For Artists

How to Document Your Artwork Workshop

May 23, 2024, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Artist Professional Development Workshop Series

This event will be held on Zoom. It is free and open to everyone, but registration is required. Register by clicking here.

This webinar will give you practical and accessible to help with the documentation of 2- and 3-dimensional artworks. Facilitated by artist and experienced documentary photographer Laura Findlay, the workshop will begin with a formal presentation (90 mins) and conclude with an open Q and A period.

About the presenter:

Laura Findlay is a Toronto based artist. Originally from Montreal, she received her BFA from Concordia University and MFA from the University of Guelph. She’s exhibited work and participated in artist residencies throughout Canada, the US, and Europe and she is represented by Norberg Hall Gallery in Calgary, Alberta. Laura has professionally documented artwork and exhibitions for clients throughout southern Ontario, Montreal, and abroad since 2009. Clients include The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), RBC Visual Arts Collection, Scotiabank Fine Art Program, TD Bank, The Art Institute of Chicago, MOCA Toronto, C Magazine, Oakville Galleries, Daniel Faria Gallery, Arsenal Contemporary, Franz Kaka Gallery, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Philip Martin Gallery, and Aargauer Kunsthaus, among many others. Her photographs of artwork have appeared in print in Artforum, Border Crossings Magazine, Canadian Art Magazine, C Magazine, Vogue Paris, and Chatelaine, among others. She has served on the juries for international residencies and scholarships.

Closed captioning and live transcription will be available through the built-in Zoom CC and Transcription features. ASL Interpretation can be arranged upon request. Please contact Hannah Keating at [email protected] to submit an interpretation request by May 1, 2024. All efforts will be made to fill a request, but if an Interpreter cannot be secured, we will let you know before the event takes place. Is there anything else we can do to support your participation? Please reach out to Hannah at [email protected]

The Artist Professional Development Workshop series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation’s Emerging Artist Project.

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