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Ask Me Anything: Copyright and Contracts for Public Art

This panel discussion with attorney Walter G. Lehmann and artist Moira “Miri” Villiard will explore the legal and professional aspects of how public art is commissioned, created and maintained. The discussion will include an overview of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), basics of copyright and work-for-hire, and how artists and organizations can draft contracts that ensure fair compensation, proper attribution and a plan for upkeep. Moderated by Cecilia Cornejo, documentary filmmaker and Artist Career Consultant with Springboard for the Arts.

Ask Me Anything: SBA Resources for Creative Businesses

The Minnesota District of the Small Business Administration provides a wide variety of services to small businesses, including funding programs, counseling, federal contracting certifications, and disaster recovery. Anna Schmiel, Outreach & Marketing Specialist for the Minnesota District, will provide a brief overview of SBA services, and answer your questions about starting a small business, and what comes next.

Artists Working in Community

Use your creative skills to address community issues and opportunities! Whether you are an artist who already works in community or who wants to start, this workshop will introduce you to methods to clarify your own goals, techniques to ensure successful outcomes for you and your community collaborators, and how to reach out to community organizations and businesses to expand your artistic practice and income sources.

Work of Art: Engaging Customers & Selling Your Work

Learn tools and techniques to communicate the value of your work to potential customers. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Pitching Your Work

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.

Work of Art: Business Plan Essentials

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. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Grant Writing for Artists of Color and Native Artists Panel

Join us for a virtual panel that will take a look at the grant writing process and discuss how artists who are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and Native can successfully navigate the application process. The panel will be moderated by hc lou and include Ifrah Mansour, Sun Yung Shin, and Moira “Miri” Villiard.

EXHALE: Opening Reception at the Cargill Gallery

Join us for the opening reception of “Exhale: Reflections on Guaranteed Income,” the new exhibit in Cargill Gallery at the Minneapolis Central Library. The reception will feature music from cohort member Alicia Thao and a roundtable discussion from artists in the program.

EXHALE: Curatorial Talk with Emerging Curators Institute

Join us for a curatorial talk about the Cargill Gallery exhibit “Exhale: Reflections on Guaranteed Income.” The Emerging Curator Institute’s guest curators will share their vision of the exhibit and how they interpreted the artwork from the Guaranteed Income artists.

EXHALE: “It’s Basic” Film Screening and Discussion

Join us for a viewing of “It’s Basic,” followed by a discussion of the film with administrators of Guaranteed Income pilot programs.

Work of Art: Grant Writing

Learn the essentials of grant writing along with resources for searching and structuring your grants. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Artist Statements

Get a hands-on, step-by-step approach to writing a range of statements that best represent your work as an artist.

Work of Art: Funding

Learn how to think creatively about diversifying your funding streams by exploring traditional and new models for generating value, resources, and revenue. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Introduction to Disability Benefits for Artists

In this presentation and Q&A session, attorney Sarah Soucie Eyberg will help artists understand and access available support through disability benefits. Participants will learn about the application process, eligibility criteria, and strategies for managing finances, including earned income and grants, while receiving benefits.

Ask Me Anything: Beginning Your Career as a Tattoo Artist

Join Katie Kroeck and M from Jackalope Tattoo for a conversation about beginning a career as a tattoo artist. M and Katie will answer your questions about developing your portfolio, finding apprenticeship opportunities, obtaining your tattoo license, and more. Moderated by Dana Sikkila, Artist Career Consultant and Workshop Facilitator, Springboard for the Arts.

Work of Art: Legal Considerations

Obtain general information about your intellectual property, contract basics and structuring your artistic business. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Work of Art: Recordkeeping

Learn how to track revenues and expenses, make informed projections, and gain a clearer understanding of your artistic business finances. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Collaborating with Galleries, Museums, and Curators to Showcase Your Art

Have you ever wondered how to get your artwork represented by a gallery or in a museum’s collection? Join us for a virtual panel discussion featuring Alex Blaisdell (Highpoint Center for Printmaking), Taylor Jasper (Walker Art Center), Scott Pollock (Minnesota Marine Art Museum), and Nancy XiaoRong Valentine (Kaddatz Gallery) who will offer their insights on how artists can effectively partner with arts organizations and curators to exhibit, sell, and promote their artwork. Moderated by Candida Gonzalez, Artist Career Consultant, Springboard for the Arts.

Work of Art: Pricing

Discover an analytical approach to defining key elements that will help you calculate the costs and prices of your art for a variety of markets. Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Library.

Art-Train Individual Artist Training

The free Art-Train Individual Artist Training is for artists who are interested in building on their existing skills to collaborate in and with their communities through their local agencies, non-profits, and arts councils. Artists will deepen practices around creative problem solving, equitable community engagement, and creating arts-based strategies to contribute to equitable community and economic development, public health, planning, and other public sectors.