Robin Cembalest - Social Media for Social Practice - 2021
How do you chronicle the transformative power of art to change hearts, minds, lives, and policy—through posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Editorial Strategist Robin Cembalest, whose clients include the Ford Foundation Gallery, the Rubin Foundation, and the Art for Justice Fund, shares social media strategies for artists working in social practice. About Robin Cembalest An early art-world adapter to social media and the former longtime editor of ARTnews, Robin Cembalest has spent her career helping arts professionals to communicate effectively. Over 16 years at the helm of ARTnews, she shepherded the century-old magazine into the digital era, expanding its global and multicultural content and training generations of interns, writers, and editors. In 2014, she launched her business Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies, working with museums, foundations, galleries, and social-justice organizations to design and implement mission-based content strategies. She speaks often on social media and career development at schools and residencies, and offers webinars for artists on the platform VVrkshop.art. An award-winning investigative journalist who has published widely in the art and mainstream press, Cembalest is best known today as @rcembalest, handle of her popular Instagram and Twitter feeds. https://robincembalest.com See all KODA's Professional Development for Artists videos: https://bit.ly/KODA-YouTube-PDFA About KODA KODA is a social practice nonprofit arts organization focusing on conceptual mid-career artists ingrained in social justice. KODA offers survey exhibitions as well as tailor-made and community-based artist residencies, through collaborations with socially engaged partners. The nonprofit serves the community with contemporary art events and outreach to strengthen arts education. In its overall mission to support the artistic and professional growth of artists, KODA acts as a laboratory for creative concepts, reflecting its core values of curiosity and collaboration. www.kodalab.org
How do you chronicle the transformative power of art to change hearts, minds, lives, and policy—through posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Editorial Strategist Robin Cembalest, whose clients include the Ford Foundation Gallery, the Rubin Foundation, and the Art for Justice Fund, shares social media strategies for artists working in social practice. About Robin Cembalest An early art-world adapter to social media and the former longtime editor of ARTnews, Robin Cembalest has spent her career helping arts professionals to communicate effectively. Over 16 years at the helm of ARTnews, she shepherded the century-old magazine into the digital era, expanding its global and multicultural content and training generations of interns, writers, and editors. In 2014, she launched her business Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies, working with museums, foundations, galleries, and social-justice organizations to design and implement mission-based content strategies. She speaks often on social media and career development at schools and residencies, and offers webinars for artists on the platform VVrkshop.art. An award-winning investigative journalist who has published widely in the art and mainstream press, Cembalest is best known today as @rcembalest, handle of her popular Instagram and Twitter feeds. https://robincembalest.com See all KODA's Professional Development for Artists videos: https://bit.ly/KODA-YouTube-PDFA About KODA KODA is a social practice nonprofit arts organization focusing on conceptual mid-career artists ingrained in social justice. KODA offers survey exhibitions as well as tailor-made and community-based artist residencies, through collaborations with socially engaged partners. The nonprofit serves the community with contemporary art events and outreach to strengthen arts education. In its overall mission to support the artistic and professional growth of artists, KODA acts as a laboratory for creative concepts, reflecting its core values of curiosity and collaboration. www.kodalab.org