Answering Artist Calls: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

🎨 If you’re an emerging or mid-career artist trying to break through, this is your chance to get noticed and learn how to answer artist calls and elevate your submissions successfully. This free online workshop will help you strengthen your application, avoid common pitfalls, and stand out in a competitive field.

🗣️ Please note: This workshop will be presented in English only.

Common Mistakes in Artist Applications

❌ From vague artist statements to disorganized portfolios, many great artists get overlooked because of preventable mistakes. Learn how to identify and fix the most frequent errors that hinder applications.

Things to Consider When Applying

📋 We’ll explore how to interpret submission guidelines, tailor your materials to each opportunity, and present your work with clarity and professionalism.

Bonus Tips: What the Pop! 2025

🌟 Planning to apply to the 2025 edition of What the Pop!? Get exclusive tips on how to make your application shine and align with the spirit of this exciting pop-up art series.

For more information about What the Pop and to send your application, click here.

Get Noticed: How to Successfully Answer Artist Calls

❓ Bring your questions and get direct feedback from Caroline Gauthier, Artist Business Coach at YES Employment + Entrepreneurship.

🗓️ Date: Friday, June 27
🕙 Time: 10 AM – 12 PM (EDT)
💻 Format: Free online webinar (live-streamed)

📩 Pre-registration is required. This workshop is available as an online, live-streaming webinar only. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with login instructions a few hours before the workshop starts. If you don’t see the email one hour before the start time, please check your Spam or Junk folder.

*This free workshop is only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.