Members receive discounts on Creative Manitoba courses, classes and workshops.
$10 members / $25 non-members (includes a complimentary membership)
A continental breakfast and lunch are included for the low price of admission.
Creative Entrepreneurship is a one-day symposium for emerging artists to learn essential skills about growing their career in the arts, from finances, to grant-writing, to personal branding. Learning comes from young, experienced local artists and arts admin like this year’s panelists Jennifer Smith (Video Pool), Aaron Zeghers (Winnipeg Underground Film Festival), Heather Thomas (Atlaas), and visual artist, Gabrielle Funk.
Creative Entrepreneurship is aimed to emerging artists leaving post-secondary education and looking for practical skills on how to grow their arts career, post-university. The course is open to anyone with an existing arts practice including visual artists, actors, craftspeople, dancers, filmmakers, musicians, new media content creators and writers.
Panelists:
- Heather Thomas, performer/composer/educator
- Jennifer Smith, arts administrator/writer/curator
- Aaron Zeghers, film maker/film programmer/photographer
- Gabrielle Funk, visual artist/muralist/community art facilitator
Workshops:
- Grant Writing 101 (with Bev Pike): Learn the basics of applying as an individual artist to MAC, WAC and the Canada Council for the Arts in this informative session.
- Finances for Artists (with Jan Skene and Kathe Meseman): Learn the basics of accounting, taxes and all things finances for artists.
- Personal Branding on Social Media (with Kerri Twigg): Learn how to create and grow your personal brand on social media to help bring an audience to you and your work with credibility and interest.
- Self-Promotion for Artists (with Elise Dawson): Learn how to bump your reputation and find your market, promote and market yourself and your work. Includes a public speaking component.
Presenters:
In 2017, Thomas headlined the Rainbow Trout Music Festival and produced several events, including a sold-out ATLAAS show at the Winnipeg Planetarium. She recently spent time at the National Music Centre completing an artist entrepreneur intensive, and in May she will embark on a cross-Canada tour to support the upcoming self-titled ATLAAS EP.
Schedule for the Day
9 am: Registration & Breakfast
9:30 am: Tips for Success Across Creative Disciplines
Artists Panel with Gabrielle Funk, Heather Thomas, Aaron Zeghers & Jennifer Smith; Moderator: Thom Sparling
11 am: Coffee Break
11:15 am: Career Mapping w/ Kerri Twigg, Career Stories Counselling
12:00pm: Lunch & Networking
1 pm: Your Art as a Business (Finances) w/ Jan Skene & Kathe Meseman
2 pm: Coffee Break
2:15 pm: Afternoon Workshop (Choose 1 of 3 options)
Personal Branding on Social Media w/ Kerri Twigg
or Self Promotion & Public Speaking w/ Elise Dawson
or Grant Writing 101 w/ Bev Pike
3:15 pm: Coffee Break
3:30 pm: Get to Know the Experts & Your Peers
Take this opportunity to make new connections & seek expert advice!
4:30 pm: End Remarks & Evaluations
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March 3, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Creative Manitoba - 4th Floor, 245 McDermot Avenue
Address:
Cancellation policy
Creative Manitoba reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event where a minimum registration level has not been met. Participants registered for an event that is cancelled by Creative Manitoba will receive a full refund.
Registrants may cancel up to one week before the event to receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued to registrants who cancel within one week of the event start date. No refunds will be issued for registrants who do not attend.
Substitute participants are allowed in most cases, but not all. Please check with us ahead of time if you wish to send a substitute participant by calling 204-927-2787.
It is our intent that Creative Manitoba programs and events foster a supportive, nonthreatening environment for everyone to participate and share in - regardless of gender, ability, ethnicity or cultural differences. We ask that you please be welcoming and respectful of world views that differ from your own.