Save the Date: #ArtistHotline Returns to Twitter on May 17
Miss April’s #ArtistHotline? Read on for key takeaways and mark your calendar for our next Artist Professional Development Day on Twitter: Wednesday, May 17, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM EST.
Thanks to the artists, arts professionals, and cultural organizations who participated in the 22nd edition of #ArtistHotline on Twitter. The monthly Artist Professional Development Day provides a forum for artists and arts organizations to ask questions and share advice for building a sustainable arts career. We’re looking forward to picking up the conversation next month!
Here are a few of the topics we tweeted about throughout the day:
- The best arts career advice #ArtistHotline participants have received;
- New calls for artwork and artist opportunities;
- Accessing New York City’s art scene when you live elsewhere;
- Budgeting strategies
Key takeaways from the “Literary Submissions & Publishing” Guest Chat
Poets and essayists Elisa Gabbert and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib and editor and fiction writer Lincoln Michel joined us for April’s Guest Chat. From 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST, publishing advice took center stage. These three panelists gave professional insights into a variety of topics, including:
- Tools for finding upcoming open calls and deadlines;
- Tips for writing cover letters and addressing editors;
- Choosing which material to submit;
- Building a publication history;
- The importance of submitting more than once to your target publications;
- Creating a writers’ community;
- When it may be the right time to seek an agent;
- Whether to incorporate rejection into your revision process;
- Self-care tips for writers
Want more literary and arts career advice? Check out the compete Wakelet recap for the day’s full conversation, and be sure to join us for our next #ArtistHotline Twitter chat on May 17, 2017, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM EST. As part of the day, we’ll host a “Post-Graduation Plans for Artists” Guest Chat from 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST. We’ll hear from guest tweeters Claire Donato, a writer, artist, and curator, Linda Essig, Director of Arizona State University’s Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship, and comics critic, educator, curator, and editor Bill Kartalopoulos.
Follow @nyfacurrent on Twitter for the latest updates!
Inspired by the NYFA Source Hotline, #ArtistHotline is an initiative dedicated to creating an ongoing online conversation around the professional side of artistic practice. #ArtistHotline occurs on the third Wednesday of each month on Twitter. Our goal is to help artists discover the resources needed, online and off, to develop sustainable careers.
This initiative is supported by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Image: Basil Twist (Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ‘03)
