Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions.

Schedule a 30-minute session with an attorney. Limited number of appointments available.
Location: SpringBOX, 262 University Ave. W., Saint Paul, MN

Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions.

Balancing your creative practice with raising children-with some planning and intention, it can be done! Hear from other artists who are parents, and what has worked for them to sustain their arts career.

A common sense proven approach for performing artists to find an effective approach to getting more paying performance opportunities and having sustainable careers.
Location: SpringBOX, 262 University Ave W, Saint Paul, MN

Perhaps you have a memory you’d like to write down, but you’re not sure how to begin, or you’ve always wanted to write a book. This writing workshop is for anyone interested in exploring foundational storytelling techniques that can help bring true-life stories alive on the page.

Focus on the essential elements of your portfolio: sharpening your artist statement, tailoring your artistic résumés, and selecting and formatting your work samples.
Location: River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St, River Falls, WI

An attorney from Springboard’s Minnesota Lawyers for the Arts (MnLA) program will cover legal basics for visual and performing artists.
Location: Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN

This workshop is designed to help individual artists and small arts groups to understand and prepare strong grant applications.
Location: ECRAC, 112 Main Ave S, Braham, MN

Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions.
Location: ECRAC, 112 Main Ave S, Braham, MN

Define your product, discover your target audience, make decisions about how you sell your work, and identify a budget and strategy for your artistic business.
Location: Farmington Library, 508 3rd St, Farmington, MN

Hear from a panel of makers and online sellers to learn how to maximize your online sales with a variety of platforms.
Location: Excelsior Library, 337 Water St, Excelsior, MN

Learn how the Kiva microloan platform works and about matching funds, examples of successful artists’ projects and best practices to help you find capital to expand or invest in your work.
Location: Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN

Focus on the essential elements of your portfolio: sharpening your artist statement, tailoring your artistic résumés, and selecting and formatting your work samples.
Location: Franklin Library, 1314 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN

Examine business models from LLC’s to 501(c)3’s, including information on how to prepare, and benefits and risks.
Location: 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions.
Location: Farmington Library, 508 3rd St, Farmington, MN

Learn practical tips and skills for improving your sales technique and interacting with the public.
Location: Excelsior Library, 337 Water St., Excelsior, MN

This workshop will cover copyright law from three different perspectives: music, publishing and literary, and visual art law.
Location: Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

In part one of this series, we will take a look at, and discuss with a panel of experts, the grantwriting process for artists of color and Native artists.
Location: Franklin Library, 1314 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

Learn about the hundreds of artists’ residency opportunities available for artists of all kinds and every career stage, in your backyard and across the globe.
Location: Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN