CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND STUDENTS: JACKIE BATTENFIELD LECTURE TO TAKE PLACE AT REDLINE MARCH 31st

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA), Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Michele Mosko Fine Art and RedLine will host "Making an Artist's Life Work," with artist and author Jackie Battenfield, on Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:30 pm at RedLine, 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80205. The talk, held in conjunction with Denver's Month of Photography, will focus on the business of art and is recommended for artists and students. It is open to the public and is free to CBCA and RedLine members, $5 for non-members. The event will be followed by Q & A and a book signing, sales proceeds to benefit RedLine. RSVP online at Blacktie Colorado or call 303-282-5135.

Battenfield will review the fundamental business skills that artists need to develop and sustain a successful professional career based on her widely acclaimed book, The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love. How to plan, promote, fund and organize an arts-oriented business will be discussed, as well as how to build community. Battenfield will also take audience questions. "We are delighted to offer this business resource to area artists," says Deborah Jordy, CBCA Executive Director. "Battenfield's experience and skills will benefit all who attend."

Battenfield received an MFA from Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts. For the last 20 years she has made a living from her art and is a popular motivational speaker on the challenges of sustaining a successful career in the visual arts. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Award (1991) and the Warren Tanner Award (1996). Battenfield founded The Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, New York and worked there from 1981 to 1989. She directed postgraduate seminars for The Artist in the Marketplace Program (AIM) at the Bronx Museum of the Arts for 16 years. Currently, she teaches professional practice in Columbia University's graduate program and for the Creative Capital Foundation and has mentored over 3,000 artists. Battenfield is author of The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love, Da Capo Press, 2009. For more information, visit www.artistcareerguide.com.