All Levels (Beginners welcome)
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Camilla Cook

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SM0312 Mar 3, 2012 (12pm - 4pm) Sat afternoon (River Room, Mill Building)

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What is an Artist Statement and why is it necessary? Stumped and overwhelmed by the task of putting your visual process into words? Join artist consultant and independent curator, Camilla Cook, as she demystifies the process in a nurturing environment. You will develop your ideas through a brainstorming session and series of guided steps. Using the notes of one volunteer as an example, the group will go through a complete editing process together. Then Camilla will spend one-on-one time helping individuals craft their own unique versions. Bring a journal/notebook and a pen/pencil. Also bring rough notes about your artwork and/or past Artist Statement versions (or attempts), if you have them.

• Camilla Cook
  
  Since 2000, Camilla Cook has been committed to supporting the arts in Connecticut and New York. An Artist Consultant since 2007, Camilla has drawn on her arts administration experience to provide strategies that have empowered over 100 artists to advance their careers.
  
  As an independent curator, Camilla has put together several well-received exhibitions including The Art of Inspiration at the Time Warner Center, NYC in 2010; Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT in 2010; and Michael Manning: Everyday Hero at the UCONN Stamford Art Gallery, CT in 2009. In 2008, she was awarded a Neuberger Curatorial Fellowship and organized the exhibition Focus On: Calder's Circus, The Lithographs at The Neuberger Museum of Art, NY.
  
  Camilla has moderated panels and lectured on art-related topics and juried regional art competitions throughout New York and Connecticut. In 2006, she was invited to serve on the Aldrich Contemporaries committee at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT. She has helped the Westport Arts Center, CT to develop their current Online Gallery and has worked on behalf of The Neuberger Museum of Art, NY to catalog the artwork of celebrated printmaker Antonio Frasconi. From 2003-2007, Camilla served as Guild/Exhibitions Administrator at Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, CT, where she was responsible for processing over 8,000 artist applications and exhibition proposals. Assisting in the production of over 100 exhibitions, Camilla coordinated marketing campaigns, designed and produced printed materials, guided artists through application procedures, liaised with jurors and arts professionals, oversaw delivery and installation of artwork, and arranged receptions, lectures, symposia, critiques and enrichment programs. In 2007, Camilla oversaw the launching of Silvermine's updated website, for which she exclusively crafted the Online Gallery and Guild pages, which are excellent resources for collectors, curators and educators.
  
  Camilla was a recipient of the Dr. Noel S. and Richard B. Frackman Scholarship and received a M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism at Purchase College, NY in January 2009. She was a teaching assistant in the Purchase College Art History Department for Survey I (Ancient-Medieval), Survey II (Renaissance-21st Century) and Intro to Modern Art. Camilla received a B.A. in Art History from Boston University and has studied fine art and art history abroad at Rygaards Skole in Hellerup, Denmark (1995), Studio Arts Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy (2001) and Kunsthojskolen Thorstedlund in Frederikssund, Denmark (2002).
  
  Whether applying to exhibitions, crafting press releases, managing mailing lists or cataloging artwork, Camilla brings an insider's view to help artists achieve their professional goals.

Bring a journal/notebook and a pen/pencil. Also bring rough notes about your artwork and/or past Artist Statement versions (or attempts), if you have them.