KIPAIPAI: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTISTS

07/24/2017 10:00 AM – 07/28/2017 04:00 PM ET

ADMISSION
$850.00

DESCRIPTION
How to apply: This special program requires an online application through CaFE.org. Apply Here. Applicants will have the opportunity to upload photos of their work, answer questions, and include their exhibit resume. 12 participants will be selected by our Jury through CaFE. The $50 application fee includes a 1-year membership to the Donkey Mill Art Center. Accepted artists will be notified by Saturday, May 20, 2017 and must pay their tuition of $850 in advance in order to hold their place. Artists are responsible for their own travel and housing expenses, housing recommendations will be made during the acceptance process.

Workshop will run Monday – Friday, July 24-28, 2017 from 10am – 4pm, with optional morning and evening activities

This special program Kipaipai, meaning ‘To Encourage and Inspire’ will focus on professional practices in areas of gallery representation and museum exhibitions, self-promotion, use of social media in promotion, the importance of relevant critical writing, presentation and identifying and strategizing personal/professional goals. Participants will have an opportunity to be chosen for a show of their work at Lyons Weir Gallery in NYC.

Apply Here: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=4168

Kaipaipai at Donkey Mill Art Center, Summer 2016. Photo Credit Andi Campognone

Through private one-on-one sessions and group meetings, students will have the rare opportunity to meet with a team of guest professionals including:

Faculty

Betty Ann Brown is an art historian, critic, and curator. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Art in 1978 and joined the CSUN faculty in 1986. Her research and teaching have ranged from the ancient–Precolumbian Art of Mexico–to contemporary–Los Angeles Art Today. Brown has curated retrospective exhibitions for Hans Burkhardt, Roland Reiss, Linda Vallejo, June Wayne, and John White, as well as numerous themed exhibitions. Her most recent curatorial project was Time, Space & Matter: Five Installations Exploring Natural Phenomena, which featured the work of Lita Albuquerque, Suvan Geer, George Geyer, Mineko Grimmer, Tom McMillan, and Christine Nguyen.

Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic & curator. She is based in Downtown Los Angeles, SND is currently LA Editor for Whitehot Magazine, Contributing Editor to Art Ltd., and a contributor to KCET’s Artbound, Flaunt, Huffington Post, The Creators Project, Fabrik, VS. Magazine, Palm Springs Life, and Porter & Sail. She studied Art History at Vassar College, writes loads of essays for art books and exhibition catalogs, curates and/or juries a few exhibitions each year, sometimes exhibits her original photography and publishes short fiction, and speaks in public at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally.

Diane Costigan provides coaching to individuals who want to enhance themselves and maximize their performance. Through her work with leading law firms, professional service organizations and other businesses, Diane helps attorneys and business people at all levels. Her clients are high potential, open-minded, creative individuals with an unlimited capacity for learning and growth.

Diane’s approach to her work centers around the development and leveraging of emotional intelligence—particularly self-awareness and self-assessment. How we choose to implement self knowledge is at the root of sustainable behavioral change. Diane gives clients the tools to make positive, productive choices at every level.

Diane earned her B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the College of the Holy Cross and her M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, Teachers College. She has a certificate in Organizational and Executive Coaching from NYU, is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation and is a Certified Health Coach (CHC) through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is currently pursuing certification in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT/Meridian Tapping).

Merry Akane Karnowsky is a Los Angeles art dealer and gallerist of Japanese and Polish-German ancestry. Karnowsky was born in Eastern Washington State and educated at Pitzer College – Claremont, California. In 1997, she opened The Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles, California, and became another figure in the underground “Lowbrow (art movement),” pop surrealism, and Street Art scene, with exhibitions by Shepard Fairey, Camille Rose Garcia, Mercedes Helnwein and Todd Schorr. Her gallery has recently opened a second location, KP Projects, in Chinatown Los Angeles.

