Inventory management is by no means glamorous, and may not seem important in the earlier part of an artist's career. As time passes, it's hard to keep track of the details: "Who did I loan that piece to?" "What are the dimensions of that painting?" "What was the name of the collector that liked that photography?" Provenance is an essential aspect of an artist's work, and this workshop will provide options for different record-keeping systems that already exist and how to put one together on your own if you’re on a budget.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through October 1 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Congrats! You’re in a show! Now’s the time to leverage the power of social media to build your networks and career. In this workshop, former ARTnews editor and digital strategist Robin Cembalest explains how to craft your message, disseminate it on social media platforms and attract the interest of journalists, curators, collectors and other influencers. She’ll review tactics and best practices for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and offer advice on keeping momentum going after the show opens.

Add these skills and insights to your toolkit as you prepare for a scheduled show, a future show or the launch of a new project. Participants are encouraged to bring and share their questions as the workshop will include a Q&A session to address specific concerns and scenarios.

• The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

• A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

• Ticket: $30

• Purchase ticket: LINK

About the Facilitator:

An early art-world adapter to social media and the former longtime editor of ARTnews, Robin Cembalest has spent her career helping arts professionals to communicate effectively. Over 16 years at the helm of ARTnews, she shepherded the century-old magazine into the digital era, training generations of interns, writers and editors. In 2014, she launched her business Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies, helping art-world clients to craft digital content strategies and offering professional training webinars directly to the public. An award-winning investigative journalist who has published widely in the art and mainstream press, Cembalest is best known today as @rcembalest, handle of her popular Instagram and Twitter feeds.

In this workshop learn how to make your artwork more visible, expand your audience base and find more exhibition opportunities outside the digital art space using social media platforms. Led by Ninth Street Collective founding member Heather Zises.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through July 1 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Is your favorite image of your artwork actually the best choice for your grant application or website landing page? Selecting images for your website, social media and various applications can be overwhelming, yet even more crucial now that artwork is primarily viewed virtually. Your images represent your work to the world, and you should consider your website and social media to be your own online exhibition or showroom.

Join us for a workshop on image selection with one of Ninth Street Collective's founding members, Courtney Childress. With a decade of experience reviewing artist's images, preparing applications for fairs, aiding prospective students applying to art programs and helping galleries and artists with their websites, she will provide guidance to help you present yourself and your work in the best possible light. She will cover how to choose a cohesive set of images of past and current work, formatting images for proper display on various devices, tips on ordering your images and insight into what curators and dealers are looking for when viewing your work!

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through June 20 with code NSCSUMMER
Purchase ticket: LINK

Press is critical for any artist, and when editors and writers come calling for exhibition reviews and interviews, you want to make sure you are organized so you make the best possible impression. We will start with the basics by examining what press contacts need, making small improvements to ensure that your press kit reflects your artwork or exhibition, integrating this process into your studio practice and increasing your prospects of being referred to art critics. Audra Lambert, Editor-in-Chief of ANTE mag and contributor to HuffPost Arts+Culture, Art Nerd NY, Quiet Lunch, Artefuse, The Culture Trip and more, has covered over 200 artists and exhibitions, and will guide artists through best practices to create a "press kit" that will leave a strong impression on critics as a professional working artist.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through June 20 with code NSCSUMMER.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Pricing your artwork doesn't have to be terrifying, mysterious or emotional. Let us empower with the right information! There are certain criteria to determine how you price your work so you are not jeopardizing your future market/sales or under/over valuing your work. Let us guide you through the proper protocol for pricing. We will lay out a variety of pricing structures with plenty of time to answer individual questions and help you determine the right price for you.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through June 15 with code NSCSUMMER.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Designed specifically for artists, this workshop will explore where to identify potential collectors and how to cultivate buyers for your work. We will also review helpful techniques and best practices to encourage sales and build your list of clientele. Key topics include pricing, follow-up, first impressions and personal style. Participants are encouraged to bring and share their questions as we’ll be ending the workshop with a comprehensive Q&A session to address specific concerns and scenarios.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through June 20 with code NSCSUMMER
Purchase ticket: LINK

