This is the original one day seminar for emerging artists, designed to give practical information and advice towards a successful fine arts career. Each seminar is limited to 40 people per session. The cost is $80 per person and each seminar is six hours long. The presenter, Catriona Fraser, has given this seminar to hundreds of DC area artists, curators, teachers and other arts professionals since August of 1999. The issues covered and discussed are not based on theory, but grounded on actual experience. The next seminar will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2009 in partnership with the Washington School of Photography. For more information and to register, please visit here.

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The seminar is designed for the emerging artist who is serious about his or her art career. Every artist will receive a variety of handouts and reference materials to keep and refreshments will be provided. The presenter, Catriona Fraser, is an international award winning photographer, owner and Director of the Fraser Gallery, one of the most successful galleries in the area with an excellent reputation for helping local emerging artists. Ms. Fraser is the Director of the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival and the founder and Director of Secondsight, an organization dedicated to the support of women photographers in the D.C Metro area. Ms. Fraser serves on the Advisory Panel for the Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District and on the Board of the Washington School of Photography. Ms. Fraser is also the Chair of the Trawick Prize, an annual competition that awards $14,000 to visual artists from D.C, Maryland and Viginia, as well as the Chair of the Bethesda Painting Awards, an annual competition that awards $14,000 to painters from D.C, Maryland and Viginia.

The following issues will be covered during the seminar:

• Materials
  - Buying materials: lowering your costs
  - Presentation
• Conservation issues
  - Archival Matting and Framing
  
• Limited editions - signing and numbering
  - Prints vs. Reproduction
  - Iris Prints (Pros and Cons)
• Creating a resume
• Juried Shows
  - Strategies for Getting Accepted
  - How to photograph your artwork
• Selling your art
  Creating a Body of Works
  - How to write a press release
  - Publicity
• Galleries
  - Vanity Galleries
  - Co-Operatives
  - Commercial Galleries
  - Non-profit Art spaces
  - How to approach a gallery
  - Realities
  - Contracts
  - Gallery/Artist Relationship
  - Agents
• Outdoor Art Festivals
  - Resources
  - Display systems and tents
  - Best shows and ones to avoid
  - Accepting Credit cards
  
• Grants
  - DC
  - Regional
  - National
• Alternative Marketing
  

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