ArtSpan presents:

the 2011 Artist Professional Development Series

Wednesday, August 31st, 5:30-7pm
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan St, 94103

SF Open Studios can be your biggest opportunity to engage with the public, gain new supporters, and sell your work. Make the most of your open studio event with tips and tools from seasoned professionals. Topics at this workshop will include:

• Getting Your Studio Ready - Creating a welcoming atmosphere and preparing your artist materials
• Promotion - Leveraging social media, neighboring artists, and mailing lists to bring people in
• Communication - Using your personal story to draw in new supporters
• Making Sales - Tried and true tips for closing sales
• Following Up - What to do after your open studios event
• Q&A

About the presenters:

Dimitri Kourouniotis has participated n SF Open Studios since 1999. His background is in computer programming and business consulting with experience at British Airways and IBM. Having decided to pursue the course to his true happiness, he became a full time artist in 2001. He specializes in Abstract Expressionist oil paintings that are created as he relates energy and momentum into color, intention and emotion. He is a self taught artist and sales person, and has helped many artists learn new tools to close sales and increase their business. He currently creates his artwork at Hunters Point Shipyard. He serves on the board of the Artists’ Guild of San Francisco and on ArtSpan’s Open Studios Committee. Website: http://dolmas.com

Liz Mamorsky has participated in SF Open Studios since 1991. She paints in oils on canvas, draws with pastels and colored pencils on amate (bark paper) and creates anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sculpture from recycled materials. Her recycled materials ArtBots and Robobits are composed of circuit boards, keyboards, antique wooden foundry patterns, license plates, stroboscopic timing wheels, CDs, buttons, RAM, hard drive platters, meat platters, cutting boards, clocks, modems, wooden shoe trees, step motors, bakelite mahjong racks, etc.
Her individual studio space at LIZLAND draws hundreds of visitors during SF Open Studios. Website: http://www.lizland.com/home.html

Trish Tunney is a San Francisco photographer and a founding member of Mission Artists United. She has been involved in the San Francisco art world since 2004 as an artist, a curator, and a mentor, and has participated in SF Open Studios since 2005.

ArtSpan produces monthly workshops and discussions to aid artists with the professional side of their art practice.  Through these community events ArtSpan creates a platform for artists to thrive, fostering a Bay Area that values the arts. 

All events are held at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, 94103, unless otherwise noted. 

Workshops are free for all SF Open Studios Artists and Members, and SOMArts Artists. General Public $10 suggested donation. No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds.

ArtSpan participates in SOMArts’ Affordable Space Program, which provides below-market rental space, production and publicity assistance to arts and cultural organizations. For more information visit http://www.somarts.org/rentals/.