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Cultural Council of Greater Jax &Creative Capital Found presenting Two professional development workshops
The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville will present
TWO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
“Real Community Engagement” And “Funding Your Work”
Now accepting applications for Workshops on September 29 and 30!
www.culturalcouncil.org/artists/workshops-conferences/
OVERVIEW
The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville and the Creative Capital Foundation are presenting two professional development workshops for artists September 29 and 30. Workshops are open to Northeast Florida artists working in all disciplines. All are encouraged to apply including artists in rural communities and minority artists. The workshop will take place at the Florida Times-Union Conference Room, 1 Riverside Ave., on Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30. Please note: This is at the newspaper offices. Free parking!
Workshop Objectives:
Founded in 1999, the Creative Capital Foundation is a national non-profit artist support organization based in New York City. Since 2003, the Creative Capital Foundation has partnered with arts stakeholders to develop and present professional development workshops for hundreds of artists around the country.
Two separate workshops will be presented in Jacksonville. Artists are eligible to apply for either one, or both.
Real Community Engagement – September 29
Artists of all disciplines are choosing to collaborate with institutions and individuals outside the traditional art community to create work that engages topics of social relevance. This workshop is designed to help artists clarify their objectives and gain management skills needed to produce successful community-engaged projects. The day includes project presentations by all participants, lectures, and hands on exercises that highlight practical skills and successful strategies developed by artists for artists. Case studies from a range of disciplines are used to discuss grassroots fundraising, budgeting, negotiation, contracts, communicating about work, working with non-arts partners, maintaining the integrity of one’s work and more. Artists will leave the workshop with a handbook designed to help them outline clear project goals and establish a roadmap for building beneficial community relationships and support. This workshop is designed for artists who have conducted, or plan to embark upon a community engaged practice or project.
Participants will learn:
• strategies for funding work and revenue-generation, including improving fundraising materials; working in partnership with venues and funders; building a base of individual contributors
• how to determine the real cost of the work in order to communicate it to funders, presenters and other partners
• strategies for balancing time and money
• how to communicate about yourself and your work with clarity and confidence, in writing and in person
Funding Your Work – September 30
“Funding Your Work” is based on content from Creative Capital’s esteemed core weekend workshop. It combines nuts-and-bolts strategies with a broad-based empowering approach towards how to integrate fundraising into your creative practice. Topics include: making your fundraising materials embody the rigor and character of your work; working in partnership with venues, donors and funders; building a base of individual contributors; and knowing the real cost of your work so you can communicate it to funders, presenters and other partners.
Participants will learn:
• strategies for funding your work and revenue-generation, including improving your fundraising materials; working in partnership with venues and funders; building a base of individual contributors
• how to determine the real cost of your work so you can communicate it to funders, presenters and other partners
• strategies for balancing time and money
• how to communicate about yourself and your work with clarity and confidence, in writing and in person
Eligibility
Professional artists of all artistic disciplines residing in Northeast Florida are eligible to apply to participate.
For the purposes of this opportunity, a professional artist is defined as an individual who creates, on an ongoing basis, original works of art within an artistic discipline, and is pursuing this work as a means of livelihood or a way to achieve the highest level of professional recognition. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Non-professional students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees or non-professionals who engage in the arts as a hobby are not eligible to apply. This workshop is geared towards artists with an established body of work.
Application Information
Interested artists should complete the application which is located on the Cultural Council website: www.culturalcouncil.org/artists/workshops-conferences/ by September 4, 2012.
“Real Community Engagement” is limited to 20 participants. “Funding Your Work” is limited to 50 participants. For “Funding Your Work,” strong preference will be given to the earliest eligible applicants.
For more information, contact info[at]culturalcouncil.org
Cost
The Cultural Council is pleased to offer this workshop free of charge to selected artist participants with support from the City of Jacksonville.
Please feel free to bring your own refreshments. Water will be available throughout the day.