Entrepreneurial Artivism: Finding Opportunities in Public Art

GREAT ADVICE FOR ARTISTS INTERESTED IN MAKING PUBLIC ART!

Artists seeking opportunities to create public art will benefit from this program, which is designed to help them find, apply for, and win public art commissions of all types. Create Appalachia and the Reece Museum at ETSU are partnering to offer this event featuring Lynn Basa, a public artist and author with an international profile. Basa is the author of The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions, now in its second printing. The book will form the basis for the evening’s program, which is free and open to the public.

JOIN US IN PERSON BY REGISTERING ON EVENTBRITE

In-person attendees should plan to be at the Reece Museum a little before the program begins at 6 PM. Basa will join us virtually from Chicago, sharing her advice and wisdom during this interactive presentation. A Q&A session will follow. We’ll have an informal meet-and-greet following the presentation for artists who come to the Reece Museum.

JOIN US ON ZOOM by emailing katie@createappalachia.org by noon on April 24th. In the interest of regional accessibility, we’re offering this online opportunity to participate. The virtual waiting room for Zoom attendees will open about 10 or 15 minutes before 6.

Interest in this program is likely to be high. In the spirit of community, we request that attendees choose either the in-person option or the Zoom option. but not both. We understand that registering both places allows people to keep their options open, but it may also block others from being able to attend. Thank you in advance for helping us allow the largest possible number of registrants to take advantage of this important opportunity!

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Lynn Basa is a painter, potter, and public artist based in Chicago. She is an experienced teacher and is personally familiar with our region, having completed a public art installation at the Higher Education Center in Kingsport several years ago. Basa’s work is included in numerous public, private, and museum collections and exhibits. Her work was included in a national exhibit by the American Craft Museum before traveling abroad to the Louvre and other notable museums. She has also been featured in the Smithsonian Institute’s landmark Threadworks exhibit, which traveled throughout eastern Africa. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MPA in public art policy from the University of Washington, with an undergraduate degree in ceramics and art history from Indiana University.

SPONSORS OF THIS EVENT:

The Reece Museum is a unit of the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services, which is housed in the ETSU Department of Appalachian Studies. The Reece Museum is located on the campus of East Tennessee State University and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please visit http://www.etsu.edu/reece or phone (423) 439-4392.

Create Appalachia strives to make the Appalachian Highlands a better place to live and work by supporting innovation and entrepreneurship centered around the arts and creativity. We work to sustain an environment that will generate new businesses, provide jobs in arts-based businesses, and highlight the important role that creativity plays in the region’s economic vitality.

The Arts@Work Series supports entrepreneurial and self-employed artists and makers who wish to develop their professional business skills. Topics include introductions to business strategy, marketing, communication and promotion, pricing, and client relations. The 2021-2022 Arts@Work series was curated to meet the particular needs of small creative businesses.

The Tennessee Arts Commission provided funding for this class through an Arts Build Community grant. Their generosity makes it possible for us to present this class with no admission charge.