The Artist INC team is pleased, with support from the Kresge Foundation, to bring Creative Capital back to Kansas City to present its Verbal Communications Workshop for artists of all disciplines.
Designed and facilitated by a communications specialist with extensive experience training artists in public speaking and leadership skills, the Verbal Communications workshop includes lectures, small group activities and hands on exercises to improve interpersonal communications and public speaking skills. It covers such topics as how to be authentic and comfortable talking about your work in social situations such as gallery openings, and how to successfully pitch your work or ask for money in meetings with presenters and funders. Participants identify their goals and objectives in order to more effectively and accurately represent themselves and their work. During the workshop, they have an opportunity to give a short presentation in order to work on content, verbiage, physical behavior and body language.
Workshop Leader
Kirby Tepper combines his experience as a performer, writer, and therapist to help people acquire verbal communication skills for a variety of areas: public speaking, fund-raising, conflict resolution, presentations. His client list has included Hyundai America, Washington Mutual, L’Oreal, Columbia University Law School, and many more. His entertainment background includes co-authoring the Robin Hood” musical sequence for the Oscar™-winning’ “Shrek”; he was commissioned to author lyrics for a proposed Broadway production of the Oscar™-winning film, “Gladiator”; he co-authored the musical "Lola", presented at the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference; and is adapting the film" A Room With a View"(with Emmy™ winning composer Craig Safan) for the musical theatre. His acclaimed performances of his own music and lyrics have been presented everywhere from the Pasadena Playhouse to Carnegie Recital Hall; and he has performed live in shows on Broadway ("On Your Toes"), on television (Cheers", "Wings", "Kennedy Center Honors"), and at numerous regional theatres. He has maintained a long-running association with Los Angeles’ Center Theater Group/Mark Taper Forum as a regular contributor of speeches and special musical material for special events, having written for Carol Burnett, Sydney Poitier, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, and more. Tepper is a Licensed Marriage, Family, & Child Therapist (LMFT) in Los Angeles, where he sees a range of clients in private practice, with emphasis on clients who have social anxiety, relational problems, and past trauma.
Date/Time/Location/Price
The one-day workshop will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at the UMKC Innovation Center, 4747 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64110, Room 114. The cost for chosen workshop participants is $75.00. Click here to see the workshop agenda.
Application Instructions
Applicants of all artistic disciplines must complete a narrative application form and submit their resume/CV and digital work sample(s) through CallForEntry.org during the open application period. Applications will be accepted from January 5, 2012 through March 5, 2012. Applicants will be notified of participant decisions the week of April 2, 2012.
Access the online application on CallForEntry.org here.
Eligibility
Only alumni of the Creative Capital Core Curriculum or Artist INC workshops held in Kansas City between 2007 and 2012 are eligible to apply. Up to 24 participants will be selected by a peer panel based on the following criteria:
- Demonstrated, successful track record of ongoing, professional artistic activity and high quality work.
- Creation of new work as a primary artistic focus (as compared to interpreting existing works)
- Appear poised to transition to a new phase of his/her artistic career
Narrative Application
The narrative application to be completed online through CallforEntry.org includes two questions:
- Provide a statement describing your work, your primary motivation for creating work, and your passion for your chosen artistic discipline. (maximum of 2,000 characters)
- What do you see as key opportunities or challenges relative to your artistic career, and how do you think participation in the verbal communications workshop will help you advance as a professional artist?(maximum of 2,000 characters)
Work Samples:
- Visual Artists: 4 digital images to be submitted online through CallForEntry.org
- Performing Artists, Dancers and Filmmakers: up to 4 minutes of digital video submitted online through CallForEntry.org
- Writers: up to 8 representative pages submitted online through CallForEntry.org
- Musicians: up to 4 minutes of digital audio submitted online through CallForEntry.org
Applicants facing difficulties completing online submissions should contact Diane Scott at scottdia@missouri.edu for assistance.
Work Sample Formatting:
CallForEntry.org has specific formatting requirements for digital work samples, as detailed below. CallForEntry.org provides many free online resources and instructions to complete formatting requirements. Please visit their Tutorials and Resources page. Applicants facing difficulties in completing online submission requirements should contact Diane Scott at scottdia@missouri.edu.
Images
- Dimensions: 1920 x 1920 pixels
- File Format: Save all images as BASELINE Standard JPEB. Do not save as a Progressive JPEG.
- File Size: JPEGs must be under 1.8 MB
- Color Space: Save images in an RGB color space, preferably sRGB.
Audio Files
- File Types Accepted: AIFF, WAV, XMF, MP3
- Bit Rate: minimum 96 kpbs, maximum 320 kbps
- Codec: aiff, wav, au
- File Size: 10 MB maximum
Video Files
- File Types Accepted: 3GP, WMV, AVI, MOV, ASF, MPG, MP4, M2T, MKV, M2TS
- Resolution: minimum 640x480, maximum 1920x1080
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 or 16:9
- Bit Rate: recommended above 240Kbps
- Frame Rate: minimum 12 fps, recommended 30 fps. The frame rate of the original video should be maintained without re-sampling. In particular, pulldown and other frame rate re-sampling techniques are strongly discouraged.
- Codec: h 264, h 263, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, Windows Media Video, and motion jpeg mpeg-1 muxed, Apple Lossless
- Container: 3gp, asf, avi, mov, mpeg, mpeg-2, mp4, ogg
- File Size: 100 MB maximum