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The next Arts Management Lunch and Learn is this T The next Arts Management Lunch and Learn is this Thursday, October 29, 12-1pm. Link in bio. HUMAN RESOURCES 101 with Dr. Lana Adeleye-Olusae, Director of Human Resources at the Manitoba Museum Why is HR important? What are your responsibilities as an employer? What are best practices around hiring, training, retaining, firing? When do you need to bring in an expert? Dr. Lana Adeleye-Olusae is a seasoned human resource professional, researcher and coach skilled in offering employee and organizational development strategy solutions in support of business goals’ achievement. He brings a wealth of experience in developing and implementing strategic directions for business units, start-ups and projects in various industry sectors to bear on his assignments. He is currently Director of Human Resources at The The Manitoba Museum and also offers management consulting services under Surefooting Consulting, Training and Coaching Inc. to small and medium-sized organizations in various sectors.
Our second Arts Management Lunch and Learn of the Our second Arts Management Lunch and Learn of the year is this Thursday, October 22, 12-1pm. Link in bio. GRANT AND PROPOSAL WRITING with Kate Fennell, School Managing Director for Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of grant writing! In this session, you will learn the who, what, where, when, why, and how of government investment in artists and cultural organizations. The focus of the presentation will be how to best position your organization in public funding applications and reports. Kate Fennell (she/her) joined the administrative team at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet in the role of Publicity Manager in 2010. In 2011, she was promoted to the senior management team, first as the Director of Business Development and then as the School Managing Director. Prior to moving to Winnipeg, Ms Fennell was the Associate Producer for internationally renowned Toronto-based theatre company Necessary Angel. She also worked with the Walmer Centre Theatre, the Festival of Original Theatre (University of Toronto), Stephanie Gorin Casting, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Thousand Islands Playhouse, and Theatre Kingston. While living in Toronto, Ms Fennell was an Advisor for the Arts Program at The George Cedric Metcalf Foundation and she sat on the DreamNorth Theatre Company Board of Directors. Since her return “home,” she has sat as a member of the Executive of the Winnipeg Branch of the Queen’s Alumni Association and as Chair of the R.H.S. Child Care Board of Directors, and has participated in leadership training at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. She is presently on the advocacy committees for both the Canadian Dance Assembly and Manitobans for the Arts.
Grab a lunch and join from your desk, home office Grab a lunch and join from your desk, home office - wherever you find yourself - and brush up on your arts management skills! Today is the first of our Arts Management Lunch and Learn series. October 15, Granting Bodies Panel: Learn all about the various grants available to arts organizations. This session is free and registration is still open! The webinar begins at 12 noon so hurry to grab a spot.  (Link in bio.) We'll be joined by Genevieve Landreville of the Canada Council for the Arts, Martine Friesen of the Manitoba Arts Council, Dominic Lloyd of the Winnipeg Arts Council and Joanna Turner of the Winnipeg Foundation to learn how to access their funding programs.
Looking for a job in arts administration? We are Looking for a job in arts administration? We are hiring a Communications and Facility Coordinator and the deadline to apply is 5pm this Friday. Check out the link in our bio for more info. Email your cover letter, resume, and references to admin@creativemanitoba.ca
Our second Artist Boot Camp with @mawawpg happens Our second Artist Boot Camp with @mawawpg happens tomorrow evening. Free participatory workshop! Email info@mawa.ca to grab a spot. Selling Online with Cori Jaye Elston Thursday, October 15 7-9pm Nowadays, it is not just your main creative medium that can make you money. Learn how to leverage the online world to share your individual skillset, resulting in great payouts that can fund your creative projects. From Patreon to Skillshare/Udemy, to Etsy or Upwork/Fiverr, learn about a handful of programs that you can use to generate revenue for creative entrepreneurship, no matter what your artistic discipline. In this workshop, you will learn how to share your creative process skills, help others in your discipline and get paid.
