Perhaps while attending an art opening or creatives’ networking event, you have heard it mentioned, and perhaps you pushed to the possibility of writing your own artist statement the margins of your thinking. Until now. During this weeklong workshop students will have the opportunity to work independently and together to craft their professional artist statement. Each day, students will be led through an exercise (or more than one), and each day will build on the prior day’s work completing the week with a final draft of an individual artist statement. Starting with free writing, students will move through the week with increasingly specific assignments, building blocks, designed to shape their own artist statement. Work will include active class participation, writing, and sharing writing for group discussion. Students will complete the workshop with their own artist statement in hand as well as practical artist’s resources to help expand the visibility, understanding, and appreciation of their art.

For over twenty years, Elena served in a variety of executive and senior level roles in the arts, arts administration, and higher education spaces. In 2022 Elena founded Writing Art offering writing and editing services for individual artists and arts and culture organizations. In addition to working with private clients, Elena offers workshops based in the mission of Writing Art.