WHAT YOU GET

⚑Two 120 minute live workshop sessions.

⚑Writing exercises designed to specifically help you better identify and articulate concepts in your art work.

⚑Three rounds of statement editing by me.

⚑A supportive community of fellow artists. Make your artist statement work for you. The statements produced in this class will position you for success when applying for residencies and grants, playing a crucial role in increasing your work's exposure as well as sales potential.

Led by Paddy Johnson, a New York-based writer known for her work editing artist writing, this two session workshop offers the opportunity to write in a supportive environment and learn the craft of describing your artwork in vibrant, active prose.  It includes class discussions, writing exercises, and group feedback sessions.

As a class, we’ll work together and turn off the voice in your head telling you artists can’t write, and push you outside of your comfort zone. The goal of this workshop is to be generative. By the end of our time together, you will walk away with the ability to write about your artistic practice, gained confidence in the studio, and the tools and techniques to produce new statements with each body of work. 

WHAT YOU NEED

⚑ Laptop or desktop for Zoom.

⚑ Pre-existing artist statement. (Optional)

WHY YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR TEACHER

I have more than 15 years experience writing about art, editing artist writing, and teaching students. I founded the blog Art F City, which published artist essays that helped launch the careers of Jon Rafman, Shana Moulton and Petra Cortright. I have written for publications like CNN, The New York Times, and New York Magazine. I am the founder and editor of Impractical Spaces, a national collaborative publication project that focuses on active and defunct artist-run spaces. In short, I’ve made a career out of working with talented people like you by helping them produce their best work.