultural sector; 79% of professional artists in Ontario are self-employed or sole proprietors - Artists have high levels of education and low levels of pay: 66% have university degrees (compared to 19% of Ontario adults overall); 49% make less than $20,000 a year from their artistic practice - More than 80% of artists feel that professional development benefits career advancement, creativity and income growth; more than 84% participated in professional development (compared to 35% of Ontario’s workforce overall); artists usually pay for their own professional development. The full report, as well as an executive summary, are downloadable from CCCO’s website at www.workinculture.on.ca/news/index.cfm |
VAO GALLERY
Upcoming Exhibitions ROLLAND E. PROULX & J.R. MATHEWS KELLY BORGERS LYNN HUNTLEY-WYCZOLKOWSKI Submissions For Gallery Rental For information on showing in the VAO Gallery, contact Mitchell Chan |
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