HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN WHITE PEOPLE — OPEN SUMMER SESSION I
HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN WHITE PEOPLE examines grantwriting as an activity charged by race, class, sex, and gender. Understanding that artist grants require multiple cultural competencies, this workshop will deconstruct application questions and demystify what artists are being asked to perform on the page.
In this group research and strategy session, we will work collectively to:
← Define what grants are and how artists can use them to expand their creative practice
← Outline a process for finding grant opportunities and conducting background research on grant-awarding organizations
← Share sample grants that showcase strong argumentative clarity
← Provide an overview of what elements should be on a budget and how funders analyze them
← Explain how we reuse and recycle grants across other career materials like portfolio websites and artist statements
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to use the strategies it outlines for other proposal-based applications — such as admissions essays and cover letters. Artists who are curious about improving their application materials are encouraged to enroll.
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WYATT CODAY is intersex and autistic. She lives between Los Angeles and Chicago, where is a practicing financial dominatrix. Coday is the research director of NOR RESEARCH STUDIO, a research design firm that develops intellectual property for artists and creative businesses. In 2021, she received an emerging artist grant from the California Arts Council. Excerpts from her multimedia novella project, SO THAT MY BALLOON WILL TAKE ME DOWNWARD, have been published by Apogee Graphics, Nightboat Books, and Dirt. Her writing has appeared in The Avery Review, Open Space (SFMOMA), X-TRA, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
NOR RESEARCH STUDIO is a design research studio based in Los Angeles. The studio develops didactic media, exhibitions, publications, and other forms of intellectual property for artists, nonprofits, and creative businesses.