Artist residencies can be an amazing way for artists to achieve specific goals, whether it's to expand your network, explore a new art scene in a different country or simply just get away from your routine and find inspiration. During this workshop, Ninth Street Collective member Erin Kim will help you strategically identify artist residencies that align with your personal and professional goals, and share tips on how to best present yourself in your application. She will cover examples of successful applications and share her experiences serving on application review committees of select artist residencies. Please bring your questions and application excerpts for feedback.

• The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

• A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

• Tickets: $30

• Early bird pricing: $20 through July 1 with code NSCSUMMER
  Purchase ticket: LINK

About the Facilitator:

Erin Kim currently serves as the Director of Partnerships at Mana Contemporary, where she develops collaborations and partnerships with individual curators, galleries, art fairs and other organizations within the arts & culture industry. In addition to her role at Mana Contemporary, Erin founded Midnight Projects, a curatorial project that presents exhibitions by contemporary artists throughout the greater NY Metropolitan area. Prior to that, Erin also spent five years at Artsy, where she ran the Consignments business, helping collectors resell their artworks in the secondary market. Erin currently sits on the board of Palazzo Monti, an artist residency program housed in a 13th-century palazzo in Brescia, Italy. This residency program is dedicated to supporting young artists seeking the freedom and space to experiment with their practice. Erin is also a dedicated Council member of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments. For more information, please visit www.naacpldf.org.

Well into the quarantine, artists are seeking creative ways to share their art and practice. With online tools becoming increasingly prominent in the age of social distancing, one effective approach is scheduling a virtual studio visit. During this workshop, Ninth Street Collective members Audra Lambert and Heather Zises will offer tips on how to successfully plan, promote and execute a remote visit, even if you do not have access to your studio.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through June 15 with code NSCSUMMER
Purchase ticket: LINK

Don’t waste your time sending "Dear Sir or Madam" emails, copy/pasting messages to a shortlist of social media accounts or shooting in the dark on LinkedIn. In this workshop, we will cover do’s and dont’s for artists looking to connect with art dealers, galleries, collectors and curators. We will discuss how to cultivate interest in your work and build long-term relationships, including tapping into your existing network, communicating with authenticity and strategically sharing career updates and new bodies of work.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through May 15 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

In this workshop learn how to make your artwork more visible, expand your audience base and find more exhibition opportunities outside the digital art space using social media platforms. Led by Ninth Street Collective founding member Heather Zises.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through March 15 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Press is critical for any artist, and when editors and writers come calling for exhibition reviews and interviews, you want to make sure you are organized so you make the best possible impression. We will start with the basics by examining what press contacts need, making small improvements to ensure that your press kit reflects your artwork or exhibition, integrating this process into your studio practice and increasing your prospects of being referred to art critics. Audra Lambert, Editor-in-Chief of ANTE mag and contributor to HuffPost Arts+Culture, Art Nerd NY, Quiet Lunch, Artefuse, The Culture Trip and more, has covered over 200 artists and exhibitions, and will guide artists through best practices to create a "press kit" that will leave a strong impression on critics as a professional working artist.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through March 15 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Please join us for a workshop where we dig into some of the less glamorous tasks of being an artist! Your CV and bio are crucial to your success and longevity. The formulas for both are very simple, but most people do not have it right, most often due to lack of knowledge or time. Let’s take the time to make yours perfect, so the next time you need it for grant/residency applications, gallery/collector requests, your website, online platforms or an open call it’s ready to send!

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through January 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Struggling to translate your creative practice into words? Avoiding the process of writing and editing your artist statement, whether for your own materials or an upcoming application? Face your fears at this upcoming workshop, which helps artists explore how to clearly communicate who they are as creative individuals, and the kind of work they produce, to a broad range of audiences.

