Artstudio Network Offers Unique New York City Artist Networking Program

Artstudio Network offers painters the opportunity to present their artwork to peers at their respective studios. Created as a networking tool to support and encourage connection and community for visual artists living in the New York City area, Artstudio Network is also intended to help counteract feelings of isolation that many artists experience after the artmaking process is completed.

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Contact: Michael Filan
(212) 967-7179

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                                                         Artstudio Network Offers Unique New York City Artist Networking Program

New York-NY- Artstudio Network offers painters the opportunity to present their artwork to peers at their respective studios. Created as a networking tool to support and encourage connection and community for visual artists living in the New York City area, Artstudio Network is also intended to help counteract feelings of isolation that many artists experience after the artmaking process is completed.

The groups will be led by Michael Filan, painter, printmaker and group facilitator. He fosters a personal, considerate and safe environment to view art, providing artists with opportunities to experience dialogue and feedback about their work.

The program, exclusively for painters, is ongoing with an orientation session followed by studio visits. The enrollment cost is $250 plus a one-time $20 registration fee. For additional information, contact Michael Filan at (212) 967-7179 or via email at filanart2@aol.com.

ABOUT MICHAEL FILAN:

Michael Filan received a master of MAPS degree of fine arts degrees from Pratt Institute. He has had more than twenty years of experience as a group facilitator and is current teaching in the Art Education Department of the School of Visual Arts. He has also taught the course of Artist in the Marketplace" at Cooper Union. His painting and prints have been exhibited in museums and galleries through the Northeast, including the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University and Bronx Museum of Arts. In Manhattan, Filan has shown at Artists Space, the Port Authority of New York, the One Two Three Watts Gallery and the Shirley Fitterman Gallery. In addition, his work is in several private, public and corporate collections, including those of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Pfizer Corporation and Colgate Palmolive.