The Artist Services Team at the Arts Council of Indianapolis offers a wide variety of FREE programs and services for central Indiana artists.
on Wednesday, 16 September 2015.
Posted in Arts Council Resources, Business Tools and Resources, Technical Assistance
Artful.ly is an intuitive software program that allows artists or arts organizations to sell tickets, take donations, and track donors and patrons on their own site. It works with Mail Chimp and your own website to allow artists and arts organizations to connect with and manage their relationships with their patrons and fans in a more organized way. The best news is, it's made possible through Fractured Atlas and is FREE!
ACI TIP: Seems to be an awesome tool for bands or small performing arts companies, but other artists should check it out to see if it might be useful for them too.
Watch this video to learn more.
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Arts Organizations, Business Tools and Resources, Technical Assistance
Fractured Atlas is an artist service organization whose mission is to serve and advocate for artists of all disciplines. The group offers many services for professional artists, but their programs involve:
- Fundraising - fiscal sponsorship program
- Insurance - for people, art, and events
- Space - finding space for creative events
- Web software - free web module to track patrons and ticket sales
The group also has an artist resource site with lots of great info called Fractured U.
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Dance, Film, Literary Arts, Music, Public Art, Theatre, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding, Technical Assistance
Lynda.com is a business resource website by LinkedIN. The site offers memberships for as little as $19.00 per month that will give you access to thousands of video tutorials on a vast aray of business and entrepreneurship topics including some specific to arts related fields such as:
- Video production
- Design (modeling and prototypes)
- Photography
- Marketing
- Music Business
- Copyright and other legal matters
- Technology
- Web design
ACI TIP: The resources for musicians are especially plentiful. Non-musicians could sign up for the free trail to see if there are enough business-related resources to make it valuable to them.
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Arts Organizations, Film, General Resources, Music, Professional Development, Technical Assistance
4x6 of How to Write a Great Musician's Bio
*Editors tip - this is a great video for all performing and visual artists to learn how to write about themselves in a consise and thoughtful way.
on Tuesday, 14 July 2015.
Posted in Music, PR/Marketing, Professional Development, Technical Assistance
Watch this simple step-by-step video to learn how to sign up for the Arts Council of Indianapolis' Online Artist Directory. It's free and its simple to sign up and edit your profile.
on Wednesday, 08 July 2015.
Posted in Arts Council Resources, PR/Marketing, Technical Assistance
The Arts Council has multiple ways of helping artists and arts organization promote and share their events, watch this short video to see how.
on Wednesday, 08 July 2015.
Posted in Arts Council Resources, PR/Marketing, Technical Assistance
Learn how to create your own Artist Elevator Pitch and see examples from other artists in a variety of artistic disciplines.
on Tuesday, 07 July 2015.
Posted in PR/Marketing, Professional Development, Technical Assistance, Workshops
Jesse Speight offers inights into properly packing and storing artwork at the IMA, 2012.
on Tuesday, 07 July 2015.
Posted in Art Handling 101, Arts Council Resources, Visual Arts, Technical Assistance
The Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association (IDADA) Ethics and Fair Practices Committee (now defunct) created helpful guidelines for artists covering topics such as Sales and Compensation, the Artist/Gallery Relationship, Donating to Charity Auctions, and much more. The selctions can still be seen on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IDADAIndy/notes/
on Monday, 06 July 2015.
Posted in Visual Arts, Ethics and Best Practices, Legal Matters, Technical Assistance
Rocket Jump Film School is a new venture created by the folks at Rocket Jump to share high quality, useful, and entertaining video tutorials on all aspects of filmmaking including directing, cinematography, editing & post, special effects, and more! Look for a well organized video series on specific topics as well as panel discussions for more in depth focus.
Get started by watching their Introduction Video below:
on Monday, 06 July 2015.
Posted in Film, Technical Assistance
TechSoup.org is a non-profit organization that helps other non-profits and libraries by offering software, hardware, and many technology related items at a discounted non-profit rate. Small non-profit arts organizations may join Techsoup and receive discounts on the technology they need to run their organization on a day to day basis.
The techsoup.org site also offers technical assistance, research, how-to videos, and more!
Visit www.techsoup.org to learn more.
on Thursday, 02 July 2015.
Posted in Technical Assistance