We're hiring! Please share! Communications and Fa We're hiring! Please share! Communications and Facility Coordinator Deadline to apply: 5 PM Friday, October 16, 2020 The purpose of the Creative Manitoba Communications and Facility Coordinator position is to manage operational functions, external communications, and components of administration for the 245 McDermot shared space. Areas of responsibility include class and board room rentals, management of office supply inventories, general facility maintenance, updating website content, creating weekly e-newsletter, and managing social media channels. This position may also include some evening and weekend work. Creative Manitoba is committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from equity-seeking groups. For a full job description please visit our website. Link in bio!
We are pleased to announce our incoming Youth Ment We are pleased to announce our incoming Youth Mentorship Programs Manager, Dora Carroll. Dora is a local arts creator working predominantly in theatre and film as a director, producer and actor. Artistic Producer of Shakespeare in the Pub, Artistic Associate of Bravura Theatre, and Artistic Producer of play ON Theatre, Dora wears many hats. She is also an instructor with MTYP and a proud member of the local band The Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir. Dora has worked on and off the stage with RMTC, Rainbow Stage, SIR, PTE, MTYP, Dry Cold, One Trunk, Winnipeg Studio Theatre, WSO, All Dentist Musical, and Glenlawn Collegiate. An advocate for Winnipeg’s artistic community, Dora is incredibly excited to be joining the team as Creative Manitoba’s Career’s in the Arts Youth Mentorship Programs Manager. Dora follows in the footsteps of Jan Skene, who has managed the program for the past five years. Thank you, Jan, for five years of inspiration, buckets of enthusiasm, humour, and the odd, off the wall comment or two. Jan played her role with grace and style – helping to build the profile of her programs while increasing the overall awareness of Creative Manitoba. We wish Jan well in her early “retirement” and want to say thank you for raising the bar and consistently encouraging us to grow as an organization and as a group of individuals.
This Wednesday! #Repost @mawawpg • • • • This Wednesday! #Repost @mawawpg • • • • • • MAWA Mentoring Artists for Women's Art Pop Ups $ Pricing Artist Boot Camp with Melanie Wesley @melaniewesleystudio Wed. Sept. 23 7 - 9pm Free! Online via Zoom or very limited in person spaces are available. Register by emailing info@mawa.ca Veteran pop-up vendor Melanie Wesley shares the experiences and knowledge that have helped her to build a creative career that she loves. Her particular approach blends pragmatic planning with intuitive decision-making. Beginning with a simple self-assessment worksheet, Melanie will guide you in figuring out a first step or a next step. Participants will be provided with an extensive list of resources, and ample time for questions and conversation. Presented in partnership with @creativemanitoba #popupshop #pricingyourart #pricingyourartwork #artistbootcamp #winnipegartist #winnipegarts #workshop
Today at 1pm! Indigenous Film Summit: Self-care an Today at 1pm! Indigenous Film Summit: Self-care and Wellness in Film With panelists Michaella Shannon, Shayla Stonechild, Sheila Chalakee Moderated by Jessica Dumas Link to register in bio! Or watch live on Facebook.
Applications are open for the Careers in the Arts: Applications are open for the Careers in the Arts: Youth Mentorship Program for Mentees age 19-29! Link to application in bio. Deadline is August 26! Youth and young adults ages 19-29, residing in Winnipeg or within 50 km, can be mentored in any artistic discipline–creative, administrative, or technical. Within the chosen artistic area, the program’s aim is multi-layered including structured one-on-one mentorship from a recognized mentor; networking opportunities within the industry; volunteer work experience; and professional development opportunities. The program runs over 7 months, from late September through April.
Our last two New Normal Webinars are open for regi Our last two New Normal Webinars are open for registration! They are free to join but you must register at our website. This upcoming Wednesday (June 17) is Grant Writing for Emerging Artists with Diana Thorneycroft, followed by Teaching Art Techniques Online with KC Adams and James Culleton on the 24th! Register online (link in bio) and a zoom link will be sent to you the day of the event!
