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Artists: Making a Living, Making A Life

a series of hands-on, results-oriented entrepreneurial training workshops
brought to you by the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts and Wisconsin Arts Board

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Cultivate a fresh look at your creative work. This is your opportunity to glean the best of both worlds: business management and artistic renewal!Join other creative people who are interested in taking their careers to the next level. Gather strategies for working smarter, for resourceful and productive marketing and effective communication. Learn where your strengths and weaknesses are when communicating with others.

Return to your studio with a new outlook on lifestyle issues, plans for staying out of the doctor’s office, balancing creative work with other commitments, and tactics for keeping the muse alive without burnout. Best of all, connect with others like yourself from other parts of the region.

WHAT

“Artists: Making A Living, Making a Life” workshops

A series of day and a half workshops will be held throughout Wisconsin, filled with key information for self-employed creative people who are ready to make the commitment of time and resources necessary to advance their artistic careers.

Chris Osgood, Director of Artist Services for Springboard for the Arts of St. Paul, MN, will conduct business and professional practices workshops for Wisconsin artists in the following communities around Wisconsin this fall and next spring. Springboard for the Arts is a nonprofit service organization whose mission is to provide affordable management information, consulting and training services designed to improve the business competence and confidence of independent artists and cultural organizations in the Upper Midwest. Various Wisconsin arts professionals will join Springboard as guest faculty for these workshops.

WHERE/WHEN

  • Milwaukee, April 29-30
    Bucketworks, Milwaukee’s Creative Resources Center, 1319 North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, 414-305-1324. Click here for location/directions.
  • Platteville, March 11-12: Mound City Bank, 25 E. Pine Street, downtown Platteville, hosted by UW-Platteville's ArtsBuild project, 608-348-2685
    Please note: this workshop is full -- we are now taking names for the waiting list. If you want to be on the list, please register but do not pay yet. We'll keep you posted about your possibility of attendance.
  • Washburn, April 8-9: Washburn Historical Museum and Cultural Center, 1 East Bayfield Street, downtown Washburn, hosted by Chequamegon Bay Arts Council, 715-373-2556

WORKSHOP TOPICS SCHEDULE
each workshop will follow this general schedule (subject to minor changes in each community)

Friday, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

* Career Planning for Artists
* Business Fundamentals for Artists

Saturday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

*Exploring Financial and Organizational Structures for Artists
*Recordkeeping and Financial Management for Artists
*Developing a Business Plan
*Lunch on your own at one of the nearby restaurants, or bring your own!
*Wisconsin Common Market Program
*Marketing and Professional Presentation for Artists - Working with the Media/getting the word out

In addition, "one on one Arts Peer consultations” will be offered during the workshop. If you have a question, need advice, want an objective viewpoint for a challenge you’re facing, the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts’ ArtsPeers Advisory Network can help. The Arts Peers program provides experienced, professional and creative arts adminstrators to work with artists needing ideas on how to solve problems, identify opportunities, or establish new directions. A sign up sheet will be available at the beginning of the workshop.

COST

The cost of these workshops is being underwritten in great part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Because of this, registration for the full workshop is only $50 per person.

WHO

Artists from all visual, performing, literary, and media arts disciplines and genres are encouraged to participate!

SPONSORS

These workshops are:

* Sponsored by the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts
* Presented by Chris Osgood, Director of Artists Services, Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul, MN, and featuring guest presenters from Wisconsin
* Funded by the Challenge America program of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Wisconsin Department of Commerce

HOW TO REGISTER
Space is limited, so register online today!
If you have questions, contact the Assembly at 608 255 8316 / .

 

 

 

 

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