Charity How To presents a webinar by Simon Scriver, with a step-by-step program for people interested in building their skills at online and virtual presentations! Seminar dates are Tuesday June 30 and Thursday July 2, at 1pm.
on Monday, 22 June 2020.
Posted in PR/Marketing, Technical Assistance
Cancelled and postponed events are putting artists and arts organizations and their staffs in financial jeopardy, and crowdfunding is a viable revenue source to explore. Online ticketing portal Eventbrite offers advice for how to create and promote a GoFundMe fundraiser in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
on Thursday, 07 May 2020.
Posted in Grants and Funding, PR/Marketing, Technical Assistance
Updated resources for: unemployment resources; emergency relief funding (including Arts Council, local, and national funding resources); small business loans (including the Paycheck Protection Plan); and poverty resources for individuals and families.
Most Valuable Resources for Individuals
on Thursday, 23 April 2020.
Posted in Arts Council Resources, Technical Assistance
Creative Capital offers advice for choosing work samples to accompany grant applications.
Applying For Grants: Choosing Work Samples.
on Tuesday, 21 April 2020.
Posted in Business Tools and Resources, Grants and Funding, Technical Assistance
Artists in all media are turning to live video platforms to continue connecting with their audiences in order to maintain that personal touch that is so vital to supporting their practice. The created artwork is an extension of the artist, and that’s exactly why many people are really following that artist: to be part of their world.
The most accessible and nearly universal platform artists are using is Facebook Live. Doing a Facebook Live video can be very easy, and you don’t need a slick production to pull it off. All you really need is a cell phone and a Facebook account. And while we are all contemplating real clothing or pajamas, hair up or hair down, while we are socially distancing, here are some concrete tips that can help portray your Facebook Live video—and your artwork—in the best light.
on Tuesday, 14 April 2020.
Posted in Social Media, Business Tools and Resources, Technical Assistance
Indy Tool Lending Library (iTooLL)
This shared tool shed of Audio/ Visual and Event gear has everything you need to host an outdoor block party, screen a movie, or produce a TV show (including Adobe-equipped MacBook Pros). Member-owned and member-driven, buy a membership for $1 per week check-outs and to use their reservations system. See their full inventory and learn more about the project at https://iAMCoop.org/iTooLL
The Lending Library is a project of the Kheprw Institute.
on Friday, 15 June 2018.
Posted in Business Tools and Resources, Technical Assistance, Vendors List
Invaluable offers this helpful guide for artists and collectors:
How to Ship Artwork on a Budget
on Friday, 25 May 2018.
Posted in Art Handling 101, Art Collecting, Business Tools and Resources, Visual Arts, Technical Assistance
The Freelancer's Guide to Getting Paid On Time - a new resources from Freelancers Union
on Wednesday, 16 May 2018.
Posted in Literary Arts, Business Tools and Resources, Visual Arts, Ethics and Best Practices, Legal Matters, Technical Assistance
Any artist applying for a grant, whether it be from a local agency like the Arts Council of Indianapolis or a national private funder will need to include well thought out supplemental materials with your grant submission. What are supplemental materials? These include Work Samples (audio of your band playing or video or you performing live on stage) and Support Materials (critical reviews of your work or letters of support).
Before you submit your next grant application, review this PowerPoint to get tips to best represent yourself and your work.
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Supplemental Materials for Performing Artists PDF
(312 KB)
on Sunday, 25 October 2015.
Posted in Dance, Arts Council Resources, Music, Theatre, Grants and Funding, Technical Assistance
New Dramatists is one of the country’s leading playwright centers and a nationally recognized new play laboratory. In the 65 years since its founding, 600 new dramatists have passed through its doors, creating work that has laid the foundation for contemporary American dramatic literature.
on Thursday, 17 September 2015.
Posted in Theatre, Business Tools and Resources, Professional Development, Technical Assistance
In January 2015, the Salmagundi Club presented the art law panel discussion “Legal Issues for Artists and Patrons: Arts Lawyers Address Questions of Vital Interest to Arts Professionals”.
on Wednesday, 16 September 2015.
Posted in Business Tools and Resources, Visual Arts, Ethics and Best Practices, Legal Matters, Patrons, Technical Assistance
The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists provides business training and funding to professional working artists all over the country.
on Wednesday, 16 September 2015.
Posted in Business Tools and Resources, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding, Professional Development, Technical Assistance, Workshops
