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How to Choose an Artist Residency that Aligns with Your Goals

Artist residencies can be an amazing way for artists to achieve specific goals, whether it's to expand your network, explore a new art scene in a different country or simply just get away from your routine and find inspiration. During this workshop, Ninth Street Collective member Erin Kim will help you strategically identify artist residencies that align with your personal and professional goals, and share tips on how to best present yourself in your application. She will cover examples of successful applications and share her experiences serving on application review committees of select artist residencies. Please bring your questions and application excerpts for feedback. 

  • The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

  • A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

  • Tickets: $30

  • Early bird pricing: $20 through July 1 with code NSCSUMMER
    Purchase ticket: LINK

About the Facilitator:

Erin Kim currently serves as the Director of Partnerships at Mana Contemporary, where she develops collaborations and partnerships with individual curators, galleries, art fairs and other organizations within the arts & culture industry. In addition to her role at Mana Contemporary, Erin founded Midnight Projects, a curatorial project that presents exhibitions by contemporary artists throughout the greater NY Metropolitan area. Prior to that, Erin also spent five years at Artsy, where she ran the Consignments business, helping collectors resell their artworks in the secondary market. Erin currently sits on the board of Palazzo Monti, an artist residency program housed in a 13th-century palazzo in Brescia, Italy. This residency program is dedicated to supporting young artists seeking the freedom and space to experiment with their practice. Erin is also a dedicated Council member of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments. For more information, please visit www.naacpldf.org.