Springboard for the Arts Calendar of Events

Your portfolio is the core of your promotional material and professional calling card. Focus on the essential elements: sharpening your artist statement, tailoring your artistic resume, and curating and formatting your work samples.

Yoga instructor Sofía Padilla (she/her) will lead a workshop emphasizing conscious breathing, gentle movement, and stretching. This class is appropriate for all ages, abilities, fitness levels, and body types, as well as those who are recovering from injury or illness.

Get practical tips and strategies for organizing your art practice, from decluttering physical workspaces to organizing digital assets and more. Learn how to create efficient and realistic systems for managing inventory, storing artwork, and tracking expenses. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Learn to skate with Brownbody teaching artists at Springboard’s mini ice rink in Saint Paul!

Learn the basics of what constitutes a “pitch”, or how to tell the story of your work to potential collaborators, funders, and other stakeholders. Clarify the important elements of your pitch; practice your pitch and get feedback in real time from your peers. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

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.

Use your creative skills to address community interests. Learn strategies to approach community organizations and local businesses and techniques to ensure successful outcomes for you and your collaborators. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Local culture matters. Join us for a discussion with leading place-based organizations whose creative, community-driven efforts highlight the essential and transformative impact of this field.

Springboard for the Arts and Ramsey County Workforce Solutions are hosting a free Artist Job and Resource Fair for artists to explore a variety of resources, activities, career opportunities and more. Registration is not required to attend the fair! You only need to register if you’re attending one of the mini-sessions on ‘How to build your resume and hiring and recruiting creatives panel of experts.’

Join us for an inside look at the joys and challenges of building a business with your life partner while balancing creativity and collaboration. Marc and Gaosong Heu, the owners of Marc Heu Patisserie Paris located in St. Paul, MN, will share their experiences of running a successful creative business together. The conversation will be moderated by Anitra Budd, Artist Career Consultant and Instructor at Springboard for the Arts.

Get a hands-on, step-by-step approach to writing a range of statements that best represent your work as an artist. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Craft persuasive messaging and create a strategy for how you will get the word out about your work, events, and news.

Get a big picture view of the components of your artist website, find clarity on whether you need a website for your artistic practice and learn the basics of creating a website. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Learn how to maximize your online sales with Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Etsy and other platforms. This workshop is geared towards beginners with little or no experience in e-Commerce. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

This analytical approach isn’t intended to be the only way to price your work. It’s intended to show you the factors of product production that apply to everything in the marketplace. Once you understand what each of the variables are you’ll be able to customize a formula that fits your business model.

Join artist Kandace Creel Falcón, Ph.D. at Springboard’s Fergus Falls location for an artist talk about their work “In the Red,” a time-based meditation and installation on the predatory nature of student loan debt.

For artists who have chosen a platform, this workshop covers the ins and outs of running your online store. Learn how to choose a domain name, accept payments, pack and ship your work, sales tax, product photography and more. Some experience is required. e-Commerce 1 is not required but highly recommended. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

For artists with an active online store, learn about email and social media marketing, advertising, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and other marketing techniques. Some experience is required. e-Commerce 1 and 2 are not required but highly recommended. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.