College Art Association, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, present Career Development Workshops for Artists

Comming on April- there will be two workshops available focusing on health and career issues in regard to artists.

On Friday, April 11, at the DIVA Center, 110 West Broadway, Eugene, Oregon Career Alternatives in the Arts will be offered at 10 AM, followed by 12 NOON refreshments, and Health and Safety Issues for Artists at 1:00 PM. The fee is $10 at the door.

On Thursday, April 10, at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 Northwest Davis Street

in Portland, Oregon Career Alternatives in the Arts will be held at 1:00 PM, followed by refreshments at 2:30 PM, and Health and Safety Issues for Artists at 3:30 PM. The program fee is $10 at the door.


On Wednesday, April 9, at the C & E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center at Oregon State University, Corvallis, programs include Health and Safety Issues for Artists at 2 PM, refreshments at 3:30 PM, and Career Alternatives in the Arts at 5:00 PM. Programs are free to the public.


In the program Career Alternatives in the Arts, participants will explore the many career options beyond teaching and commercial galleries. Participants will begin with basic questions for themselves such as, how do I define success, and who is my audience? Artists will gain a better understanding of the kinds of exhibition spaces, artist residency and grants programs available to them. Starting a business and the "D.I.Y" approach also will be discussed to investigate different ways of making a life in the arts. Many alternative programs to help artists cut costs and "think outside the box" will be considered.

In the program Health and Safety Issues for Artists, participants will explore the 1999 the Environmental Protection Agency that began to focus on Art Departments in Colleges and Universities looking at how the studio environment with its equipment, ventilation systems, and materials stood up to various environmental laws. At the time, the picture wasn’t good. Since then, a mini-revolution has taken hold in institutions and arts organizations across the country with many organizations and schools doing voluntary self-audits or self policing initiatives. This presentation will review the history of this movement, the results and current actions taking place to promote healthier environments for artists on campuses, in studios and art organizations today. Case studies involving equipment safety, pollution prevention, review basic methods for identifying hazardous materials and precautions to assure good health and safety practices will be discussed. Participants will create actions plans based on individual needs and interests.

College Art Association is the largest professional organization for both art historians and visual artists in the United States with a total membership of 16,500 individuals and institutions. As part of its services to the field, CAA is offering ten, career-development workshops for artists during 2007 and 2008. These national workshops are supported by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Topics are chosen in discussion with each venue and its constituents and range in format and subject in order to provide relevant and useful career-development counsel.

For more information please email CAA Career Development Consultant, Melissa Potter at potter.melissa@gmail.com.