Roundup of "Mad Real World" Part 1 of 3

Tuesday January 12th Recap

Thanks again everyone for a great evening! You all had excellent questions with regard to our presentation. Thanks also to Kate Domina and Rachel McRae for taking time to present a bit about their own experiences as professional artists.

Be sure to follow the rest of my goings-on on my Instagram account here. If you have any images from yesterday evening, be sure to use the hashtag #NuvangoArtBiz #CaroTripp and of course #Nuvango!

There were a few additional items we discussed on top of the content of your handouts.

Thanks for engaging with all of your excellent questions! If I missed anything, or you'd like to discuss anything additionally - be sure to leave a comment below.

Resources (Call for Submissions, Art Openings, Artistic Opportunities):

http://www.akimbo.ca/ - Akimbo is an excellent one-stop resource to find out about different shows, calls for submissions, and other opportunities available in Toronto and beyond! Be sure to subscribe to their Twitter and Facebook feeds to receive their latest updates.

Technical resources (for apps, building your website, or tricks on photography):

Whenever I don't know how to do something, I find someone on the web who has! But it pays to know the correct questions to ask. Did you know that you can access Lynda.com through your Toronto Public Library account? Make sure you sign up today to look at online tutorials for technical bits and know-how. You never know unless you look it up.

More Technical Bits:

One thing I didn't get to in the presentation is online security. Visit https://tech.safehubcollective.org/cybersecurity/  to get a decent run down of what you can do to accomplish a few things on your own. Once you have all of your content on your site - it definitely pays to make sure you can be secure about your online activity! Well, as much as possible.

I also use http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus for my Mac laptop. It keeps me away from suspicious sites when I want to click on that kitten video that might be something else.

The Google Search Engine is a great way to get your site online. Be sure to submit yours once it's ready to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?continue=/addurl

I've also had great experiences with https://www.namecheap.com/ and http://squarespace.com/ these will respectively purchase your domain name and help you set up a great looking site! Hint: Mine is set up with Squarespace, too. Have a look around to see the excellent diversity of the software. You can manipulate the code if you wish, but there's no coding required for this application.

Have a question about anything else we covered? Be sure to leave a comment and we'll start a conversation for the rest of the group as well.

If you want to flip through Tuesday, January 12th's presentation, you can flip through the slideshow here:

Workshops at Nuvango starting January 12th, 2016

I'm teaming up with Nuvango for the next three weeks to provide workshops for emerging artists (ie students, new grads, or anyone starting out their practice).

The first one starts this coming Tuesday! It's free but registration is required in advance. You can do that here: http://bit.ly/1O7Bu6z

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We’re excited to present a brand new, 100% free, three-part educational series run by Carolyn Tripp & Nuvango to help you get on your feet and stay there in 2016. This series will focus on facing the fears of being a real, legit, professional, practicing artist. Don’t worry, no one said anything about having to be an adult - we just want to give you the confidence to take off your training wheels and zoom off into the artworld sunset.

Ready to step up your game, art star?

Sign up for part one of the This is Happening?! series “The Mad Real World: Professional Practice, Constructing a CV and Documenting Your Work, Getting to Know Website Basics, and Approaching Galleries,” featuring artist Rachel McRae here. 

As a participant in our first session, you will walk away with the skills and tools to manage your professional art practice including learning about grants, galleries, the first stepping stones of website management, tricks for documentation and gaining the confidence to get out there and show your work. We know it can be scary to create a business from such a personal practice, but we’re here to help - and what better time to get started than a brand new year, ‘cause this IS happening!?

Welcome to the hive, the heartbeat, the new blog for carolyntripp.com

Welcome to the new blog page! There are a lot of exciting things scheduled for 2016. Check back here for updates on exhibitions, events, and happenings.

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