Train ChatGPT as Your Studio Assistant:
An Introductory Workshop to exploiting AI
This one-day workshop introduces artists to using ChatGPT as a powerful and flexible studio assistant to support both creative development and professional demands. We'll explore how to collaborate with AI to brainstorm new work, write and edit artist statements, craft compelling grant and residency applications, organize projects, plan exhibitions, and develop teaching materials or syllabi. You'll also learn the art of prompt writing—how to shape questions and commands that generate useful, nuanced, and imaginative results. Whether you're juggling studio time with teaching, curating, or community work, this workshop offers hands-on strategies for integrating AI into your practice with clarity, intention, and creativity.
August 2nd, 2025
"AI is only as good as its guide. Learn how to train your studio assistant, so you can get back to the work only you can do." - Amber Imrie
Amber Imrie is a queer artist, art educator, and co-founder of The Alternative Art School. She received her BA from UC Berkeley and MFA from Stanford University. She’s received many awards, fellowships, and residencies including the Murphy Cadogan Award and Anita Squires Fowler Award in Photography. Amber Founded and was editor-in-chief of the art magazine, Venison Magazine from 2014-2017, ran a pop-up art residency Camp Venison in 2015, and has facilitated critique sessions in and outside formal education. Imrie has taught at various institutions, including UC Berkeley and Stanford University. Since 2020 Amber has worked alongside Nato Thompson building the Alternative Art School. Imrie lives in Winslow, Arkansas, and is developing a new body of artworks centered on queering the rural American South. In 2023-2024 Amber spoke at ArtBo, was a curatorial ICI fellow at EXPO, and curated multiple exhibitions focused on queer rural artists.
