Artist Entrepreneur Incubator: I Need Space - Artists' Spaces + Spaces for Artists

SC Artists looking for S P A C E, this one is for you! Ever wonder how to monetize your craft? Is the thought of entrepreneurship intimidating? We can tell you how to make a living with YOUR ART! Join our special guests, artist Jessica Gaynelle Moss along with artist and Rensing Center Executive Director, Ellen Kochansky, to learn how to make a living with YOUR ART by connecting with established venues, creating your own, or simply identifying a workspace to create!

Artists of all disciplines are encouraged to attend.

I Need Space: Artists’ Spaces + Spaces for Artists Workshop Outline

I. What would it look like for us to imagine a world beyond _______________?

II. The combination of creative practice and economic imperatives help determine your options about where the work is made.

Presenters
Ellen Kochansky, Executive Director, Rensing Center. In a career spanning over 40 years, Ellen Kochansky has actively promoted the arts, the preservation and extension of craft traditions, and environmentally responsible practices. She founded The Rensing Center, a non-profit creative/environmental residency program, to further these goals, and to connect the creative process to our need to live more gently on the earth. Her artistic practice is rooted in her experience as a textile artist, designer and quilter, and her work has always stretched those definitions to include experimental fiber and mixed-media art, public and private commissions as well as community-based and site-specific installations. For her company, EKO, she designed and manufactured custom quilts from 1989 to 2004. She has been an American Craft Council Trustee (1989-1993), a National Endowment for the Arts American Canvas Panelist (1997), and a founding Director of Ripple Effect Sustainable Design Group (1999-2001).  She has twice been chosen Craft Fellow by the South Carolina Arts Commission. She currently sits on the Executive board of the SC ArtsAlliance, and the Artist Services Committee of the SC Arts Commission, and has served on the Pickens County Cultural Commission and on the City of Clemson’s Green Ribbon Commission. Ellen has shared her experience through teaching and workshops, including Penland, Arrowmont, and the Innovation Institute (McColl Center, Charlotte, NC), and as a juror for national art shows such as Cherry Creek, Evanston, and American Craft Council, as well as South Carolina’s Verner Awards.  Her work is included in The Mint Museum, The American Museum of Art and Design in NY, and the White House Collection, and she has been cited in various books, articles, and television programs, notably CBS Sunday Morning and the book Six Continents of Quilts.

Jessica Gaynelle Moss is an artist, custodian of Black art, and creator of platforms and spaces that invest in the historically excluded. Melding her dedication to making art, supporting artists, and developing more equitable and just policies, Jessica’s creative practice and projects transcend any one medium, discipline or field, coalescing fine art with real estate development, institution-building and philanthropy. Beyond that she runs her own arts consultancy, curates exhibitions and performances, regularly leads art talks and studio critiques, serves on the leadership boards of various cultural entities, and is a frequent speaker on panels on the subjects of artist support, advocacy and stewardship. Jessica received a bachelors in Fine Art from Carnegie Mellon University; a masters in Arts Administration, Policy and Management from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and in 2018, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Virtual format: Tuesday, May 10, 6-7:30 p.m.
$10 registration fee (see Registration Fee exceptions below)
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