Registration closes on Monday, April 25th, 2022 at 8pm EST. Register early!

Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity Workshops

Trust + Transparency in Artist Engagement

How does your outreach process dictate the range of artists who apply? Are you providing artists with comprehensive and accurate information so they can determine whether your program is a good fit? How can residency programs evaluate their selection processes and set up juries for success?

Whether you just launched your first call or are exploring ways to strengthen your process, this workshop will examine important aspects of access in your application and selection process and provide you with new tools to help support artists.

Learning Objectives:

• Reflect on your program’s barriers to access
• Evaluate your outreach, application and selection (jury) process
• Improve transparency and access in your engagement methods
• Gain new approaches to meet your strategic goals

Guest Artist and Presenters include:

Joiri Minaya, Multi-disciplinary Artist

Joiri Minaya is a Dominican-United Statesian NY based multi-disciplinary artist. She attended the Escuela Nacional de Artes Visuales (DR), the Chavón School of Design, and Parsons the New School for Design. Minaya has exhibited across the Caribbean, the U.S. and internationally. She has recently received a Jerome Hill Felllowship, a NY Artadia award and the BRIC’s Colene Brown Art Prize, as well as grants from foundations like Nancy Graves, Rema Hort Mann, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. She been awarded in two Dominican biennials (XXV Concurso León Jimenes; XXVII National Biennial) and has participated in residencies at Skowhegan, Smack Mellon, Bronx Museum, Red Bull House of Art, LES Printshop, Socrates Sculpture Park, Art Omi, ISCP and Vermont Studio Center.

Fogo Island Arts (Fogo Island,Canada)

Fogo Island Arts (FIA) is a residency-based contemporary art and ideas organization that supports research, production and exchange for artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, curators, designers and thinkers from around the world.

The Fountainhead Residency (Miami, Florida)

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, Maine)

Edwige Charlot, Director of Community Learning, Artist Communities Alliance

Deb Dormody, Former Deputy Director at Artist Communities Alliance

Deb Dormody most recently served as the Deputy Director for the Artist Communities Alliance for over seven years where she directed operational practices and policies to support the organization’s strategic initiatives and equitable values. As the Cultural Affairs Manager for the City of Providence, she acted as the liaison to the city’s arts and cultural community — with intentional focus on making government processes both more streamlined and transparent. Deb was a co-owner at Craftland, a shop showcasing work by independent artists. Additionally, she founded If’n Books + Marks in 2000 and continues to make and exhibit her handmade books. She is featured in the documentary, ‘Handmade Nation’ by Faythe Levine. She was previously appointed as co-chair of the Dirt Palace Public Projects board of directors – a feminist art space and residency program. Deb is driven by values of service and equity, and rooted in humor and empathy. Deb understands the role of collaboration and networks in sparking collective change, and is invested in mending the historic distribution of power and resources in the arts. Deb Dormody is excited for you!

The Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity workshop series will help artist residency staff and leadership assess and strengthen all elements of their residency program, with a focus on Identity, Program Design, Stewardship, Resource Development, and Operational Excellence, the key areas outlined in ACA’s Five Pillars of a Healthy Residency Framework Rubric*, developed by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman.

This series will help you:

• Sustain artist-centered experiences
• Refine welcome and onboarding processes for artists
• Manage your organization’s operations
• Develop an equitable engagement strategy with your stakeholders and audiences
• And more!

Click to learn more about the series here.

Click here to register for the full series.

REGISTRATION + TERMS

Space for this session is limited. Registration closes on Wednesday, April 21, 2022 at 8pm EST (unless tickets sell out sooner). Register early.

ACA-member rates are $185 per session, $600 for the full series, plus Eventbrite fees. Join or renew your membership in order to receive the discounted rate.

Non-member rates are $260 per session; $900 for the full series, plus Eventbrite fees.

Full series rates are only available until Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 8pm EST (unless tickets sell out sooner).

FLEXIBLE RATES

Flexible rates available to organizations that are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) led and founded; or led and founded by a person with disabilities. For eligibility these organizations also maintain a budget of $500,000 or less. If you would like further information on these rates, please email registration@artistcommunities.org with:

1. Organization name
2. Organization’s annual budget
3. Workshop(s) you wish to attend
4. ACA membership status
5. A brief note explaining your eligibility

REFUND POLICY

50% refund issued if canceling up to 3 weeks in advance of each workshop. No refund issued if canceling within 3 weeks of the workshop. Alternatively, you may instead transfer your paid registration to another member of your organization. Please email us at registration@artistcommunities.org to update your registration. The date for the 50% refund cut-off for this workshop and the full series package is April 6, 2022.

ACCESSIBILITY

All workshops will be captioned and ASL interpreted. ACA is committed to providing full access to all. Please send accessibility and accommodation inquiries and requests to programs@artistcommunities.org during registration.

FAQ

What can I expect from this workshop?

Attendees can expect a mix of interactive exercises and as nuts-and-bolts information from our guest facilitators, as well as time in smaller group breakouts for discussion and networking. You will receive a participant packet the week of your session that outlines resources and prompts. We also welcome questions ahead of the session, sent to registration@artistcommunities.org.

Can I share my registration with my colleagues?

No; one registration equals one virtual seat. We will remove participants from the session who do not follow this policy.

I would like to split the series registration among different staff. Can we do that?

Yes; you may elect to send one staff person from your organization or program to each workshop. You must let ACA staff know who will be attending at least 7 business days in advance of the session. As with all workshops, one registration is meant for one virtual seat. Please send the following to programs@artistcommunities.org:

1. Full name
2. Title
3. Email address
4. Workshop title

How do I know if I am a current member of ACA?

If you are not sure of your organization’s status or whether your membership is current - drop us a line! Please write to programs@artistcommunities.org to confirm.

Can I pay by check?

Because registration tracking and event links are processed through Eventbrite, attendees must register through this portal. Eventbrite accepts credit card payments as well as PayPal. If you need to pay through your organization’s bank account, check to see whether it is linked to PayPal.

I need an accessibility accommodation that is not listed.

ACA is committed to providing full access to all. All workshops will be ASL interpreted and captioned and we are happy to engage other services as needed. Please send accessibility inquiries and requests to registration@artistcommunities.org by April 21, 2022.

Something came up and I can no longer attend my session. What should I do?

If you are not able to make your session for any reason, you may transfer your registration to a colleague or board member at your organization. Please let us know so we can update your registration: email registration@artistcommunities.org.

Alternatively we are able to offer a 50% refund up to three weeks out from each session if you are not able to transfer your registration to an organizational colleague.

ABOUT ARTIST COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE

Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) is the international service organization for artist residency programs and artist-centered organizations. ACA's mission is to advocate for and support artist residency programs as a means of advancing the endeavors of all artists. Founded in 1991, ACA currently has more than 250 members in 50 U.S. states and 20 countries, and works on behalf of 1,500 residency programs worldwide. Since 2004, ACA has provided more than $4 million in direct grant funding to artists and artist residency centers.