This workshop will provide participants with the basic information needed to establish a professional art practice and make a personal plan to promote oneself as an artist. Each participant will leave with ideas on how to connect with audiences outside the studio. 

About the Host: Jennifer Mack-Watkins is a contemporary visual artist whose artistic aesthetic draws from a confluence of reference points, most of which include her Japanese Mokuhanga printmaking techniques and her culturally rich southern roots. Her work has been acquired at prominent institutions including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Library of Congress, The Met, The Getty Archives and she has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Vogue and Essence. Jennifer holds a bachelor of arts in BA in studio arts from Morris Brown College, an MAT from Tufts University, and an MFA in Printmaking from Pratt Institute and is on the Board of Trustees at the Brattleboro museum. In 2022, Mack-Watkins has completed her first children’s book illustration for Kokila/Random House titled You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce. The book will be available in 2023.