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Coaching Programs

Creative Manitoba offers subsidized one-on-one coaching sessions with arts and business professionals throughout the year. Coaches’ expertise range from taxes and financial management to website development, social media, grant writing, and more. 

Artist Coaching (Spring/Fall)

Coaches in this program have experience and knowledge working with or as self-employed artists.

Arts Admin Coaching (Spring/Summer)

Coaches in this program have experience and knowledge working with or within arts organizations.


Current Coaching Opportunities

Are you an artist looking to enhance and advance your skills? Need some direction from experts on how to develop your practice? We’ve gathered experienced professionals from various fields to support your development.

Possessing a nuanced understanding of their respective fields, our coaches are able to direct you within your career path and equip you with the tools to succeed. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced artists are all welcome!

The program runs from February 6 – March 31 and sessions are FREE for Creative Manitoba members.

Upon booking a session with a coach, you can leave a short intro message describing the type of guidance you’re looking for and can add links to work for them to review prior to your session together. Preparing a bullet list of talking points and questions is also a great way to ensure you get all the answers you need.

How to book a session:

  1. Click the login button below
  2. Once logged in you will see a list of coaching services – select one to view available coaches
  3. Select a coach to view their calendar
  4. Select a date and time for your coaching session and complete the registration
  5. You will receive an email notifying you that the session is pending approval from the coach
  6. Once approved by the coach you will receive an approval email with a Zoom link for your session

Terms and conditions

All sessions must be completed by March 31, 2024.

If you have any issues or questions, please email info@creativemanitoba.ca!


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Coaches

Business and Financial Planning

Yvette Hawkes is a Certified Coach Practitioner, Workshop Facilitator and Small Business Consultant based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. From 2002-2014, Yvette co-owned and sold two businesses – and during this time, she was recognized as a Co-Finalist for the 2013 Women’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2016, Yvette started a self-named venture (yvettehawkes.com) which led to facilitating classes and consulting with startups, small businesses and non-profit organizations. Yvette is a proud Citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a visual artist, a creative writer and an adventurer-in-training.

Book a session with Yvette if you would like help with:

  • Choosing a business name – Marketing and branding considerations related to a business name
  • Registering a business name – Steps and costs involved; benefits of registering
  • Permits – What’s required to work from home and where/how to apply
  • Organization – Sorting and organizing business receipts/expenses (paper or digital); work space setup and organization; digital file naming formats
  • Bookkeeping basics – Setting up spreadsheet for basic bookkeeping entries; benefits of using a bookkeeping software program
  • Planning – Typical/full business plans or simplified, creative business plan formats; goal setting; action plans; marketing plans and marketing calendars

Marketing

Chloe Chafe (she/they) is the co-founder and acting co-director of both Synonym Art Consultation and Wall-to-Wall Mural + Culture Festival. Chafe is a settler based in Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her curatorial practice is based in street art, performance and the dissemination of socially conscious art practices in all forms of public spaces. Chafe’s research is rooted in accessible artworks in communities, the long lasting impacts of mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is currently finishing her bachelor of Fine Arts History at University of Manitoba, however the majority of her education has been generously passed down from community art mentors, colleagues, youth, and teachers over the years.

Synonym Art Consultation is a curatorial collective and small arts business based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Through unique, inclusive and community-minded events, as well as our mural and culture festival – Wall-to-Wall, Synonym strives to cultivate a grassroots contemporary street-art movement in our city and to participate in hyperlocal and international dialogues around important issues, such as social responsibility, and innovative economic development, rooted in the arts.

Synonym Art Consultations and its projects, programs, and events are committed to curation that uplifts artists, mentors, musicians, and performers belonging to under-supported communities, particularly those who identify as Black, Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, artists with disabilities, and any and all people who fall within these intersections.


Testimonials

“The Manitoba Arts Network worked with Albert McLeod to learn what decolonizing our administrative practices means and why is it important. Over 4 sessions we reviewed some of our administrative practices, identified barriers and implemented ways to remove them in order to increase participation by Indigenous people, racialized and marginalized people to our programs. We reviewed two of our application forms and made them more accessible and user friendly, we updated our diversity, inclusion and reconciliation statements making them more meaningful and actionable, and lastly we discussed best practices in setting up a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee to allow for more inclusive voices at the table to guide the direction of our programs.”

Rose-Anne Harder, Manitoba Arts Network

“I spoke with Bev Pike about grant writing, and I really enjoyed the coaching session. I found it very insightful and it really boosted my confidence in writing grant applications. I think this session with Bev Pike is a must take for any local artists looking to get funding for their projects. I would recommend it to anyone!”

Ethan Billard-Dooley, Filmmaker

“Stefanie Blondal Johnson was amazing! In just an hour, she helped me untangle some of my roadblocks, consider monetizing angles of my music career that I had not thought of before, and give some great advice for how to better use social media for my branding. Overall, she was totally validating and encouraging! I hope to connect with her again in the future.”

Danielle Savard, Musician and music therapist

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