Attendees will learn how to write an artist statement, resume and bio to apply for galleries, residencies, exhibitions and grants. Attendees will be able to create a press packet that is ready for applications to galleries, residencies, exhibitions and grants. This is the fourth of five workshops in the Robbie Kienzle Artist Workshop Series created by the Paseo Arts Association to provide opportunities for artist education on topics for professional development FREE of charge.

About the instructor:

Erin Shaw is a painter of borderlands, the spaces between worlds. As a visual storyteller, the child of an Oklahoma farm, Shaw tills the rich soil of dichotomy through her masterful uses of color, iconography, and story. As a Chickasaw-Choctaw artist, she creates in a state of tension, suspended between two worlds where both solemnity and humor pervade her art. She finds that truths are revealed in unanticipated ways, and trickster often appears throughout her work. The artist earned her BFA in studio art from Baylor University and her MFA from the University of Oklahoma. She has 25 years of educational experience, the previous 10 years in higher ed. She is an international speaker, and a featured artist in Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art, among other exhibits in the U.S.