Jessica Burko
Date: Saturday, October 29th 1:00-4:00pm
Location: North Dartmouth Library, 211 Cross Rd., North Dartmouth, MA
This workshop provides an overview on what marketing means for artists and how to maximize your writing and website to strengthen visibility and outreach. Through hands-on exercises and activities, participants will strengthen their voices, bios, and artist statements for use on websites, in social media, and when approaching galleries. Participants will have the opportunity to share their website and receive feedback. Having a strong online presence and written materials ready at the touch of a button is the winning combination to build a path to creative success.
In order to ensure a positive experience for all, participation is limited to 40 members.
Jessica Burko is the Creative Director at the Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, MA. She is also an independent curator with professional background as Gallery Director at Stonehill College, Executive Director of the artist collective, Boston Handmade, and Marketing Director at Kingston Gallery. Additionally, Burko has been an exhibiting artist since 1985. She has displayed work in solo and group shows throughout the United States, including Quiet/Loud at the ArtProv Gallery in Providence, RI, the Shelter In Place Gallery, Boston, MA, and the 5 Years of Aspect Initiative at the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. Her work has been reviewed by such publications as the Boston Globe, Art New England, and Artscope Magazine. Burko's work in the arts community allows her to foster and strengthen connections between working artrepreneurs. She supports artists in achieving their creative and professional goals through lectures, workshops, and partnerships with organizations such as ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA, Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists Program, North Adams, MA, and the South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA. Burko is originally from Philadelphia and currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in Imaging Arts and Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.