The Administrative Side of Being An Artist

This workshop will cover a wide range of topics related to the administrative side of your art practice. We will discuss Data Asset Management (DAM) storage and workflow integration as they apply to artists. We will also go over application preparedness for grants, residencies, call for entries and public art commissions as well as project management for commissions and exhibitions you have been awarded. We will also discuss strategies for how to identify and start conversations with art world gate keepers such as curators, gallerists, art directors and editors for fine art, commercial and editorial art opportunities. I will share personal examples of my workflow, file storage system and real-world examples of applications and project management. All levels are welcome and specific questions to your art practice are welcome.

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Rooted in our core values of knowledge-sharing and building community, this 90-minute seminar will include 30 minutes of conversation with participants. Bring your experience and your questions to the group!

Participants may attend in person or online via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wednesday, December 3 from 6-8pm

$10 for the general public
$5 for CAC alumni
FREE for current residents (Registration still required via link)

Jonathan Michael Castillo is a visual artist, photographer and educator based in Chicago. He was the 2019-2021 recipient of the Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues. Jonathan was included in the 2021 Hyde Park Art Center's Ground Floor Biennial in Chicago and was a finalist for the WMA Commission in Hong Kong. His work has been featured with The New Yorker, Wired, The Chicago Tribune, CBS: Los Angeles, and Brazil's G1 Globo. He has been interviewed on the BBC's “World Update” and Los Angeles public radio stations KPCC and KCRW.

Jonathan was recently commissioned to create a large-scale permanent installation of his work at O’Hare International Airport as part of theTerminal 5 expansion project. Read about it here. In 2023 he was commissioned to make work for the city of Chicago’s Citywide Plan in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Planning and Development. Exhibitions include those at the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Photo LA 2020, the Center for Creative Photography, Aperture Gallery, House of Lucie, Filter Photo Gallery, Ralph Arnold Gallery and the CaliforniaMuseum of Art Thousand Oaks. Jonathan is represented by Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery inBelgium. His education includes a BFA from California State University Long Beach and MFA from Columbia College Chicago.