Winter Workshop Series
We are thrilled to announce that Art Volt is collaborating with articule, ELAN and La Caisse de la Culture Desjardins to offer a series of online professional training workshops.
These workshops are available to students registered for graduation and/or to recent alumni who have graduated from Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, within the last three years.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
To register, please email your name, program/department and year of graduation to artvolt@concordia.ca. Please also include a scan of your diploma or a screen capture of your graduation approval status from your Student Centre.
Workshops
Introduction to Anti-Oppression Strategies
Presented in Collaboration with articule
Monday, February 8th – 5pm to 7pm in English with Jada Joseph
This workshop will introduce participants to anti-oppressive ideas and strategies that can be implemented in their personal and professional lives. Participants will be invited to submit questions and discussion topics ahead of time so that the workshop can explore their particular needs.
Jada Joseph works at the Centre for Gender Advocacy as the Peer Support Coordinator offering anti-oppressive, non-judgemental, harm-reductive, peer support. Jada has also offered numerous workshops on anti-oppression and anti-oppression practices.
Members of articule are also invited to register for this workshop.
Cultural Appropriation in the Arts
Presented in Collaboration with articule
Tuesday, February 9th – 10am to 12pm in English with Kama La Mackerel
The subject of cultural appropriation has been at the forefront of many discussions in recent years, particularly in the fields of arts and culture. In this workshop, we will break down the notions of "multicultural melting pot" that we often believe the arts should be, which lead to appropriative artistic practices. We will look at the urgent questions we need to ask ourselves as arts practitioners: what are the colonial assumptions we carry within us as creators; what are the ethical interrogations we need to make space for in our work; how do we make art that is truthful, respectful, and allows us to uphold the sacredness of our relationship to others? The workshop will be comprised of theoretical frameworks, practical tools and concrete scenarios to work with.
Kama La Mackerel (they/them), author of ZOM-FAM (Metonymy Press, 2020) is a Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, community-arts facilitator and literary translator who works within and across performance, photography, installations, textiles, digital art and literature. When they are not making art, they are researching and reflecting on questions of anti-oppression, decoloniality, anti-racism and equity in the arts.
Members of articule are also invited to register for this workshop.
Marketing for Creative Practitioners
Presented in Collaboration with ELAN
Tuesday, February 16th – 5pm to 7pm in English with Amy Blackmore
Sell yourself without selling out. Learn how to craft your messaging in order to propel your career forward in this straight-forward workshop with Amy Blackmore. The workshop will include important topics including the creation of your own personal branding, online presence, in-person networking tips, interview skills, meeting new people and more!
Amy Blackmore is the Executive and Artistic Director of MainLine Theatre, the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival and the Bouge d'ici Dance Festival. A META-nominated (Montreal English Theatre Awards) choreographer, Amy is an alumni of the contemporary dance program at Concordia University.
Members of ELAN are also invited to register for this workshop.
To Your Finances!
Presented by La Caisse de La Culture Desjardins
Tuesday, March 9th – 5pm to 7pm in English with M. Pierre Masamba Njie and M. Claude Desjardins
This workshop will introduce participants to important financial concepts relevant to creative practitioners. M. Claude Desjardins will first introduce the Caisse de la Culture, while M. Pierre Masamba Nije will then address key points related to freelance work, the various types of registered businesses, credit scores and protection.
Participants will be invited to submit specific questions and will all benefit from one-on-one follow-up sessions addressing their specific needs.
Virtual Tabling Fair: Discovering Montreal's Cultural Ecosystem
Presented in Collaboration with ELAN
Thursday, March 11th – 12pm to 2pm in English
This virtual tabling fair will include short introduction presentations from nine different cultural organizations in Montreal. Participants will learn about the various resources and offerings available to them through these organizations and will be invited to ask questions. The event will conclude with more intimate break-out rooms in which participants can further engage with the org of their choosing.
Members of ELAN are also invited to register for this workshop.
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