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Fri, Apr 19, 2019
Grant Writing for Artists
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Frost Library, CHI Seminar Room
This workshop is a primer for graduating artists who plan to seek financial support for their creative practices through grants and will include an guidance on funder expectations, building strong summaries, concise narratives, professional bios, realistic budgets, and clear benchmarks.This workshop was developed with artists, filmmakers, musicians and performers in mind, but is open to anyone who wants to learn more about grant writing.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
Fafnir Adamites is a local, visual artist who holds an MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Photography and Women’s Studies from Umass Amherst. Using traditional craft processes such as feltmaking, weaving and papermaking, she creates sculptural and installation work that serve as meditations on trauma, memory and the legacy of emotional turmoil inherited from past generations. She teaches across the Pioneer Valley and lives in Turners Falls, MA.
Ongoing Events
"Between the Imagined and Seen: The Hand-Pulled Prints of Betsey Garand and Microscope Images of Caroline Goutte"
until Aug 30
Frost Library, Mezzanine Gallery (2nd Floor)
Visit the Mezzanine Gallery in Frost Library to view Between the Imagined and Seen: The Hand-Pulled Prints of Betsey Garand and Microscope Images of Caroline Goutte, on exhibit from March 4 to Aug. 30. This exhibition is sponsored by the Arts at Amherst Initiative
Professor Caroline Goutte is chair of the Department of Biology and a member of the Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Amherst College. Betsey Garand is senior resident artist in the Department of Art and the History of Art at Amherst College.