CANVASS + PITCH
> create opportunities
How to access distribution opportunities for a photographic project? During an intense weekend of professional practice, the Fetart collective, creator and artistic director of the Circulation(s) festival, will help you see things more clearly and develop the tools and skills to apply, canvass, promote and present your work.
This 2-day workshop, on Saturday May 18 and Sunday May 19, in small groups, will be led by Laetitia Guillemin, curator, iconographer and professor at Gobelins, and Marie Guillemin, curator and communications consultant, both members of the artistic direction of the Fetart collective / Circulation(s) festival.
PROGRAM
- How to make a photographic work visible
- How and when to approach artists
- Building your portfolio
- Prepare a set design intention
- Show your work to a professional photographer
The program is organized around group discussions and individual follow-up. It concludes with a presentation of your work to other members of the festival’s artistic direction.
This program can be followed in conjunction with the workshop on May 4 and 5, 2024: FINALIZE + PERFECT > set your project apart.
OBJECTIVES
- Identify distribution opportunities for existing photographic work
- Create together the tools needed to promote this work
- Be comfortable presenting your work to an audience
- Benefit from qualified feedback and personalized support
- Take away methods and advice for future projects
- Expand your network
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Professional or semi-professional photographers, final-year photography/art students
- Photographers with a well-developed body of personal photographic work
PREREQUSITES
- A photographic project in progress or completed: 20 to 30 printed images + all project images in digital format (even non-choices)
- A short biography
- A laptop computer
RATES & PRACTICAL INFO
- 325€ (including taxes) per weekend
- Saturday May 18 and Sunday May 19
- 10am to 5pm at CENTQUATRE-PARIS
- The workshop is given in French