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The Artist Opportunities & Applications Intensive
Two Live Workshops with Curator Jenia Yanes
01.11. 16:00-19:00 & 07.11. 9:30-12:30
The Artist Opportunities & Applications Intensive
Two Live Workshops with Curator Jenia Yanes
01.11. 16:00-19:00 & 07.11. 9:30-12:30
Learn how to recognise vanity galleries and scams, find relevant exhibitions, residencies and grants using your own AI Art Opportunities Manager, and prepare a professional application with an understanding of what curators and juries actually look for.
By the end of the intensive, you’ll have a personalised opportunity research system, an Artist Safety Checklist and an Application Blueprint for a real programme.
Sounds familiar?
“Where does everyone find the good opportunities? I keep coming across outdated listings and pay-to-play galleries.”
“I’ve been accepted for an exhibition, but now they want hundreds of euros. Is this normal?”
“Why am I paying application fees just to get rejected without feedback?”
“How do I know whether an opportunity is actually worth my time and money?”
We’ll investigate these questions using real programmes, actual selection requirements and my experience working with artists, galleries and cultural institutions.
Who is this for?
Both workshops are open to practising artists at different stages, including self-taught artists, career changers and those returning after a break.
An art-school degree or extensive exhibition history is not required.
Enrolment:
To participate in the workshops either online (from anywhere in the world) or in person (10 spots available, Kunstraum Heartspace, Danziger Str. 172, 10407 Berlin), you need to have an active CUSTODIA Artist Development account:
$77 => discount for the first cohort $59/month + applicable tax
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Your active membership includes both live November workshops, the CUSTODIA educational library, community and new curriculum materials as they are released.
To participate in person, please email us at mail@kunstraum-heartspace.de with your name and workshop date(s) so we can reserve your spot. Places are allocated in order of confirmed reservations. You’ll receive an email confirming your place or advising you of the waiting list.
About CUSTODIA Artist Development
About CUSTODIA Artist Development
Both workshops are part of CUSTODIA Artist Development, a curator-led membership with a growing educational curriculum.
Besides these two workshops, your membership also includes:
Build Your Reputation and Audience: A three-hour recorded workshop exploring professional image, positioning, PR, institutional relationships and audience development. Accompanying resources are being prepared, including 30 practical exercises and an AI-assisted Artist Brand & Reputation Book.
Understanding Collectors: Relationships & Market: A three-hour recorded workshop on collector psychology, artistic value, market economics and professional relationships. Practical materials help you map your network, develop relationships and prepare a studio visit.
Foundation: Building a Life Around Art: Our developing core course on artistic direction, visual language, positioning and creating professional possibilities around your existing work. Lessons are released progressively.
Community & Continuing Education: A community of practising artists, monthly live group sessions and an expanding curriculum on income, collectors, projects, professional relationships and institutions.
Workshop 1: Open Calls & Other Artist Opportunities 01.11. 16:00-19:00
Workshop 1: Open Calls & Other Artist Opportunities 01.11. 16:00-19:00
Find relevant programmes, avoid expensive mistakes and decide which opportunities are worth pursuing.
Discovery: Where can I find opportunities relevant to my work?
Evaluation: Which programmes are credible, and how do I recognise scams and vanity galleries?
Professional Return: What could I actually gain in recognition, relationships, artistic development or income?
We’ll examine exhibitions, residencies, grants and commissions, including eligibility, fees, hidden costs, contracts and organisers’ track records.
Using the Six Capitals of an Artistic Career, you’ll learn to assess the professional value of different opportunities and distinguish those worth pursuing now from longer-term possibilities.
Vanity Galleries, Scams & Artist Safety
Are all paid open calls vanity projects?
How can you distinguish legitimate participation fees from exploitative offers?
We’ll investigate vanity galleries, questionable residencies, misleading awards, hidden expenses and suspicious invitations.
You’ll receive an Artist Safety Checklist to help you verify organisers, assess costs, contracts, insurance and image rights, and recognise warning signs before committing your money or artwork.
Your AI Art Opportunities Manager
You’ll build your own personalised AI Art Opportunities Manager using ChatGPT and my curator-developed research method. It begins with an adaptive interview about your artworks, professional experience, ambitions and practical circumstances, creating a Personal Opportunity Profile for your searches. Your manager will help you:
Find relevant opportunities across exhibitions, residencies, grants, commissions and other programmes.
Check eligibility, deadlines, fees and organisers against current official sources.
Evaluate opportunities according to your artistic goals, available resources, costs and potential professional return.
Identify what to pursue now, what to prepare for next and what deserves further investigation.
Keep searching over time, with updated research on demand and recurring checks where your ChatGPT account supports them.
You’ll also learn to use it to investigate individual open calls and recognise information that needs further verification.
You’ll take away:
Your Personal Opportunity Strategy, Opportunity Decision Sheet, Artist Safety Checklist and reusable AI Art Opportunities Manager.
If you are based in Berlin and want to participate in person, please email us at mail@kunstraum-heartspace.de with your name and workshop date(s) so we can reserve your spot. Places are allocated in order of confirmed reservations. You’ll receive an email confirming your place or advising you of the waiting list.
Workshop 2: Artist Documents & Applications 07.11. 9:30-12:30
Workshop 2: Artist Documents & Applications 07.11. 9:30-12:30
Prepare your application and learn how curators and juries make their decisions.
Application: What does the organiser expect, and how should I present my work?
Selection: Why was I selected or rejected? What does the jury’s decision actually mean?
Working from real programme requirements, we’ll examine:
Portfolio selection, artwork documentation and presentation.
Artist CVs and biographies.
Artist statements and project proposals.
Selection criteria, jury decisions and common application mistakes.
I’ll explain how curators and juries assess submissions, why strong artwork can still be unsuitable for a particular programme, and what a rejection can—and cannot—tell you.
You’ll take away:
An Application Blueprint for a selected opportunity, including the artworks to submit, required documents, working drafts or outlines and a submission checklist.
If you are based in Berlin and want to participate in person, please email us at mail@kunstraum-heartspace.de with your name and workshop date(s) so we can reserve your spot. Places are allocated in order of confirmed reservations. You’ll receive an email confirming your place or advising you of the waiting list.
Recording & Privacy
Both workshops will be recorded for CUSTODIA’s members-only educational library.
Only the instructor and teaching materials will be filmed; participants will not appear on video. By attending, you acknowledge that the workshop is being recorded. If you choose to ask questions or make comments aloud, you agree that your spoken contributions may be included in the members-only recording.
If you prefer not to have your voice recorded, you can submit questions in writing.
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