Artists will learn the components of creating effective personal narratives, tangible tips for keeping their statements updated on a regular basis, modifying statements for different platforms and more.

Learnings from this workshop can apply to improving applications for grants, fellowships, and residencies; websites; press releases; marketing materials and more.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through January 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Don’t waste your time sending "Dear Sir or Madam" emails, copy/pasting messages to a shortlist of social media accounts or shooting in the dark on LinkedIn. In this workshop, we will cover do’s and dont’s for artists looking to connect with art dealers, galleries, collectors and curators. We will discuss how to cultivate interest in your work and build long-term relationships, including tapping into your existing network, communicating with authenticity and strategically sharing career updates and new bodies of work.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Have you ever wanted to speak to the person behind the desk or in the backroom candidly? Here's your chance to ask questions “off the record” about your career, how the gallery world really works, and any other burning questions. Sara Salamone and Courtney Childress will speak about their experiences in the New York art world and you will be able to ask them questions in a small group setting.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Pricing your artwork doesn't have to be terrifying, mysterious or emotional. Let us empower with the right information! There are certain criteria to determine how you price your work so you are not jeopardizing your future market/sales or under/over valuing your work. Let us guide you through the proper protocol for pricing. We will lay out a variety of pricing structures with plenty of time to answer individual questions and help you determine the right price for you.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20.
Purchase ticket: LINK

Well into the quarantine, artists are seeking creative ways to share their art and practice. With online tools becoming increasingly prominent in the age of social distancing, one effective approach is scheduling a virtual studio visit. During this workshop, Ninth Street Collective members Audra Lambert and Heather Zises will offer tips on how to successfully plan, promote and execute a remote visit, even if you do not have access to your studio.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP LDF.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Is your favorite image of your artwork actually the best choice for your grant application or website landing page? Selecting images for your website, social media and various applications can be overwhelming, yet even more crucial now that artwork is primarily viewed virtually. Your images represent your work to the world, and you should consider your website and social media to be your own online exhibition or showroom.

Join us for a workshop on image selection with one of Ninth Street Collective's founding members, Courtney Childress. With a decade of experience reviewing artist's images, preparing applications for fairs, aiding prospective students applying to art programs and helping galleries and artists with their websites, she will provide guidance to help you present yourself and your work in the best possible light. She will cover how to choose a cohesive set of images of past and current work, formatting images for proper display on various devices, tips on ordering your images and insight into what curators and dealers are looking for when viewing your work!

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

With an increasing reliance on shipping companies and installers in the “new normal,” we’ll discuss how artists can optimize art handling, packing and shipping. An emphasis will be placed on practical considerations of treatment of different art mediums, developing instructions for installers on-site at exhibitions, considerations for local and long-distance shipping, approaches to shipping via mail services (UPS/FedEx) versus consolidated shuttles, questions around insurance and art shipping and the basics of art handling. Gain insights from an experienced art handler who is also an artist as Lydia Goldbeck shares some of the key tricks of the trade that can benefit any visual artist.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

In this workshop learn how to make your artwork more visible, expand your audience base and find more exhibition opportunities outside the digital art space using social media platforms. Led by Ninth Street Collective founding member Heather Zises.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to No Kid Hungry.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK

Struggling to translate your creative practice into words? Avoiding the process of writing and editing your artist statement, whether for your own materials or an upcoming application? Face your fears at this upcoming workshop, which helps artists explore how to clearly communicate who they are as creative individuals, and the kind of work they produce, to a broad range of audiences.

Artists will learn the components of creating effective personal narratives, tangible tips for keeping their statements updated on a regular basis, modifying statements for different platforms and more.

Learnings from this workshop can apply to improving applications for grants, fellowships, and residencies; websites; press releases; marketing materials and more.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link via email.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Black Art Futures Fund.

Tickets: $30
Early bird pricing: $20 through December 31 with code NSC20
Purchase ticket: LINK