Shiftworks Releases Public Art Training Camp 2024 Schedule

Pittsburgh, PA — Shiftworks’ online education program, Public Art Training Camp, returns on Thursday, September 26, 2024. This six-week program is designed to provide artists and cultural workers with the opportunity to learn about different topics from local and national arts practitioners. Sessions are practice-oriented and applicable to different aspects of an artist’s trajectory. This year’s topics are comprehensive and range from a workshop focused on balancing wellness, self-care, and an art practice, to navigating community-based public art with little to no experience.

Each session will be held online via Zoom on Thursdays from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET. Registration is $20 per person per session; workshops are $30 per person per workshop. Advance registration is required and will close three hours prior to the session start time. A limited number of scholarships are available for each session; please contact Rachel Klipa at rachel@shiftworkspgh.org for inquiries. For more information and to register, please visit: https://shiftworkspgh.org/our-work/public-programming/public-art-training-camp-2024/

“This year’s Public Art Training Camp sessions focus on a wide breadth of an artist’s practice, acknowledging that artists engage in various types of creative labor and need more holistic strategies,” said Rachel Klipa, Shiftworks’ Program Manager for Education. “There are also two dedicated workshop sessions; one for building life-work balance in the creative sector, and another for writing artist statements. Full-session workshops are new this year, with the intention of attendees learning and implementing new tools on-the-spot.”

Schedule

• Thursday, September 26 – Doing All The Work with David Bernabo (Pittsburgh, PA);
• Thursday, October 3 – Public Art: Proposal to Installation with Kenseth Armstead (Brooklyn NY);
• Thursday, October 10 – Introduction to Community Art with Katherine Miranda (Bronx, NY) and Maya Marie S. (Brooklyn, NY);
• Thursday, October 24 – Mastering Muralism: Art, Community, and Collaboration with Max Gonzales (Pittsburgh, PA) and Shane Pilster (Pittsburgh, PA);
• Thursday, November 7 – Workshop: Artful Balance with Leslie Roybal (Boston, MA); and
• Thursday, November 14 – Workshop: Crafting Your Artist Statement with Christina Berke (Los Angeles, CA).

Portfolio Reviews

Shiftworks will also host an evening of artist portfolio reviews to give artists an opportunity to receive feedback on their work from local and national artists, curators, and arts administrators. Artist Portfolio Reviews will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM ET and will take place online via Zoom. The reviewers for the evening are David Bernabo, Max Gonzales, and Katherine Miranda. Registration for each review is $15 per person; limit two reviews per person. For more information and to register for Artist Portfolio Reviews, please visit: https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/artist-portfolio-reviews-2/.

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