[Forum] Arts Business Institute

[Edward Cating]

Maybe this is something we could/should coordinate with Jonathan Secor and
the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center? They run seminars at Gallery 51 (and
have covered similar material in the past, as I recall). But if there is
widespread interest among this forum, it might be worth revisiting.

On 3/20/07, Joseph Conway <joe at conwaylawgroup.com> wrote:
>
> Earlier today, I saw a posting on the web:
>
>     *Call for Artists: Arts Business Institute Comes to Haywood
>     Community College in Clyde, NC*
>
>     Artists from across the country will have the opportunity to sharpen
>     their business skills when the Arts Business Institute (ABI) holds
>     an Arts Business Boot Camp for artists at Haywood Community College
>     in Clyde, N.C.   Titled Reinventing Your Art and Craft Business in
>     the 21st Century, the boot camp will be held March 30-April 1, 2007.
>     This will be the 5th annual ABI boot camp at Haywood Community
>     College. The weekend workshop is designed to provide realistic
>     information and essential knowledge about managing an arts business
>     to artists at all levels of experience. ABI faculty includes Bruce
>     Baker, Milon Townsend and Nancy Markoe.
>
> The Arts Business Institute is a professional, non-profit education
> organization that provides artists with the business skills needed to
> manage successful arts businesses. The Institute provides learning
> modules on topics such as product development, pricing, public
> relations, wholesaling to galleries, taxes and accounting. The weekend
> workshop is being produced in partnership with the Arts Business
> Institute (www.ArtsBusinessInstitute.org), Haywood Community College
> (www.haywood.edu) and Handmade in America (handmadeinamerica.org).
>
> Maybe the idea of an artist boot camp isn't new to the other members of
> the BVA forum, but I think it could be one good way to brand and market
> the region to artists and creatives in the outside world.
>
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