Application Writing for Artists | A Hands-On Workshop with Jordan Young

Free Workshop | Application Writing for Artists: A Practical Workshop with Jordan Young

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Location: Public Art Futures Lab – 88 Lower Alabama Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

Format: Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual Tickets Available)

Cost: Free with RSVP

About the Workshop: Are you an artist preparing to apply for a grant, residency, RFP, or open call and you're wondering where to even begin?

Join artist, arts administrator, and former ATL DTN Artist-in-Residence for a down-to-earth, practical workshop designed to help emerging artists tackle application writing with confidence, clarity, and efficiency.

Jordan will share tips from personal experience applying to and receiving competitive opportunities, plus insights from the selection side. You’ll learn how to:

• Streamline your workflow and stay organized
• Navigate different online application platforms
• Avoid common (and easily fixable) mistakes
• Prepare effective artist statements, bios, and work samples
• Manage stress, deadlines, and the emotional ups and downs of applying

This is a working session so feel free to bring your laptop and follow along if you’re attending in person at the Public Art Futures Lab, or get your tabs ready if you’re joining virtually. You’re welcome to take notes, ask questions, and build your own toolkit for applying with less dread and more clarity.

Hosted by: Public Art Futures Lab + Fulton County Arts & Culture

RSVP now to reserve your seat and choose a ticket based off whether you'll be joining us at the Futures Lab or tuning in from home.

Let’s demystify the application process together, and support each other in going after new opportunities.

About the Artist Facilitator: Jordan Young is an Atlanta-based artist, creative director, and producer connecting art with technology in service of public creativity. For fifteen years, Jordan has employed innovative programming that advances the arts with technology and encourages deeper collaboration across communities, organizations, and the public. His work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Art Papers, the Washington Post, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Melding digital media, interactive design, performance, and stage production, Jordan’s artistic practice imagines playful modes of expression that kindle curiosity and invite spectators to become collaborators. He has most recently been awarded a Creative Residency Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences as well as the Fulton County Distinguished Fellowship for the Arts. As a 2024 Fulton County Arts & Culture Futures Lab Artist-in-Residence, he facilitated several community-driven projects centering Atlanta artists and the public. He also participated as Curator and Artist in adjacent cycles of DanceATL’s A.M. Collaborative program, which connects movement artists with artists of other disciplines for cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Through passionate direction of regional programming including the Southern Circuit of Independent Filmmakers and management of partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and Sundance Institute, he has invested in the careers of hundreds of artists and supported art as a conduit for change in dozens of communities. As Co-founder of Fort Psych Media and Events, Jordan has delivered creative production solutions for culturally impactful clients including Arts & Entertainment Atlanta, Atlanta Film Festival, Charleston Fashion Week, Pullman Yards, and Underground Atlanta.

Jordan is dedicated to supporting the indie media landscape in part by serving on the advisory committees of Indie Media Arts South and the national Indie Media Arts Group, both working to connect and support independent media artists. He has further served as grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, ITVS, Alabama State Council on the Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and United States Artists.

Jordan holds an MA in Media Arts from University of South Carolina with a BA in Production Studies in Performing Arts from Clemson University.

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How to Find Us:The Public Art Futures Lab (Underground Atlanta, 88 Lower Alabama Street, Atlanta, GA 30303). A simple way to find us is by using the MARTA Five Points Station as your starting point (30 Alabama St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303).

Exit the station and cross Peachtree Street toward the Underground Atlanta Tower. Look for the Underground Atlanta signage and follow it to a stairway leading down to the courtyard. Once in the courtyard, look for the row of glass doors, use the far-right entrance glass door. You’ll see the Public Art Futures Lab directly ahead, and restrooms are located to the right of the space.

If you require ADA assistance to access our space, please email S2F0aGxlZW4gISBCcm93biB8IGZ1bHRvbmNvdW50eWdhICEgZ292. We’ll arrange for security to direct you to the ADA elevator.

Parking: There is street parking along Pryor Street and Peachtree Street SW and several paid parking decks and parking lots nearby on Wall Street. We suggest carpooling, using a rideshare or using MARTA Five Points Station to reach us. Please check for up to date rider information

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About the Public Art Futures Lab: The Futures Lab is a space to exhibit, experiment, educate and experience the role of technology as it relates to public art. By reducing barriers to creating and participating in this emerging space, the Lab seeks to expand access to cultural enrichment, provide the tools for local artists to thrive and maintain Fulton County's status as a creative cultural capital. The Futures Lab is made possible through the support of our host Underground Atlanta, and our residency partners A&E Atlanta and MARTA Artbound.

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