Workshop Series
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Join Stove Works for Professional Development, a quarterly series of workshops led by visiting artists and professionals chosen for their expertise. Each workshop leader will give a short lecture, followed by breakout sessions that will be joined by artists that are in residence on-site. This series is designed for emerging and mid-career working artists who are looking to bolster their professional toolbox by starting with concrete skills & moving towards more abstract concepts like relationship building, emotional resilience, and professional etiquette.
Each workshop will have a 25-person cap to ensure each participant has a quality experience. RSVP is required via our calendar.
If you're looking for more personalized feedback about topics covered in our Professional Development Series, SW Staff are available to answer questions and assist local artists during Office Hours on Fridays from 3:00–5:00 pm. (click the button on the right.)
Foundational Documents
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Foundational Documents //
Foundational Documents with Ashely Stull Meyers
Saturday, July 27th, 2024 (PAST)
1:00–4:00 pm
This workshop was led by Ashley Stull Meyers, who focused on essential foundational documents for artists, such as the artist statement, artist bio, CV, and website, which are the primary tools an artist has for navigating the art world.
Presentation & Resources here
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Ashley Stull Meyers (she/her/hers) is a writer and curator of contemporary art. She has served as Northwest Editor for Art Practical and in 2017 was named Director and Curator of The Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion at Marylhurst University. The following year, she was made co-curator of the 2019 Portland Biennial.
Currently, she serves as the Mary Jones and Thomas Hart Horning Chief Curator of Art, Science and Technology at PRAx (Oregon State University). Since 2022 she been a member of the board at Oregon Contemporary.Stull Meyers is based between Portland and Corvallis, Oregon.
For more about Ashley Stull Meyers
Documentation
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Documentation //
Documentation with Bradley Marshall
(Multi-day workshop)
Thursday, September 12th & Thursday, September 19th, 2024
5:00–7:00 pm
This two-part workshop led by Bradley Marshall will focus on how to capture quality documentation of artwork, installations, and exhibitions.
Bradley Marshall, a previous resident, Artist, and professional commercial photographer and retoucher will lead a two-day workshop in September to instruct StaP, local Artists, and other interested community members in how to document their work and the work of others. The first workshop will cover framing the shot, lighting, recommended equipment, and other mechanical parts of documenting work. The second workshop will cover digital processing of the images and tricks of the trade. Much of the magic of documentation is in lighting, framing, and knowing a few tricks in post-production. The workshop is intended to provide all attendees with take-aways, regardless of the equipment you use. Even if it’s a camera phone.
Presentation & Resources here
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Bradley Marshall is a visual artist and commercial photographer/retoucher working in Queens, New York. His commercial photographic work spans over ten years of experience and specializes in architectural retouching and fine art documentation services. He has worked for numerous photographers and galleries with recent gallery clients including Rachel Uffner, BRICLab, and My Pet Ram. He is currently full time retoucher for CTC Creative, a photo and video production house in New York City.
Artist Opportunities
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Artist Opportunities //
Artist Opportunities with Will Hutnick
Saturday, October 5th, 2024
1:00–4:00 pm
This workshop will focus on various opportunities that artists may pursue (exhibitions, fellowships, grants, residencies, graduate school, etc.) and ways to create opportunities for yourself.
Will Hutnick joins us to discuss the kinds of artist opportunities that exist, how and where to find them, and what reviewers are looking for in your application materials. In breakout groups, participants will fill out a faux application and receive feedback about their materials.
If you want to come prepared, Bring your foundational documents (e.g., bio, statement, CV, images). A laptop, tablet, or phone will be helpful for the breakout session, but we will have printouts available.