Listen, learn, share, educate, do better. This is Listen, learn, share, educate, do better. This is what we are committed to doing this week and afterwards, and we encourage our followers to do the same. We will be at the protest this Friday. Please follow @justice4blackliveswinnipeg for all instructions on how to participate. (Organizers are looking for gold/yellow fabric and sewing supplies if you have!) #Repost @justice4blackliveswinnipeg • • • • • • Winnipeg, Manitoba Be there. #justice4blackliveswinnipeg [ID: Gold patterned background with 3 black power fists outlined in varying shades of brown with a circle surrounding them. Text about the fists reads in black: BLACK LIVES MATTER. Text below the fists reads in black: Justice4Blacklives. Friday, June 5th 2020. 6 PM. At The Manitoba Legislative Building”.]
Stream on either Creative Manitoba or Manitoba Mus Stream on either Creative Manitoba or Manitoba Music's Facebook pages! No need to register. #Repost @manitobamusic • • • • • • We're talking all about Reddit and how it can be used by artists to find followers and create engagement in a free webinar this Saturday May 30 at 3PM with The Treble’s Patrick Hansen! Tune in to our Facebook!
Join us next Wednesday May 27th for an Intro to Li Join us next Wednesday May 27th for an Intro to Live Broadcasting with Aaron Zeghers, Festival Director of Gimli Film Festival. The 2020 GFF is going online and they had to figure out how to make that happen, fast! We're very happy they did and excited to find out what goes on behind the scenes to make it happen. Register at link in bio!
Next week's New Normal Webinar is presented by Cre Next week's New Normal Webinar is presented by Creative Manitoba's Indigenous Programming. We're still here: Surviving Pandemics on Turtle Island⁣ Wednesday, May 20, 1-2pm⁣ Registration link in bio⁣ ⁣ Join us with Knowledge Keeper Albert Mcleod as he takes us through the events, repercussions, and resistance that have faced Indigenous Peoples throughout history. Learn how we can access Indigenous teachings, protocols and knowledge systems to help us through our current crisis. COVID-19 isn't the first virus that Indigenous people have had to seek refuge from. This is about the interconnection of all things with an understanding of how humanity is a part of a greater ecosystem, not separate from it.⁣ ⁣ Albert McLeod is a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Metis community of Norway House in northern Manitoba. He has over thirty years of experience as a human rights activist and is one of the directors of the Two-Spirited People of Manitoba.⁣ Albert began his Two-Spirit advocacy in Winnipeg in 1986 and became an HIV/AIDS activist in 1987. He was the director of the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force from 1991 to 2001. In 2018, Albert received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg and received the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) 2019 Champions of Mental Health Award for Community (Individual).⁣ ⁣ Albert lives in Winnipeg, where he works as a consultant specializing in Indigenous peoples, cultural reclamation, and cross-cultural training.⁣
Check out the awesome mentors we've got lined up f Check out the awesome mentors we've got lined up for a new, unique online program offered in partnership with Manitoba Music! The Digital Marketing and Social Media Accelerator program consists of three components: mentor sessions, a webinar, and asset reviews. Curious to know more? Read about the program and apply at the link in our bio! Deadline to apply is May 24th.
This week's webinar is "How to Make Money Online a This week's webinar is "How to Make Money Online as a Creative" with Cori Jaye Elston. Have you signed up yet? Link in bio!
Our next webinar is a panel discussion on the topi Our next webinar is a panel discussion on the topic of live streaming! Moderated by Jen Doerksen with panelists Issa Kixen, Ashley Au, Marissa Hoff, Lauren Carter and Makrenna Sterdan! Read all the bios of our panelists and register in advance on our website. Link in bio!
...And the mentorship program continues from a dis ...And the mentorship program continues from a distance! Way to go! 👌👏 . . #Repost @jaywalkmusic • • • • • • Winnipeg, Manitoba working with @chris_gaudry & @rustymatyas has been a surreal experience. i’ve learned a ton from watching them work & it’s been so FUN 🚀📽 . we’re making a music video!! (what?!) with the added creative challenge: how to shoot a video 6 feet away from everybody. . so far it’s been a blast! thank you to @creativemanitoba for everything. can’t wait to unveil 🎸 . . . . #creativemanitoba #manitobamusic #singersongwriter #jasonwillows #indie @manitobamusicproject
Next up: Intro to WordPress with Ryan Santschi, or Next up: Intro to WordPress with Ryan Santschi, organizer of the WordPress Winnipeg meetups. Link to register in bio!
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