Defining Your Artist Identity: Preparing for Professional Opportunities

Schedule

Sat Dec 06 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Bluff Strokes Art Center | Dubuque, IA

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Instructor: Jessie Rebik
Free admission, but please register so we can plan well!
If you are new in your art career, this is perfect for you. If you are farther into your career and find yourself in a slightly different space than you were earlier in your career, this is perfect for you.
This workshop will help artists define their artwork, purposes for making, and professional goals so that they can tailor artist statements, proposals, submissions, marketing materials, etc. to appropriate audiences. Participants should bring pen and paper and come prepared for reflective writing in response to various prompts.
We are grateful to the DuPaco Foundation for supporting this this opportunity. Watch for other workshops in the series coming in 2026!
There will be snacks!
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Bluff Strokes Art Center, 1201 Locust St, Dubuque, IA 52001-4709, United States

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