View presentation here
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Will Hutnick (b. 1985) is an artist based in Sharon, CT. He received his M.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 2011 and his B.A. from Providence College in 2007. Hutnick is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting, as well as a grant recipient from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation in 2017 and 2023, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2016. Solo exhibitions include: Geary Contemporary (Millerton, NY), Pamela Salisbury Gallery (Hudson, NY), Elijah Wheat Showroom (Newburgh, NY), Standard Space (Sharon, CT), Providence College Galleries (Providence, RI), One River School (Hartsdale, NY), The Java Project (Brooklyn, NY), and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, NY). Selected group exhibitions include: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (New Paltz, NY), Hollis Taggart (Southport, CT), Geary Contemporary (Millerton, NY), 1969 Gallery (New York, NY), Heaven Gallery (Chicago, IL) and Collar Works (Troy, NY). Hutnick has been an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Interlude Artist Residency, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Soaring Gardens Artists’ Retreat, DNA Artist Residency, Hewnoaks, Stove Works, and the Wassaic Project, as well as a curator-in-residence at Benaco Arte and Trestle Projects. He has curated numerous exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Trestle Projects, Pratt Institute, Wassaic Project, Troutbeck and Standard Space. His work has been featured in The New York Times, New American Paintings, and Hyperallergic, among others. From 2015-20, Hutnick was one of the Co-Directors of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run curatorial collective and exhibition space in Brooklyn. He is currently the Director of Artistic Programming at the Wassaic Project, a nonprofit organization that uses art and art education to foster positive social change.
Failure
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Failure //
Failure with TK Smith
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
1:00–4:00 pm
Failure is an integral part of the creative process. It can also cause artists to shut down. This workshop will focus on the importance of failure in your practice, how to deal with it, and how to keep going.
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TK Smith is an Atlanta-based curator, writer, and cultural historian.
His recent curatorial projects include Hand to Mouth at Stove Works (2024), Kelly Taylor Mitchell & Sergio Suárez: Material Memory at Swan Coach House Gallery (2024), Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams at the Woodmere Museum of Art (2021), Virtual Remains at the Atlanta Contemporary in conjunction with the Atlanta Biennial (2021), and Zipporah Camille Thompson: Looming Chaos at the Zuckerman Museum of Art (2020).
From 2022-2024, Smith served as Assistant Curator: Art of the African Diaspora at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Smith completed a curatorial residency at Yinka Shonibare’s G.A.S. Residency in Lagos, Nigeria (2023). The residency culminated in a CURATOR’S LUNCH that he hosted in partnership with the foundation for local curators, art historians, culture workers and artists.
Smith is currently a PHD Candidate in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware. His dissertation project is an interdisciplinary analysis of the history, materiality, and symbolism of a Confederate Memorial in St. Louis, MO. He received my Master of Arts in American Studies and my Bachelor of Arts in English and African American Studies, with a certificate in Creative Writing, from Saint Louis University.
https://www.tksmith106.com/
Powering Through
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Powering Through //
Powering Through with Sean Fader
Saturday, April 12, 2025
1:00–4:00 pm
This workshop will focus on the soft skills needed to power through adversity and setbacks, including consistency, a sense of purpose or artistic philosophy, a capacity for meaningful networking, and community building.
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Sean Fader is currently an Assistant Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Department of Photography and Imaging. Sean Fader received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, his MA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and his BFA from the New School in New York City. Fader is represented by Denny Dimin Gallery in New York City and Hong Kong. Fader is also a collective member of Antenna in New Orleans, where he had his most recent solo show, Insufficient Memory. Fader’s work was recently included in Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art at the Albright -Knox Museum in Buffalo, NY, and Peep Show at Anton Kern Gallery in New York City. His most recent solo show at Denny Dimin Gallery in Tribecca, THIRST/TRAP, was created with the support of a Skau Music and Arts Grant from Tulane University. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally in Dubai, Canada, Mexico, and England. His exhibition history includes Contemporary Performance at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa (2019), On the Map at Denny Dimin Gallery Hong Kong (2019), 365 Profile Pics at the SPRING/BREAK Art show with Denny Dimin Gallery in NYC (2017), Picture Yourself: Selfies, Cellphones, and the Digital Age at the College of Wooster Art Museum (2016), Drama Queer: Seducing Social Change at the Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver (2016), and White Boys, at Haverford College. Fader was named a NYFA Fellow in 2013 and A Blade of Grass Fellow for 2012-2013, and he received Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Award for Emerging Photographers in 2012. Fader has been awarded prestigious residencies at Art Omi, Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, Yaddo, Stove Works, and The Wassaic Project. He has received press coverage in MOMUS, Hyperallergic, British Journal of Photography, Art F City, Humble Arts Foundation, the Huffington Post, WWD, and Slate.