James Panozzo – Founder/Executive Director or LAUNCH, LA James created the non-profit social enterprise LAUNCH in 2010 to oversee the production of TarFest annually while also providing unique programming and exhibition opportunities to important artists in Los Angeles. He served as the Director of Lawrence Asher Gallery from 2004 – 2010, exhibiting emerging and mid-career painters, sculptors and installation artists. James co-founded TarFest in 2003 and continues to develop and manage its programs which provide opportunities to emerging artists at venues in the Miracle Mile District of LA.

Andi Campognone is California-based curator, author, and film producer, known for championing contemporary Southern California artists. Andi has over 25 years of arts experience in the southern California region. She is the Owner/Director of AC Projects, a private consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture. Projects include developing museum exhibitions, public engagement, mentoring programs and book and film publications of historically relevant southern California artists. Campognone is also the Museum Manager/Curator for the City of Lancaster. She is responsible for the development and maintenance of partnerships and community engagement initiatives with local artists, local businesses, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles County Supervisors office and higher level institutions. She develops curatorial direction for exhibition programming and educational programming and additionally she is directing the Museum accreditation process for MOAH. She has previously served the City of Pomona as Cultural Arts Commissioner where she co-wrote and implemented the City’s Master Cultural Arts Plan and the adopted Arts in Public Places Policy. She volunteers as a regular speaker and mentor to art students at both the undergraduate and graduate level and is on the advisory boards of ARTltd Magazine and Los Angeles Arts Association. She is a current member of ArTTable.

Cliff Benjamin is exhibition and sales manager at the Steven Arnold Archive and Museum in Haiku, Hawaii with over thirty years of gallery experience. Owner and Director of Los Angeles based Western Project for over 20 years. He is an accomplished teacher and lecturer with experience at Otis College of Art and Design, Art Center College of Design Pasadena, and California State University.

Testimonials from Kipaipai 2016 Participants:

“The Kipaipai Artist Workshop in Hawaii, hosted by Andi Campognone and all of the quest speakers was beyond my imagination! Getting to spend one on one time daily with an art critic Shana Nys Dambrot, 2 top gallery owners, Michael Lyons Weir rom New York, Andrea Schwartz from San Francisco, Jim Daichendt dean professor and scholar of street art, Diane Costigan, Mike O’Connor, and Museum Director Andi Campognone! When and were in the world would an artist be given time daily to ask for advice on our journey as an artist ….. only in this workshop. This was a life changing experience for me. I not only took home so much knowledge, I formed everlasting friendships with everyone involved in the workshop.” -Lisa Schulte

“My hope was to make a few connections and learn some tools for my art business. What I received was more than I could have imagined. I walked away knowing my true worth as an artist and as a contributor to the art world. There was a fundamental core of professionalism that imbued itself within me from the very gifted speakers and I walked away encouraged and ready to light the art world on fire. One year later I am teaching classes on Maui and from my studio with sustained, dedicated students. I’ve found an amazing apprentice who has brought so much extra time into my life. I’m wrapping up an art book of tips for artists due out next month. All in all, this was the best career move I’ve ever made. I can’t recommend it enough.” – Rose Adare

“Attending the Kipaiapi workshop was such a gift. I came away with a firm understanding of how to better present my work in public and in writing. I gained a wonderful peer group of fellow artists and connected with an amazing group of professionals in the art world. It was a game changer for me and I hope I get the chance to participate again.” – Margaret Shields

“Kipapai was a life changing week for me as an artist. To begin with I was on the beautiful island of Kona and got to do what I do best, photograph local surf spots. Andi was so generous with me and treated me like family allowing me to photograph her family surfing and to enjoy sunsets on the beach together.I did not rest for a minute. I came away so inspired and completed a new body of work and immediately was offered a solo show with dnj Gallery this past November. I also sold a commission to a new hotel in Newport Beach from the same body of work. The art professionals I met there and my fellow artists have become this magical network of support and friendship. Cannot recommend enough!” – Annie Seaton