Our monthly workshop series “Framing the Future” in partnership with The Melton Gallery at UCO and Allied Arts. This series will provide free professional development over a wide range of topics for both emerging and established artists.

 

Each workshop will be led by artists and arts professionals living and working in Oklahoma.

 

Up next in our monthly Framing the Future workshop series with Edmond Fine Arts Institute: Getting Plugged In! How to Start Your Artist Resume and Build Your Network on Mar. 26, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Melton Gallery. Don’t know how to start building your artist resume? Need some help finding the right people and resources in the arts community? Let us help!

 

This month’s workshop features guest speaker Heather Lunsford, Director and Curator of the Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery at the Oklahoma City University Gallery. Heather is the 5th generation of a farming and ranching family from Enid, OK. She is a mixed-media artist who studied watercolor and art history at Oklahoma State University and Northern Illinois University. She has work in the permanent collection of OSU and University Health System of San Antonio, and has shown in galleries in the US and Spain, where she worked in a contemporary art gallery. She received her Masters of Arts in Administration from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX, and wrote Spanish and bilingual educational programming at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Heather has a certificate from Harvard Business School online in sustainable business strategy and a Master of Legal Studies from OCU. She is also a member of the International Society of Appraisers. Previously, Heather was the Director of Art in Public Places for the State of Oklahoma and the Art Director for the Heritage Trust project in Oklahoma City. Heather has served as an arts commissioner for the city of Edmond, advised OKCPC Academy of Arts, and served on the board of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - OVAC.

 

This series provides free professional development over a wide range of topics for both emerging and established artists.

 

Each workshop is led by artists and arts professionals who live and work in Oklahoma. All workshops are FREE to participants and open to the public. Email Savannah Whitehead, savannah@edmondfinearts.com, or Keri Smith, meltongallery@uco.edu, for more information. Free parking is available in Lot 7. This program is sponsored in part by generous support from Allied Arts OKC.

The workshops will be FREE to participants thanks to funding from Allied Arts.

 

Email Savannah Whitehead savannah@edmondfinearts.com or Keri Smith meltongallery@uco.edu for questions or more information.