Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will begin accepting online applications for the next session of its Swing Space program on June 15, 2009.
In partnership with area landlords, LMCC makes vacant storefront, commercial and office space downtown available to artists, curators, and cultural organizations for periods of one to six months. The program is designed to address [...]
Fractured Atlas members often call our office needing legal help. Since we don’t have an attorney on staff, we have a few resources that we direct them to and I recently came across this one in Time Out. I spoke to a staff member at the New York City Bar Association to find out more [...]
“…the process itself is more important than the plan.”
- Jeffery Timmons, New Venture Creation
One of the key objectives for our professional development program is to help artists achieve success through manageable, persistent, strategic and consistent action; without sacrificing their spirit. Basically, we want to help you learn how to design a strategic plan for your [...]
It’s a fact, most artists want to up their income. So get out there and jump on these opportunities. Here’s a few good ones coming up in New York.
On September 24th from 9:00am - 12:00 pm check out Introduction to Grassroots fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Learn how to create a compelling case [...]
The majority of respondents to our March 2008 survey agree, business is a necessary and mandatory part of any artistic career. However, many of our respondents also expressed some resistance to actively learning business concepts and skills. Here is a summary of the comments:
Business skills are counter-intuitive for artists
Directly selling your art erodes humility, [...]
More results from our 2008 national survey aimed at better understanding your professional development needs. So far, we have discussed the universal and career phase needs of artists. Now, I’d like to quickly touch on some of the generational needs we discovered in our research.
Generation Y (born between 1980-1994) - The older half of Gen [...]
As mentioned, we conducted a national survey and a series of phone interviews to better understand the professional development needs of artists. In the last post, I outlined the most common needs expressed by your peers. In this post, I thought you might be interested in understanding how your needs varied by career phase.
Emerging Artists [...]
If you are new to the game of getting press coverage or need a good refresher course, check out this helpful article written by Ron Evans, Director, Local Marketing & Technology at Artsopolis Marketing Partnership & Artsopolis.com.
In March 2008, we conducted a national survey and a series of phone interviews to better understand the professional development needs of artists. I thought you might be interested in what your peers described as their needs, wants, and desires. Sometimes it makes us feel better to know that we are not alone; that others [...]
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