HOW TO WRITE YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT!

"Art is Business" If the reader can't understand the writer, it becomes a foreign language.

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HOW TO WRITE YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT!

 Talking about yourself and your work can be challenging, so here is an exercise from Springboard for the Arts, Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists curriculum to help you along. Your artist statement should describe your work in a way that cannot be easily applied to anyone else. It should also be written in plain language, so if someone does not have prior experience with your art and medium, they can still understand what you mean. Finally, your artist statement should draw the reader in and invite them to learn more. Use these exercises to hone in on your unique artist statement!

THREE SENTENCE ARTIST STATEMENT

Take a moment to reflect on your artistic practice. How do you self-identify as an artist? What do you create? What makes you interested in what you do? Answer these three questions to get your artist statement.

Who you are:

What you do:

Why you do it:

INVERTED THREE-SENTENCE ARTIST STATEMENT

You can also work backward to answer the questions and develop your artist statement. Finish the sentences below for another perspective.

(Why) Because I believe…

(What) I make…

(Who) I am...

Reference: 

https://springboardforthearts.org/?s=How+to+write+an+artist+statement

https://springboardforthearts.org/professional-growth/career-consultations/artist-career-consultants/