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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good afternoon, graduate students!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The museum is hosting a talk with Sharon Louden on September 24<sup>th</sup>, and as part of her “visit” we’ve requested that she spend some time with you on Friday, September 25. Sharon is an artist, writer,
and arts administrator who wears many, many hats (including Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Institute, including the residency program) and has served as a mentor for Creative Capital and the Andy Warhol Foundation. She is the editor of the
<i>Living and Sustaining a Creative Life</i> book series and writes and thinks about the art world a lot (including in
<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/490654/why-art-colleges-and-universities-should-not-act-like-for-profit-galleries/">
this article</a> for Hyperallergic about MFA programs and commercial galleries).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sharon will host a lunch, just for you, on
<b>Friday,</b> <b>September 25 at noon</b> on zoom. This is an opportunity for you to ask about building a career – applying for opportunities, introducing yourself to curators, setting up a studio, getting your writing published, anything you’re curious about.
I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Sharon over the past couple years, and she’s incredible. Her energy, intelligence, and generosity are legendary. She knows everyone and is dedicated to helping people meet each other and get things done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ll send out the zoom link next week, and in the meantime, if you have any questions or would like scans of some of the essays in her book, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Meredith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Meredith Lynn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant Curator and Director of Galleries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1140<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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