Level up your Artist Bio, Statement, & CV

Turn your artist bio, statement, and CV into effective tools for communicating your practice with clarity and confidence.
About this Event

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Rédiger un texte sur sa propre pratique artistique n'est pas toujours évident. Que ce soit pour une demande de subvention, une exposition, une résidence ou votre site web, votre bio, votre démarche d'artiste et votre CV jouent un rôle essentiel dans la façon dont votre travail est présenté.

Cet atelier vous aidera à mieux comprendre la fonction de chacun de ces documents et à développer des outils pour communiquer votre pratique avec plus de clarté, de précision et d'authenticité. À travers des exemples, des exercices pratiques et des échanges, vous apprendrez à mettre en lumière les idées, les thèmes et les expériences qui façonnent votre travail.

Repartez avec des stratégies concrètes pour rédiger et réviser vos documents professionnels avec confiance.

Aucune expérience préalable n'est requise.

Bonus pour les participants en personne

Les participants en personne sont invités à arriver à 18 h pour une activité préatelier dynamique conçue pour favoriser les échanges entre participants, encourager la réflexion sur leur pratique artistique et les préparer à l'atelier.

Animé par Caroline Gauthier, conseillère d'affaires en arts chez YES.

L'inscription préalable est obligatoire. Cet atelier est offert en anglais, en formule hybride, soit en personne ou en webinaire diffusé en direct.

Ce tarif réduit n’est possible que grâce à la générosité de nos bailleurs de fonds et partenaires.

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Writing about your own work can be one of the most challenging parts of being an artist.

Whether you're applying for grants, exhibitions, residencies, festivals, or other opportunities, your artist bio, statement, and CV are essential tools for communicating your practice. Yet many artists struggle to know where to begin, what information to include, and how to describe their work in a way that feels authentic and specific.

This interactive workshop will help you develop a clearer understanding of the role each document plays and how they work together to present a compelling picture of your artistic practice.

Through practical exercises, examples, discussion, and guided feedback, you'll learn how to identify the ideas, experiences, and themes that shape your work and translate them into professional materials you can use with confidence.

What you'll learn

By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to:

• Clarify the key ideas, themes, and questions that drive your artistic practice
• Understand the distinct purpose of an artist bio, artist statement, and CV
• Write with greater clarity, confidence, and specificity
• Identify and avoid common clichés and generic language
• Develop professional materials that can be adapted for grants, exhibitions, residencies, and other opportunities
• Leave with practical strategies you can continue to apply as your practice evolves

Why this matters

Your artist bio, statement, and CV are often the first introduction others have to your work.

Strong professional materials can help you communicate your artistic vision more effectively, strengthen applications, and make it easier to seize new opportunities. They can also serve as valuable tools for reflecting on your practice and articulating what makes your work unique.

Rather than starting from scratch every time an opportunity arises, you'll leave with a framework you can return to again and again.

Who should attend?

This workshop is ideal for:

• Emerging artists from all disciplines
• Artists preparing applications for grants, exhibitions, residencies, or festivals
• Creatives developing their professional materials for the first time
• Artists looking to update documents that no longer reflect their current practice

No prior experience is required.

Bonus for In-Person Participants

In-person attendees are invited to arrive at 6:00 PM for a fun and engaging pre-workshop activity designed to help participants connect with one another, reflect on their artistic practice, and prepare for the session.

Speaker: Caroline Gauthier, YES Artist Business Coach.

Pre-registration is required. This workshop is available in English and as an online, live-streaming webinar as well as in person.

*This low registration fee is only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.