AIM Begins Tonite!!!

yay! after 11 attempts - i'm in! this shit better be worth it! a week or two ago i submitted yet another application to the LMCC Workspace program. i almost didn't cuz i was fed up w/applications in general. especially when they ask you 3 times in different ways to describe your work. they want an artist statement, want to know what you'll be doing in the studio (painting bitch!) and a description of the work you've submitted. it all seems like bullshit. just look at the work. if you like, give me studio. i'm fine w/an artist statement, that seems reasonable. but all the other bullshit, why? i think it's to weed out people. if you can get thru the application, that says something. but i'm no good at writing, so i hate doing it.

last year a friend was kind enough to really, i mean really help me out w/the statements the LMCC wanted. it was a real struggle for me. i found that the process of trying to figure out what to write led to some over conceptualized bullshit. i had to start over again, and again. i learned not to think too much about the statements and write honestly. to a certain extent, writing these things help me crystallize what i'm doing in the studio. i get that it's important to speak intelligently about my work and understand my place in art history. i've heard too many artists fumble and not be anywhere near articulate when they talk about their work .....and i cringe.

so hopefully AIM will help w/writing artist statements, give me insight into what people want to hear and provide some feedback. over the wkend they gave us an itinerary of the 13 wk program:

1: MEET THE CURATORS
2: The Art Community – Presenting Yourself
3: The Art Community – Creating the Future                
4: WRITING WORKSHOP       
5: WRITING WORKSHOP       
6: MEET THE DEALER
7: MEET THE CRITIC
8: FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
9: FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
10: MARKETING
11: COPYRIGHT LAW
12: STUDIO VISIT13: AIM ROUNDTABLE

looks like good stuff. i'm notorious for asking lots of questions....i hope they're ready for me!